Control of session parameter negotiation for communication connection

• US 8,185,637 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2010
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Belling, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, LIANG CHE A
• Application Number:
  US12/843,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20110040883A1
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 709/228, 709/229, 709/230
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]

Abstract

The invention relates to a session control entity, method and a computer program product for determining a first media type indicated for a session associated with a dialogue and determining a second media type indicated for an early media associated with the dialogue, comparing if the first media type and the second media type are the same, and transmitting to a policy control entity, parameters relating to the early media in the same session information media component than parameters relating to the session, if the first media type and the second media type are the same.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

means for determining a first media type indicated for a session associated with a dialogue;

means for determining a second media type indicated for an early media associated with the dialogue;

means for comparing if the first media type and the second media type are a same media type; and

means for transmitting to a policy control entity, parameters relating to the early media and parameters relating to the session in a same session information media component, if the first media type and the second media type are the same media type.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means for transmitting comprises means for assigning a same media component number to the parameters relating to the early media and to the parameters relating to the session.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for determining if the parameters for the session and the parameters for the early media, when being the same media type, are defining flows for a same direction, or being both bidirectional, and wherein only if the directions match, the same session information media component is used.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for applying a session initiation protocol-forking indication attribute-value pair with a value SEVERAL_DIALOGUES when transmitting, to the policy control entity, the same session information media component.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

means for receiving signaling indicating a completion of a call setup; and

means for transmitting, to the policy control entity, the media component parameters relating to the session, in response to receiving the signaling indicating the completion of the call setup.

6. A method of controlling an establishment of a communication connection, comprising:

determining that a same media type is indicated for an early media associated with a dialogue and indicated for a session associated with the dialogue;

transmitting, to a policy control entity, parameters relating to the early media and parameters relating to the session in a same session information media component.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising assigning a same media component number to the parameters relating to the early media and to the parameters relating to the session.

8. A computer program product comprising code means adapted to produce steps of claim 6 when loaded into the memory of a computer.

9. An apparatus, comprising,

a session unit configured to receive session control signaling according to session initiation protocol (SIP) associated with a session and to extract session description protocol (SDP) information encapsulated in the received SIP signaling;

a detecting unit configured to detect an early session disposition and a session disposition in the SDP of the SIP signaling associated with the session;

a comparing unit configured to compare the early session disposition and the session disposition and to determine if a single media line with one media type is contained in the early session disposition and if a single media line with the same media type is contained in the session disposition; and

a describing unit configured to describe both media lines in a single session information media component towards a policy control entity by using the same media component number if the both media lines are of the same type.