Method and apparatus for delivery of universal mobile telecommunications systems (UMTS) based unidirectional services over a wireless local area network (WLAN)
First Claim
1. A method employed by a wireless local area network (WLAN) for communicating messages from a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) to a mobile station (UE) operating within said WLAN, comprising:
- said WLAN, responsive to registration of the UE;
a) registering the UE with the UMTS;
b) receiving a service message from the UMTS; and
c) converting the service message into a WLAN message format for transmission to the UE.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for delivery of UMTS services to a dual mode mobile station through a WLAN when the mobile station is operating within a WLAN environment. UMTS services are transmitted to a WLAN through a UMTS repeater tuned to receive services addressed to registered IDs and transmit these services to that (those) WLAN(s) having mobile stations registered with the UMTS. The WLAN format converter converts the UMTS format into a WLAN message format and communicates the message to the registered users.
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1. A method employed by a wireless local area network (WLAN) for communicating messages from a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) to a mobile station (UE) operating within said WLAN, comprising:
said WLAN, responsive to registration of the UE;
a) registering the UE with the UMTS;
b) receiving a service message from the UMTS; and
c) converting the service message into a WLAN message format for transmission to the UE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A wireless local area network (WLAN) for communicating message services to a mobile station (UE) operating in the wireless local area network (WLAN) from a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), said WLAN comprising:
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means responsive to the UE for registering the UE with the UMTS;
means for receiving a service message from said UMTS; and
means for converting the service message into an WLAN message format. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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5. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said WLAN further comprises:
means for conveying the converted message to an access point (AP) associated with the WLAN.
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6. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said AP includes:
means to send the converted message service to said UE.
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