System, method, and device for providing communications using a distributed mobile architecture

• US 8,688,111 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2012
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lemko Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lemko Corporation
• Inventors: Pan, ShaoWei
• Primary Examiner(s): Karikari, Kwasi
• Application Number:
  US13/718,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20130130677A1
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 455/433, 455/436, 455/435.1
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method includes receiving, at a first distributed mobile architecture (DMA) system, a call from a first mobile subscriber to a second mobile subscriber and determining whether the second mobile subscriber is registered with one of the first DMA system and a second DMA system based on information stored at an authentication, authorization, and accounting module. The information stored at the AAA module includes a first home location register storing information associated with mobile subscribers registered with the first DMA system and a first community location register storing information associated with a second HLR of the second DMA system.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first distributed mobile architecture (DMA) system comprising;

a processor;

a computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving registration information associated with a mobile subscriber while the mobile subscriber is located within a coverage area associated with a second DMA system of a DMA network;

receiving a location update request, wherein the location update request is related to the mobile subscriber and is sent from a third DMA system of the DMA network;

sending a second location update request to the second DMA system in response to receiving the location update request from the third DMA system;

receiving a destination internet protocol (IP) address associated with the mobile subscriber from the second DMA system; and

sending the destination IP address associated with the mobile subscriber to the third DMA system,

wherein the third DMA system is configured to place a call to the second DMA system via a peer-to-peer IP connection based on a source IP address associated with the third DMA system and the destination IP address associated with the mobile subscriber.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a call detail record (CDR) generator to store a set of call detail records.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mobile switching center (MSC) module configured to communicate with one or more networks.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the one or more networks include an integrated services digital network (ISDN) and a public switched telephone network (PSTN).

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a base station controller (BSC) module, wherein the BSC module is communicatively coupled to one or more base transceiver stations (BTSs), and wherein the BSC module is configured to route communications to one or more wireless communication networks via the one or more BTSs.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable storage device stores information associated with one or more mobile subscribers that are registered with the first DMA system at a first home location register (HLR).

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the information stored at the first HLR includes at least one of an international mobile subscriber identification (IMSI), an electronic series number (ESN), a mobile directory number (MDN), a location indicator, a global positioning system (GPS) location, a registration indicator, a timer, a mobile switching center (MSC) preference indicator, an integrated services digital network (ISDN) preference indicator, and a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) preference indicator.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable storage device stores information associated with a first community location register (CLR), wherein the information associated with the first CLR corresponds to information associated with one or more mobile subscribers that are registered with the second DMA system.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable storage device stores information associated with one or more roaming mobile subscribers that are temporarily registered with the first DMA system at a first visitor location register (VLR).

10. A computer readable storage device comprising:

instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving registration information associated with a mobile subscriber at a first distributed mobile architecture (DMA) system of a DMA network while the mobile subscriber is located within a coverage area associated with a second DMA system of the DMA network;

receiving a location update request at the first DMA system, wherein the location update request is related to the mobile subscriber and is sent from a third DMA system of the DMA network;

sending a second location update request from the first DMA system to the second DMA system in response to receiving the location update request from the third DMA system;

receiving a destination internet protocol (IP) address associated with the mobile subscriber from the second DMA system; and

sending the destination IP address associated with the mobile subscriber to the third DMA system,

wherein the third DMA system is configured to place a call to the second DMA system via a peer-to-peer IP connection based on a source IP address associated with the third DMA system and the destination IP address associated with the mobile subscriber.

11. The computer readable storage device of claim 10, further comprising a first home location register (HLR) storing information associated with one or more mobile subscribers that are registered with the first DMA system.

12. The computer readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the information stored at the first HLR includes at least one of an international mobile subscriber identification (IMSI), an electronic series number (ESN), a mobile directory number (MDN), a location indicator, a global positioning system (GPS) location, a registration indicator, a timer, a mobile switching center (MSC) preference indicator, an integrated services digital network (ISDN) preference indicator, and a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) preference indicator.

13. The computer readable storage device of claim 10, further comprising a first community location register (CLR) storing information associated with one or more mobile subscribers that are registered with the second DMA system.

14. The computer readable storage device of claim 10, further comprising a first visitor location register (VLR) storing information associated with one or more roaming mobile subscribers that are temporarily registered with the first DMA system.

15. A method comprising:

receiving at a first distributed mobile architecture (DMA) system, a call from a first mobile subscriber to a second mobile subscriber;

determining whether the second mobile subscriber is registered with one of the first DMA system and a second DMA system based on information stored at an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) module, wherein the information stored at the AAA module includes;

a first home location register (HLR) that stores information associated with one or more mobile subscribers that are registered with the first DMA system; and

a first community location register (CLR) storing information associated with a second HLR of the second DMA system, wherein the second HLR stores information associated with one or more mobile subscribers that are registered with the second DMA system, and wherein the second DMA system includes a second CLR; and

initiating connection of the call from the first mobile subscriber to the second mobile subscriber via the first DMA system and the second DMA system when the second mobile subscriber is registered with the second DMA system.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the call is connected via the first DMA system when the first HLR indicates that the second mobile subscriber is registered with the first DMA system.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the information that is stored at the first HLR includes at least one of an international mobile subscriber identification (IMSI), an electronic series number (ESN), a mobile directory number (MDN), a location indicator, a global positioning system (GPS) location, a registration indicator, a timer, a mobile switching center (MSC) preference indicator, an integrated services digital network (ISDN) preference indicator, and a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) preference indicator.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the AAA module includes a visitor location register (VLR) that stores information associated with one or more roaming mobile subscribers that are temporarily registered with the first DMA system.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the call is connected via the first DMA system when the VLR indicates that the second mobile subscriber is registered with the first DMA system.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the information that is stored at the VLR includes at least one of an international mobile subscriber identification (IMSI), an electronic series number (ESN), a temporary location directory number (TLDN), a registration indicator, a timer, a mobile switching center (MSC) preference indicator, an integrated services digital network (ISDN) preference indicator, and a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) preference indicator.