Method, system and device for instructing media gateway to set up termination connections

• US 7,929,555 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2008
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lin, Yangbo
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Jr.; Michael J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Duong; Duc T
• Application Number:
  US12/343,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20090103553A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 370/230, 370/235, 370/252, 370/400, 370/401, 370/466, 370/467, 709/228, 709/237
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1026 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1043 Gateway controllers, e.g. media gateway control protocol [MGCP] controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities

Abstract

A method for instructing a media gateway to set up termination connections is disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method comprises: acquiring by a media gateway controller, MGC, information on connection capability, of a media gateway, MG, for various types of terminations; and when a calling connection is required, transmits from the MGC to the MG the connection indication carrying termination connection information that the MG has connection capability, according to the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations. Embodiments of the present invention can ensure that the MG can effectively implement termination connection operation, so as to ensure a smooth progress of a calling connection process and greatly improve quality of service.

Claims

1. A method for instructing a media gateway, MG, to carry out termination connections, comprising:

acquiring by a media gateway controller, MGC, information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations; and

transmitting a connection indication from the MGC to the MG according to the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations, when the MG is instructed by the MGC to carry out termination connections;

wherein the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations comprises at least one of information on termination connection configuration supported by the MG and information on termination connection configuration not supported by the MG;

wherein the information on termination connection configuration comprises at least one of;

any two termination types and a connection direction between terminations of the two termination types; and

any termination type and a maximum number of terminations of the termination type in a call session scenario involving multiple parties.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring by the MGC the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations comprises setting the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations in the MGC in advance, and acquiring by the MGC the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations set in the MGC itself.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises setting the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations in the MG;

and

the acquiring by the MGC the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations comprises transmitting from the MGC to the MG a command for acquiring the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations, and transmitting from the MG the set information on connection capability for various types of terminations to the MGC and storing the set information in the MGC.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the command for acquiring termination connection capability is an auditing command;

and

the step of transmitting from the MG to the MGC the set information on connection capability for various types of terminations comprises transmitting from the MG to the MGC the information on connection capability for various types of terminations via a response to the auditing command.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the termination types comprise:

various termination types representing various resource types and/or various termination types corresponding to various specific resources in one resource type.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the termination type is provisioned in advance between the MGC and the MG.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on termination connection configuration comprises at least one of the following three representation forms:

a termination type and number of the termination type for a conference scenario;

a source termination type, a destination termination type, and a maximum number of terminations of the destination termination type for a multicast scenario; and

a first termination type, a second termination type, and a connection direction between the first termination type and the second termination type for a general scenario.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on termination connection configuration further comprises an instance identifier for distinguishing different termination instances.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information on termination connection configuration comprises at least one of the following three representation forms:

a first termination type, a first termination instance identifier, a second termination type, a second termination instance identifier, and a connection direction between the first termination type and the second termination type for a general scenario;

a termination type, a termination instance identifier, and a maximum number of terminations of the termination types for a multicast scenario; and

a source termination type, a source termination instance identifier, a destination termination type, a destination termination instance identifier, and a maximum number of the destination termination types for a conference scenario.

10. A system for instructing a media gateway to carry out termination connections, comprising a media gateway controller, MGC, and a media gateway, MG, wherein:

the MGC is to acquire information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations, and transmit a connection indication to the MG, according to the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations, when the MG is instructed by the MGC to carry out termination connections;

wherein the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations comprises at least one of information on termination connection configuration supported by the MG and information on termination connection configuration not supported by the MG;

wherein the information on termination connection configuration comprises at least one of;

any two termination types and a connection direction between terminations of the two termination types; and

any termination type and a maximum number of terminations of the termination type in a call session scenario involving multiple parties; and

the MG is to receive the connection indication transmitted from the MGC.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the MGC is further adapted to store the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the MGC is further adapted to transmit to the MG a command for acquiring termination connection capability; and

the MG is further adapted to receive the command from the MGC, and transmit the stored information on the connection capability for various types of terminations to the MGC.

13. A media gateway controller, MGC, wherein the MGC comprises a termination connection capability acquiring unit and a termination connection deciding unit, wherein:

the termination connection capability acquiring unit is to acquire information on the connection capability, of a media gateway, MG, for various types of terminations and transmit the information to the termination connection deciding unit; and

the termination connection deciding unit is to transmit a connection indication to the MG, according to the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations, when the MG is instructed by the MGC to carry out termination connections, the connection indication comprising termination connection information that the MG has connection capability;

wherein the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations comprises at least one of information on termination connection configuration supported by the MG and information on termination connection configuration not supported by the MG;

wherein the information on termination connection configuration comprises at least one of;

any two termination types and a connection direction between terminations of the two termination types; and

any termination type and a maximum number of terminations of the termination type in a call session scenario involving multiple parties.

14. The MGC of claim 13, where the MGC comprises a storage unit;

and

the storage unit is adapted to store preset information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations, and provide the information to the termination connection deciding unit.

15. The MGC of claim 14, wherein the information on the termination connection capability further comprises an instance identifier for distinguishing various termination instances;

the MGC further comprises a termination connection configuration information resolving unit; and

the termination connection configuration information resolving unit is adapted to resolve information on termination connection configuration corresponding to various termination instances from the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations, according to the instance identifier, and transmit the information on termination connection configuration to the termination connection deciding unit.

16. The MGC of claim 13, wherein the termination connection capability acquiring unit comprises a termination connection capability request transmitting subunit and a termination connection capability response receiving subunit, wherein:

the termination connection capability request transmitting subunit is adapted to transmit to the MG a command for acquiring termination connection capability; and

the termination connection capability response receiving subunit is adapted to receive the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations returned by the MG.

17. The MGC of claim 16, wherein the MGC further comprises a storage unit, the storage unit is adapted to store the information on the MG'"'"'s connection capability for various types of terminations received by the termination connection capability acquiring unit, and provide the information to the termination connection deciding unit.

18. A media gateway, MG, wherein the MG comprises a termination connection capability request receiving unit, a termination connection capability auditing unit, and a termination connection capability response transmitting unit, wherein:

the termination connection capability request receiving unit is to receive a termination connection capability request sent by a media gateway controller, MGC;

the termination connection capability auditing unit is to acquire connection capability of corresponding terminations, according to the termination connection capability request, and generate a termination connection capability response carrying information on termination connection configuration;

wherein the information on termination connection configuration comprises at least one of;

any two termination types and a connection direction between terminations of the two termination types; and

any termination type and a maximum number of terminations of the termination type in a call session scenario involving multiple parties; and

the termination connection capability response transmitting unit is to return to the MGC the termination connection capability response generated by the termination connection capability auditing unit.