Method and system for service portability across disjoint wireless networks
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a service node of a macro network operable to;
provide an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) proxy for a micro wireless network and the macro wireless network;
receive, from an access point associated with the micro wireless network, a request to authenticate the handover of a wireless session from the macro wireless network to the micro wireless network;
receive AAA data from an access point of the micro wireless network during layer-two authentication;
manage the authentication of the wireless session using the AAA proxy; and
in response to the authentication, extract the mobile station identifier from the request, determine that the wireless session already exists, re-anchor a virtual path associated with the wireless session to the access point associated with the wireless network, and determine whether the wireless session is a direct access call session or a mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing services to a communication session anchored to a micro wireless network includes providing at a router of the micro wireless network an interface for communication with a service node of a macro wireless network that is coupled to the micro wireless network. The interface is of a same type as used by a radio access network of the macro wireless network to communicate with the service node. Information associated with the session is communicated between the interface and the service node in a format used by the service node to communicate with the radio access network of the macro wireless network. The macro network provides portability services to the session of the micro wireless network through the interface.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a service node of a macro network operable to; provide an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) proxy for a micro wireless network and the macro wireless network; receive, from an access point associated with the micro wireless network, a request to authenticate the handover of a wireless session from the macro wireless network to the micro wireless network; receive AAA data from an access point of the micro wireless network during layer-two authentication; manage the authentication of the wireless session using the AAA proxy; and in response to the authentication, extract the mobile station identifier from the request, determine that the wireless session already exists, re-anchor a virtual path associated with the wireless session to the access point associated with the wireless network, and determine whether the wireless session is a direct access call session or a mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session.
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2. A method comprising:
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providing, by a service node of a macro wireless network, an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) proxy for a micro wireless network and the macro wireless network; receiving, by the service node and from an access point associated with the micro wireless network, a request to authenticate the handover of a wireless session from the macro wireless network to the micro wireless network; receiving AAA data from an access point of the micro wireless network during layer-two authentication; managing, by the service node, the authentication of the wireless session using the AAA proxy; and in response to the authentication, extracting the mobile station identifier from the request, determining that the wireless session already exists, re-anchoring a virtual path associated with the wireless session to the access point associated with the wireless network, and determining, by the service node, whether the wireless session is a direct access call session or a mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session.
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3. An apparatus, comprising:
a service node of a macro network operable to; provide an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) proxy for a micro wireless network and the macro wireless network; receive, from an access point associated with the micro wireless network, a request to authenticate the handover of a wireless session from the macro wireless network to the micro wireless network; manage the authentication of the wireless session using the AAA proxy; in response to the authentication, extract the mobile station identifier from the request, determine that the wireless session already exists, re-anchor a virtual path associated with the wireless session to the access point associated with the wireless network, and determine whether the wireless session is a direct access call session or a mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session; and if the wireless session is a direct access call session, create a data session record corresponding to a record in the micro network. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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providing, by a service node of a macro wireless network, an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) proxy for a micro wireless network and the macro wireless network; receiving, by the service node and from an access point associated with the micro wireless network, a request to authenticate the handover of a wireless session from the macro wireless network to the micro wireless network; managing, by the service node, the authentication of the wireless session using the AAA proxy; in response to the authentication, extracting the mobile station identifier from the request, determining that the wireless session already exists, re-anchoring a virtual path associated with the wireless session to the access point associated with the wireless network, and determining, by the service node, whether the wireless session is a direct access call session or a mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session; and if the wireless session is a direct access call session, creating a data session record corresponding to a record in the micro network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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