90 results about "Access network controller" patented technology

The invention discloses a method for double transmission mode switching between general access network and other access network, establishing user data link in both circuit switched domain and packet switched domain for terminals by general access controller, and processing switching operation between circuit switched domain and packet switched domain related to the same terminal. The invention also provides general access network controller suitable for the mentioned method. The invention makes mobile terminal which can carry out service in both circuit switched domain and packet switched domain freely surf the wireless core network with different access technology, improves user's mobility and service feeling.

The present invention provides a method and architecture on how mobile stations (MS 132) are provisioned about information of an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) network controller (UNC 142). The UNC (142) in accordance with the present invention provides three different logical roles (i.e., provisioning (300), default (302) and serving (304)). More specifically, the present invention provides a method for assigning a mobile station (MS 132) to an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) network controller (UNC 142) in an unlicensed mobile access network (UMAN 102). The MS (132) is connected to a provisioning UNC (402) and discovers a default UNC (404). A serving UNC (406) is then determined to assign the MS (132) to and the MS (132) is assigned to the serving UNC (408). The serving UNC (620) can be the default UNC (612), the provisioning UNC (604) or another UNC.

A synchronization apparatus and method in a mobile communication system. The apparatus and method include measuring transmission delay time by a Packet Control Function (PCF) or an Access Network Controller (ANC) by exchanging packets with each ANTS, and selecting via the PCF or the ANC the longest transmission delay time of the measured time as an initial wireless transmission time, transmitting by the PCF or the ANC the wireless transmission time of the packet to said each ANTS together with packets, calculating a packet waiting time, which is a difference between the time at which said each ANTS has received the packets and the time at which the corresponding packets has been actually transmitted wirelessly, and reporting the calculated packet waiting time to the PCF or the ANC, and updating via the PCF or the ANC the wireless transmission time of next packets by means of information for the packet waiting time from each ANTS, and transmitting via the PCF or the ANC the updated wireless transmission time to the ANTSs.

A method and system for handover of a mobile station (MS) to an unlicensed mobile access network controller (UNC) in an unlicensed mobile access network (UMAN). In one embodiment, the MS sends an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) radio resource (URR) Registration Request message to the UNC with one or more location identifiers for the MS. The location identifiers may include a GSM Cell Global Identity, an access point (AP) Radio Identity, a set of GPS coordinates, or an AP location. The UNC selects absolute radio frequency channel numbers (ARFCN) and base station identity codes (BSIC) values from a table based on the location identifiers and returns them to the MS in a URR Registration Accept message.

A signaling method for transmitting packet data including information indicating an MN ID of one target access terminal (AT) among a plurality of ATs from a packet data service node (PSDN) to the target AT in a mobile communication system including a service system connected to the PDSN and a data location register (DLR), a plurality of access systems each having an access network controller (ANC) connected to the service system, and a plurality of access terminals (ATs) for communicating by radio with the access systems. In the signaling method, upon receipt of a message informing the access system of arrival of the packet data, the access system transmits a Paging Request message to the DLR. Upon receipt of the Paging Request message, the DLR storing location information of the plurality of ATs within areas of the plurality of access systems searches a location of the target AT. The DLR transmits a Paging Response message including a return of the Paging Request message through the service system to a, target access system where the target AT is located among the plurality of access systems, and transmits a Paging Command message to the target AT. Upon receipt of a Connection Request message for the packet data from the target AT, the service system transmits the packet data to the target AT through the target access system.

The invention concerns a radio communication device (700) comprising:

• • for circuit-switched services, first access means, enabling access to a mobile network via a first access network included in a wireless local area network,
  • for packet-switched services, second access means (70), enabling access to the mobile network via the first access network.

According to the invention, the first access means conform to the “GAN” technology and the second access means conform to the “3GPP-WLAN Interworking” technology. The technologies are defined in the 3GPP standards.

The embodiment of the invention provides an air interface information processing system and method, and equipment. An enhanced base station comprises: a receiver, which is used for receiving an air interface control strategy sent by a wireless access network controller having the wireless access network air interface control function through an open interface; and a processor, which is used for carrying out air interface user plane data processing according to the air interface control strategy. According to the technical scheme, on the basis of the wireless access network controller and the enhanced base station, separation of the wireless access network at the control plane and the user plane is realized.

A method and system wherein a Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Access Network Controller (VANC)1 upon receiving a REGISTER and REGISTER UPDATE message from the UE1 notifies a Hand Over Selection Function node (HOSF) that a user equipment (UE) is registered in the VANC. This will only be done if the HOSF has not theretofore been notified.

An apparatus is configured to be operably connected to an access network controller device as well as to a pool of network elements which all comprise the same radio network configuration. The apparatus further comprises a selection functionality configured to select and connect one or more of the network elements with the access network controller device.

In cellular mobile networks handover between base stations of adjacent cells requires the identity, address and frequency of all adjacent cells to be known to other elements of the network. Conventional networks (e.g.cellular networks) can be extended by the addition of unlicensed-radio access networks. Said unlicensed networks can include an access network controller preferably connected via a broadband network to a plurality of low-power local base stations, which communicate with mobile stations over an unlicensed radio interface. The number and changing location of the local base station renders the operation and maintenance required to enable handover from the conventional network to these access networks prohibitively complex. This difficulty is alleviated by assigning to all the mini-cells of the unlicensed network a single identifier being said single identifier associated to the access network controller. With this arrangement regardless of which base station mini-cell an active call is being handed-over to, the conventional network will be able to route the request to the access network controller.

