Idle Mode Notification

• US 20080070603A1
• Filed: 02/21/2007
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: MAO, Ronald
• Granted Patent: US 8,600,347 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1403 Architecture for metering, charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/14 using intermediate storage
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00

Abstract

A network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising: detecting a state of a mobile station and sending a state message to a connection service network using an accounting protocol wherein the state message comprises a state data indicating the state of the mobile station is disclosed. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising: receiving a message intended for a mobile station determining whether the mobile station is in an idle state and storing the message until the mobile station exits the idle state.

Claims

1. A network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising:

detecting a state of a mobile station; and

sending a state message to a connection service network using an accounting protocol,

wherein the state message comprises a state data indicating the state of the mobile station.

2. The component of claim 1 wherein the state message does not contain any accounting data.

3. The component of claim 1 wherein the state message consists essentially of the state data.

4. The component of claim 1 wherein detecting the state of the mobile station comprises:

determining whether the mobile station has entered an idle state; and

sending the state message to the connection service network when the mobile station enters the idle state.

5. The component of claim 4 wherein the method further comprises:

collecting an accounting data associated with the mobile station;

discontinuing the collection of accounting data when the mobile station enters the idle state; and

allocating a resource away from the mobile station while the mobile station is in the idle state.

6. The component of claim 1 wherein the accounting protocol is Radius or Diameter.

7. The component of claim 1 wherein detecting the state of the mobile station comprises:

determining whether the mobile station has exited an idle state; and

sending the state message to the connection service network when the mobile station exits the idle state.

8. The component of claim 7 wherein the method further comprises:

allocating a resource to the mobile station when the mobile station exits the idle state; and

collecting an accounting data associated with the mobile station when the mobile station is not in the idle state.

9. The component of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:

initiating a session for the mobile station;

determining whether the session has been terminated; and

sending an accounting message to the connection service network when the session has been terminated.

10. The component of claim 9 wherein the accounting message comprises the amount of uploaded data, the amount of downloaded data, and the data transfer rate.

11. The component of claim 9 wherein only one accounting message is sent to the connection service network per session.

12. The component of claim 9 wherein the accounting message comprises accounting data and the state data.

13. A network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising:

receiving a message intended for a mobile station;

determining whether the mobile station is in an idle state; and

storing the message until the mobile station exits the idle state.

14. The component of claim 13 wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the mobile station has exited the idle state; and

sending any stored messages to the mobile station when the mobile station exits the idle state.

15. The component of claim 13 wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the message is a high-priority message; and

sending the message to the mobile station when the mobile station is in the idle state if the message is a high-priority message.

16. The component of claim 15 wherein sending the message to the mobile station causes the mobile station to exit the idle state.

17. The component of claim 15 wherein the high-priority message is an instant message or a telephone call.

18. An apparatus comprising:

a first communication component configured to allow a network to communicate with a mobile station;

a second communications component configured to communicate with a connection service network; and

an accounting module comprising an accounting data associated with the mobile station and a state data associated with the mobile station;

wherein the second communications component independently communicates the state data and the accounting data to the connection service network.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the network comprises an accounting module that determines whether to send or store messages for the mobile stations using the state data.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein an accounting protocol is used to send the mobile station state data without sending the accounting data.