Multimedia communication using co-located care of address for bearer traffic

• US 8,792,420 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2011
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Hsu, Raymond Tah-Sheng, Mahendran, Arungundram C.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, STEVEN H D
• Application Number:
  US13/038,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20110153843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,246 Days
• Field of Search: 370/338, 370/349, 370/328, 370/469, 370/352, 709/245
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/64 Hybrid switching systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

In a wireless communications system in which a mobile node seeks a communication session with a correspondent node by first signaling for initialization of the communication session through a first data path via an intermediate node. Thereafter, contents of the communication is established through a second data path in which the mobile node and the correspondent node communicate straightforwardly without going through the intermediate node.

Claims

1. A method of communicating with a correspondent node in a remote network in a communication system supported by IP (Internet Protocol), comprising:

(a) sending, from a mobile node located in a foreign network, signaling for initialization of a communication session through a first communication path by sending an invite message to said correspondent node via a proxy entity associated with a home network of the mobile node, including sending the invite message via a home agent of the home network to a Proxy Call State Session Function (P-CSCF) of the home network; and

(b) transmitting contents of said communication session straightforwardly from said mobile node to said correspondent node through a second communication path, wherein the second communication path comprises a direct data path between the mobile node and the correspondent node without passing through the proxy entity.

2. The method of claim 1 further including acquiring first and second addresses prior to step (a), and wherein step (a) further including signaling for initialization of said communication session using said first address and step (b) further including transmitting said contents of said communication session using said second address.

3. The method of claim 2 further including (c) updating said second address when the mobile node moves from the foreign network to another network in the communication system.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein step (a) further including signaling for initiation of said communication session under mobile IP and step (b) further including transmitting contents of said communication session under simple IP.

5. The method of claim 2 further including providing a home address as said first address and providing a co-located care-of address as said second address.

6. The method of claim 5 further including updating said co-located care of address during said transmitting said contents in a second foreign network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the invite message to said correspond node via the proxy entity further comprises sending via a Proxy Call State Session Function (P-CSCF) of the foreign network.

8. An apparatus in a wireless communication system supported by the IP (Internet Protocol), comprising:

means for sending, from a mobile node located in foreign network, an invite message for initialization of a communication session to a correspondent node in a remote network via a proxy entity associated with a home network of the mobile node through a first communication path, including means for sending the invite message via a home agent of the home network to a Proxy Call State Session Function (P-CSCF) of the home network; and

means for transmitting contents of said communication session straightforwardly from said mobile node to said correspondent node through a second communication path, wherein the second communication path comprises a direct data path between the mobile node and the correspondent node without passing through the proxy entity.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 further including means for acquiring first and second addresses, such that said apparatus uses said first address for sending said invite message through said first communication path and uses said second address for transmitting said contents of said communication session through said second communication path.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 further including means for updating said second address when said apparatus moves from the foreign network to another network in said wireless communication system.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 further including means for providing a home address as said first address and means for providing a co-located care-of address as said second address.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further including means for updating said co-located care of address when said apparatus moves from the foreign network to another foreign network in said wireless communication system.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, further including means for sending said invite message under mobile IP and means for transmitting contents of said communication session under simple IP.

14. An apparatus for communication with a correspondent node in a remote network in a wireless communication system supported by the IP (Internet Protocol), comprising:

a memory circuit having computer-readable instructions for, sending from a mobile node located in a foreign network, signaling for initialization of a communication session through a first communication path by sending an invite message to said correspondent node via a proxy entity associated with a home network of the mobile node, including sending the invite message via a home agent of the home network to a Proxy Call State Session Function (P-CSCF) of the home network, and transmitting contents of said communication session straightforwardly from said mobile node to said correspondent node through a second communication path, wherein the second communication path comprises a direct data path between the mobile node and the correspondent node without passing through the proxy entity; and

a processor circuit coupled to said memory circuit for processing said computer-readable instructions.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said memory circuit further including computer-readable instructions for acquiring first and second addresses, and using said first and second addresses respectively in conjunction with said first and second communication paths.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said memory circuit further including computer-readable instructions for updating said second address when said apparatus moves from the foreign network to another network in said wireless communication system.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said first and second addresses respectively include a HoA (Home Address) and a CCoA (Co-located Care-Of Address).

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said computer-readable instructions further including sending said invite message under mobile IP and transmitting contents of said communication session under simple IP.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said memory circuit further including computer-readable instructions for updating said co-located care of address when said apparatus moves from the foreign network to a second foreign network in said communication system.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for:

(a) sending, from a mobile node located in a foreign network, signaling for initialization of a communication session through a first communication path by sending an invite message to a correspondent node in a remote network via a proxy entity associated with a home network of the mobile node, including sending the invite message via a home agent of the home network to a Proxy Call State Session Function (P-CSCF) of the home network; and

(b) transmitting contents of said communication session straightforwardly from said mobile node to said correspondent node through a second communication path, wherein the second communication path comprises a direct data path between the mobile node and the correspondent node without passing through the proxy entity.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20 further including computer-executable instructions for acquiring first and second addresses prior to step (a), and wherein step (a) further including signaling for initialization of said communication session using said first address and step (b) further including transmitting said contents of said communication session using said second address.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 further including (c) updating said second address when the mobile node moves from the foreign network to another network in the communication system.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22 wherein step (a) further including signaling for initiation of said communication session under mobile IP and step (b) further including transmitting contents of said communication session under simple IP.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 further including computer-executable instructions for providing a home address as said first address and providing a co-located care-of address as said second address.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24 further including computer-executable instructions for updating said co-located care of address during said transmitting said contents in a second foreign network.