The invention discloses a PDP context based on the condition that an Iu-PS interface of a 3G network is unified to an Sl interface of an LTE/SAE network, and a management method for loading the context. The method comprises the steps: establishing a connection relationship of NSAPI, TI and EPS BearerId by a wireless access network controller, informing a mobility management entity of the connection relationship, inducing the Sl interface of the SAE network by UTRAN of the 3G network to further induce a certain characteristic of the SAE network so as to enhance the performance of the original 3G network and enable the SAE network to be compatible with the UTRAN of the 3G network to promote the evolution and the integration of the networks. In addition, the invention also discloses the wireless access network controller and a system.

The present invention provides a method and architecture on how mobile stations (MS) are provisioned about information of an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) network controller (UNC). The UNC in accordance with the present invention provides three different logical roles (i.e., provisioning, default and serving). More specifically, the present invention provides a method for assigning a mobile station (MS) to an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) network controller (UNC) in an unlicensed mobile access network (UMAN). The MS is connected to a provisioning UNC and discovers a default UNC. A serving UNC is then determined to assign the MS to and the MS is assigned to the serving UNC. The serving UNC can be the default UNC, the provisioning UNC or another UNC.

The invention discloses a grouping switch method which essentially means that a judgment step on executing a switch condition is added to a switch process and the current switch initiating or executing is controlled via a pre-placed switch condition. The judgment step may be carried out at any time before the completion of a switch by any related node of the switch like a mobile station, a base station controller or a universal access network controller, etc. The invention avoids an unusual backward and forward switch between the cells according to the judgment of unusual performance by the pre-placed switch condition, and reduces the signaling flow, thereby improving the stability of the service.

The invention discloses a method for mobility management, comprising the following steps: a universal access network controller receives indication information sent by a mobile station; and the universal access network controller selects a mode of the universal access network according to the indication information. The invention also discloses a system and equipment of mobility management. In the embodiment of the invention, when registration between GERAN/UTRAN and GAN is initiated, a user terminal can preferably select different GAN modes according to the own network to carry out registration or select an expected GAN mode to carry out registration, thus being capable of optimizing the network resource.

An Unlicensed Mobile Access Network Controller (UNC) and method for providing an early indication of service failure to a mobile station registered with the UNC. When the UNC detects a network failure that prevents service to the mobile station, the UNC prohibits new registrations by other mobile stations, starts a timer, and monitors the network failure to determine if the failure clears. If the failure clears before the timer expires, new registrations are accepted from other mobile stations. However, if the timer expires before the failure clears, the UNC continues to prohibit new registrations from other mobile stations, and deregisters the mobile station when a network Keep Alive timer expires for the mobile station. When a plurality of mobile stations are registered with the UNC, the UNC deregisters the plurality of mobile stations one at a time as the network Keep Alive timer expires for each mobile station.

The invention discloses a method for monitoring packet transmission channel in the switching process between access network sub-districts and other sub-districts using random access techniques. In the packet transmission channel switch process, the terminal or universal access network controller triggers the releasing protection operations to packet transmission channel, thereby avoiding the release of packet transmission channel. The invention also discloses the corresponding terminal and universal access network controller. Since the invention logically links together the packet transmission channel switch process and the monitoring of the packet transmission channel, the packet transmission channel will not release beforehand in the switching process, and the terminal can smoothly and timely come back in the source sub-district for avoiding service jitter when abnormity occurs in the switching process.

The invention relates to a method of virtual soft switch, which comprises: the access terminal finds the SINR of target base station region is higher than the SINR of source base station region, to change the region mark of first reverse signal channel into from the source base station region to the target base station region; the access network controller fills descending data to the target base station; the access terminal feeds back the byte serial number information relative to the latest received data of access terminal and changes the region mark of second reverse signal channel from source base station to the target base station; the source base station stops sending data; the target base station sends data alignment relative to said byte serial number information to the access terminal. With said invention, the target base station can quick obtain the sent data, to eliminate time delay and vibration, to confirm the service quality of wireless grouped data application with high real-time demand.

The invention discloses a circuit switching domain rollback method and device, and is applicable to the field of communication. The method comprises steps as follows: an MSC (mobile switching center) transmits a first paging message to an MME (mobile management entity) and transmits a second paging message to an access network controller, and the access network controller receives the second paging message and determines the corresponding relationship between the MSC and the UE; the MME controls the UE to carry out CSFB (circuit switched fallback) and transmits a first paging response message to the access network controller; and the access network controller determines the MSC according to IMSI (international mobile subscriber identity) information in the first paging response message and the corresponding relationship between the MSC and the UE, and transmits a second paging response message to the MSC. When the CSFB is carried out, the BSC (base station controller) or RNC (radio network controller) can correctly determine which MSC in the MSC cell should the paging response be transmitted to.

The present invention proposes a method for performing a relocation procedure for a user equipment (UE) communicating in a communication network and being movable therein, said communication network comprising at least two serving nodes (SGSN1, SGSN2) of a core network of said communication network, each of which serving nodes being connected to at least one access network controller (RNC1, RNC2) of a access network of said communication network, each of which access network controllers being adapted to perform a communication with said user equipment (UE) within its coverage area, and each serving node being assigned to a respective routing area (RA1, RA2), said method comprising the steps of monitoring (S100) the occurrence of a relocation condition, deciding (S200), whether said relocation condition is an inter serving node relocation condition, switching (S400) the communication from a first access network controller (RNC1) of a first serving node (SGSN1) to a second access network controller (RNC2) of a second serving node (SGSN2), when the decision in said decision step (S200) is positive; maintaining (S600) the control of communication in the core network anchored in the first serving node (SGSN1) while the communication connection is in a first state (S500); and changing (S700) the control of communication in the core network to the second serving node (SGSN2), when a changing condition is detected (S500). The present invention also proposes a corresponding system and network element.