System and method for transport, network, translation, and adaptive coding in a vehicular network environment

• US 9,154,900 B1
• Filed: 05/24/2011
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Addepalli, Sateesh K., Natarajan, Preethi, Sudhaakar, Raghuram S., Dai, Lillian Lei, Ermagan, Vina, Casas, Christian Ibars, Monclus, Pere
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Jae Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): Voltaire, Jean F
• Application Number:
  US13/114,659
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• Field of Search: 370328-332
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/023 for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/10 Interpretation of driver requests or demands
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/008 where the control data relates to payload of a different packet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0858 One way delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/12 Shortest path evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2592 using tunnelling or encapsulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/03 Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 : Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0009 : for a plurality of users or terminals, e.g. group communication or moving wireless networks user group management H04W4/08; processing of subscriber group data H04W8/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/08 : Reselecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 : Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 : Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 : for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 : Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 : based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 : Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 : based on traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 : Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 : Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0206 : in access points, e.g. base stations access point devices per se H04W88/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0219 : where the power saving management affects multiple terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0264 : by selectively disabling software applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/12 : Outer and inner loops
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 : Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/225 : Calculation of statistics, e.g. average, variance
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/241 : taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR, Eb/lo
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/346 : distributing total power among users or channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 : Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 : in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/53 : based on regulatory allocation policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 : for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 : Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 : Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 : Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/02 : Data link layer protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 : Moving wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 : between terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 30/60 : Planning or developing urban green infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment, a system and method are provided for translation services to facilitate interoperation between mobility schemes. In other embodiments, the system and method may provide transport and network services for legacy applications, and adaptive coding for message, packet, link and physical layers.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

intercepting a lookup request from a first mobile node associated with a first mobile scheme for a first mobile network;

retrieving control information for a second mobile node associated with a second mobile scheme for a second mobile network based on the lookup request, wherein the control information is retrieved from a control plane in which the first mobile node and the second mobile node are registered;

forwarding the control information to the first mobile node;

establishing a data plane between the first mobile node and the second mobile node;

intercepting packets exchanged between the first mobile node and the second mobile node;

dynamically selecting and applying a combination of data protection schemes for a message layer, a Layer 4 (L4) transport layer, a network layer, a link layer and a physical layer;

negotiating end-to-end parameters between the first mobile node and the second mobile node using the dynamically selected data protection schemes;

translating packets from the first mobile scheme to the second mobile scheme to leverage one or more capabilities for the second mobile scheme that are unavailable for the first mobile scheme, wherein at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node is an on-board unit for a vehicle and wherein at least one of the first mobile scheme and the second mobile scheme is associated with a Layer 4 (L4) transport protocol; and

tracking location information for at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node based on registration updates in the control plane for at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering the first mobile node in a control plane of the second mobile node.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering the first mobile node in a control plane of the second mobile node; and

performing control plane functions on behalf of the first mobile node in the control plane of the second mobile node.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein translating packets comprises removing a first mobility header associated with the first mobile scheme and attaching a second mobility header conforming to the second mobile scheme.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first mobile scheme is associated with a first protocol and the second mobile scheme is associated with a second protocol, the method further comprising:

matching parameters associated with the first protocol to a match pattern;

applying an action set to modify the packets to conform to a second protocol; and

exchanging the packets between the first mobile node and the second mobile node using the second protocol.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the action set maps a first socket associated with the first protocol to a second socket associated with the second protocol.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the action set maps a plurality of sockets associated with the first protocol to a socket associated with the second protocol.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the match pattern includes a network layer parameter.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the match pattern includes a transport layer parameter.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the first protocol is a transport control protocol;

the second protocol is a host identity protocol; and

the action set comprises replacing a connection associated with the transport control protocol with a host identity control protocol association.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

negotiating next-hop parameters using the dynamically selected data protection schemes.

12. Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media that includes code for execution and when executed by one or more processors is operable to perform operations comprising:

intercepting a lookup request from a first mobile node associated with a first mobile scheme for a first mobile network;

retrieving control information for a second mobile node associated with a second mobile scheme for a second mobile network based on the lookup request, wherein the control information is retrieved from a control plane in which the first mobile node and the second mobile node are registered;

forwarding the control information to the first mobile node;

establishing a data plane between the first mobile node and the second mobile node;

intercepting packets exchanged between the first mobile node and the second mobile node;

dynamically selecting and applying a combination of data protection schemes for a message layer, a Layer 4 (L4) transport layer, a network layer, a link layer and a physical layer;

negotiating end-to-end parameters between the first mobile node and the second mobile node using the dynamically selected data protection schemes;

translating packets from the first mobile scheme to the second mobile scheme to leverage one or more capabilities for the second mobile scheme that are unavailable for the first mobile scheme, wherein at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node is an on-board unit for a vehicle and wherein at least one of the first mobile scheme and the second mobile scheme is associated with a Layer 4 (L4) transport protocol; and

tracking location information for at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node based on registration updates in the control plane for at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node.

13. The logic of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

registering the first mobile node in a control plane of the second mobile node.

14. The logic of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

registering the first mobile node in a control plane of the second mobile node; and

performing control plane functions on behalf of the first mobile node in the control plane of the second mobile node.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a mobility translator module; and

one or more processors operable to execute instructions associated with the mobility translator module such that the apparatus is configured for;

intercepting a lookup request from a first mobile node associated with a first mobile scheme for a first mobile network;

retrieving control information for a second mobile node associated with a second mobile scheme for a second mobile network based on the lookup request, wherein the control information is retrieved from a control plane in which the first mobile node and the second mobile node are registered;

forwarding the control information to the first mobile node;

establishing a data plane between the first mobile node and the second mobile node;

intercepting packets exchanged between the first mobile node and the second mobile node;

dynamically selecting and applying a combination of data protection schemes for a message layer, a Layer 4 (L4) transport layer, a network layer, a link layer and a physical layer;

negotiating end-to-end parameters between the first mobile node and the second mobile node using the dynamically selected data protection schemes;

translating packets from the first mobile scheme to the second mobile scheme to leverage one or more capabilities for the second mobile scheme that are unavailable for the first mobile scheme, wherein at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node is an on-board unit for a vehicle and wherein at least one of the first mobile scheme and the second mobile scheme is associated with a Layer 4 (L4) transport protocol; and

tracking location information for at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node based on registration updates in the control plane for at least one of the first mobile node and the second mobile node.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further configured for:

registering the first mobile node in a control plane of the second mobile node.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further configured for:

registering the first mobile node in a control plane of the second mobile node; and

performing control plane functions on behalf of the first mobile node in the control plane of the second mobile node.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein translating packets comprises removing a first mobility header associated with the first mobile scheme and attaching a second mobility header conforming to the second mobile scheme.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first mobile scheme is associated with a first protocol and the second mobile scheme is associated with a second protocol, wherein the apparatus is further configured for:

matching parameters associated with the first protocol to a match pattern;

applying an action set to modify the packets to conform to a second protocol for a second mobile network; and

exchanging the packets between the first mobile node and the second mobile node using the second protocol.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the action set maps a first socket associated with the first protocol to a second socket associated with the second protocol.