Simultanceous provisioning of two or more services with different architectures in a communication network

• US 20040255030A1
• Filed: 12/29/2003
• Published: 12/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Sillanpaa, Jyrki
• Application Number:
  US10/478,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20040255030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0041 involving techniques for avoiding interaction of call service features
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Abstract

In a communication system a plurality of services can be provided for a user in a session. At least two of said services can be provided based on different service architectures. In the method a user is first provided with a session. A control entity is provided with information identifying the session and also with information identifying a service to be provided for the user during the session. Said identity information is processed at the control entity to verify if information associated with provision of services in the session is stored at the control entity. The provision of the service is controlled based on the results of the processing. In an embodiment services or groups of services are provided with unique identifiers. The service provisioning is then controlled based on said identifiers.

Claims

1. A method in a communication system for provisioning of services, wherein at least two of said services is provided based on different service architectures, the method comprising:

providing a user with a session;

providing a control entity with information identifying the session and information identifying a service to be provided for the user during the session;

processing said identity information at the control entity to verify if information associated with provision of services in the session is stored at the control entity; and

controlling the provision of the service based on the processing.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of controlling comprises denying provision of the service in the session.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said service is to be provided at the same time with provision of at least one other service.

4. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein one or more of the features of said at least one other service is already being executed at the time when the control entity is provided with said information.

5. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said information associated with provision of services comprises rules that are defined by analysing the service and the at least one other service.

6. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said information associated with provision of services and stored at the control entity is defined beforehand so that said information indicates a conflicting situation during execution of the service and the at least one other service in the session.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information identifying the service comprises a unique identifier of a service or a group of services.

8. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said unique identifier is used globally.

9. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control entity is informed when provisioning of a service of said plurality of services is ended, and wherein said information associated with provision of services is updated accordingly.

10. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information associated with provision of services is updated when a new service is made available for the user or an existing service is changed.

11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control entity communicates control information with a higher level control entity.

12. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a timer function monitors for the duration of the service provisioning.

13. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said information associated with provision of services is updated in response to the expiry of said timer function.

14. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control entity sends an enquiry in response to the expiry of said timer function.

15. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein a service provider sends control instructions for said timer function.

16. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information associated with provision of services is updated adaptively in response to events in a session.

17. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of controlling comprises denying execution of a feature of the service in the session.

18. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information associated with provision of services in a session comprises information associated with the priority order of said plurality of services.

19. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user communicates over a wireless interface.

20. A method of providing a plurality of services in a communication system for a user of the communication system, the method comprising:

provision each of the services with a unique identifier; and

determining based on information of said unique identifiers if a service can be provided for a user.

21. A method as claimed in claim 20, wherein said step of determining comprises processing information associated with a session in which said service is to be provided.

22. A method as claimed in claim 20, wherein at least two different service architectures is employed in provisioning of the services.

23. A communication system wherein at least two different service architectures are used for provisioning of services for users of the system, comprising:

storage means for storing information that associates with provisioning of services in a session; and

means for processing information that associates with a session provided for a user and information that associates with a service provisioned in said session, wherein said processing means is adapted to verify if such information can be found from the storage means that associates with said session provided for the user and/or said service provisioned in said session.

24. A communication system claimed in claim 23, wherein the arrangement is such that execution of at least a part of the features of a service is prevented if the means for processing information find information that associates with provision of services in said session.

25. A communication system as claimed in claim 23, wherein said information associated with provision of services comprises rules that are defined by analysing the interaction of the services.

26. A communication system as claimed in claim 23, wherein said information associated with provision of services indicates a conflicting situation during simultaneous provision of at least two services in a session.

27. A communication system as claimed in claim 23, wherein each of the services or a group of services is identified by a unique identifier.

28. A communication system as claimed in claim 23, comprising a higher level control entity for provision of control information for said control entity.

29. A communication system as claimed in claim 23 comprising a timer function.

30. A communication system as claimed in claim 23, wherein said storage means are adaptive.

31. A communication system as claimed in claim 23 comprising means for provision of wireless communication for a user of the services.

32. A communication system adapted to provide a plurality of services for a user thereof, wherein the provisioning of at least two of said services is based on different service architectures and each of the services is provided with a unique identifier.