Method for the packet-oriented transmission of data, network intermediate nodes and telecommunications network

• US 7,646,787 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2004
• Issued: 01/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Chudoba, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Sefcheck; Gregory B
• Application Number:
  US10/853,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20050018689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,057 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/169 Special adaptations of TCP, UDP or IP for interworking of IP based networks with other networks protocols for interworking, protocol conversion H04L69/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the packet-oriented transmission of data in telecommunications networks between a communications terminal and a data computer in which the data is transmitted via an intermediately connected protocol-converting intermediate node which converts messages in a connectionless transmission protocol into messages in a connection-oriented transmission protocol, and vice versa. In the method, a program module is transferred to the communications terminal which permits the communications terminal to transmit and receive messages by the connectionless transmission protocol. Furthermore, the invention relates to a network node and a telecommunications network.

Claims

1. A method for packet-oriented transmission of data in telecommunications networks between a communications terminal and a data computer, comprising:

transmitting the data via a connected protocol-converting intermediate node which converts messages in a connectionless transmission protocol into messages in a connection-oriented transmission protocol, and vice versa;

when the method is initiated, emitting a start data request message by the communications terminal according to the connection-oriented transmission protocol;

receiving the start data request message by the intermediate node;

detecting, via the intermediate node, that the start data request message has been transmitted according to the connection-oriented transmission protocol;

transferring a program module by the intermediate node according to the connection-oriented transmission protocol to the communications terminal, which module permits the communications terminal to transmit and receive messages according to the connectionless transmission protocol, wherein the program module is transferred to the communications terminal if the intermediate node detects that the communications terminal is a mobile telephone terminal; and

in response, transmitting, via the communications terminal, a first data request message to the data computer according to the connectionless transmission protocol.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the first data request message is received by the intermediate node, of the telecommunications network,

the data request message is transmitted by the intermediate node to the data computer according to the connection-oriented transmission protocol,

a data message which is created by the data computer in response to the data request message and is transmitted to the communications terminal according to the connection-oriented transmission protocol is received by the intermediate node, and

the data message is transmitted to the communications terminal by the intermediate node according to the connectionless transmission protocol.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the program module is transferred to the communications terminal if the intermediate node detects that the program module has not yet been installed on the communications terminal.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a connection-oriented transmission protocol of the transport layer of the ISO/OSI communications model is used as the connection-orientated transmission protocol.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission control protocol is used as the connection-oriented transmission protocol.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a connectionless transmission protocol of the network layer of the ISO/OSI communications model is used as a connectionless transmission protocol.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user datagram protocol is used as the connectionless transmission protocol.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a communications terminal which can be operated in a wire-free fashion is used as the communications terminal, and a mobile telephone network is used as the telecommunications network.

9. An intermediate node for a telecommunications network for packet-oriented transmission of data between a data computer and a communications terminal, the intermediate node comprising:

a first transceiver unit to receive messages which are transmitted by the communications terminal according to a connectionless transmission protocol and to pass messages on to the communications terminal according to a connectionless transmission protocol,

a second transceiver unit to pass the messages on to the data computer by a connection-oriented transmission protocol and to receive messages which have been transmitted by the data computer according to a connection-oriented transmission protocol, and

a comparator unit, which reads out of an address memory which bearer the communications terminal uses to transmit data to the intermediate node, and

a program memory, wherein the intermediate node is operable to transmit to the communications terminal a program module from the program memory which permits messages to be transmitted and received by the communications terminal via the connectionless transmission protocol.

10. The intermediate node as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first transceiver unit comprises a detection device that detects whether an incoming message is transmitted according to the connectionless transmission protocol or according to the connection-oriented transmission protocol.

11. The intermediate node as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first transceiver unit comprises a transmitter device to transmit an incoming message according to the connectionless transmission protocol.

12. The intermediate node as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first transceiver unit comprises a transmitter device to transmit an incoming message according to the connection-oriented transmission protocol.

13. The intermediate node as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first transceiver unit comprises a transmission device that transmits to the communications terminal a program module which permits messages to be transmitted and received by the communications terminal according to the connectionless transmission protocol.

14. A telecommunications network, comprising an intermediate node for a telecommunications network for packet-oriented transmission of data between a data computer and a communications terminal, the telecommunications network comprising:

a first transceiver unit to receive messages which are transmitted by the communications terminal according to a connectionless transmission protocol and to pass messages on to the communications terminal according to a connectionless transmission protocol,

a second transceiver unit to pass the messages on to the data computer according to a connection-oriented transmission protocol and to receive messages which have been transmitted by the data computer according to a connection-oriented transmission protocol, and

to pass the messages on to the communications terminal according to the connectionless transmission protocol, and which has

a comparator unit, which reads out of an address memory which bearer the communications terminal uses to transmit data to the intermediate node, and

a transmission device that transmits from a program memory to the communications terminal a program module which permits messages to be transmitted and received by the communications terminal via the connectionless transmission protocol.

15. The telecommunications network as claimed in claim 14, further comprising an intermediate node that is arranged in a message-related fashion between the communications terminal and the data computer which is connected to the telecommunications network.