Managed Handover Module for Seamless VoIP Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current handover technologies in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and mobile networks do not effectively support seamless communication for present-day WiFi or FMC telephones, nor do they provide legal and cost-effective solutions for operators and users, particularly in VoIP telephony, and lack features like tunnel-free relaying and convenience-information correlated commercial communication.
Innovation Solution
The 'netsurfing' method enables managed handover (MHO) between real or virtual Integrated Access Devices (IADs) in WLANs or mobile networks, using an MHO-module controlled by an MHO-specification in the homeIAD, which allows tunnel-free relaying and convenience-information correlated commercial communication, providing legal security and cost reduction for operators and improved user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional handover technologies are used in WLANs and mobile networks, then basic connectivity is maintained, but seamless communication is not achieved and legal security for operators is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an MHO-module (Managed Handover Module) as an intermediary component that mediates between the terminal system and the network during handover. This module, controlled by MHO-specification, coordinates the handover process to ensure seamless communication while maintaining legal security for operators by managing the transition without requiring complex intermediary network operators.
2Stability of the object's composition
If tunnel-based relaying is used for handover, then communication continuity is maintained, but network complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the tunnel-based relaying mechanism from the handover process. By implementing tunnel-free relaying, the system maintains communication continuity through direct routing during handover, thereby reducing network infrastructure complexity and operational costs while preserving the essential stability of communication.
3Adaptability or versatility
If handover processes do not include commercial communication features, then technical functionality is maintained, but operator benefits and user convenience are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges commercial communication features with the technical handover process. The MHO-module integrates both technical handover management and commercial communication capabilities, allowing operators to implement commercial measures during handover while maintaining a unified, manageable protocol structure that does not excessively increase complexity.
4Adaptability or versatility
If shared IADs are used without legal security measures, then network sharing is enabled, but legal risks for operators increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms within the MHO-module that provide legal security for operators using shared IADs. The system continuously monitors and manages the handover process, providing feedback that ensures legal compliance and risk mitigation while preserving the network sharing capability that enables versatile access.
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AI summary
A method for providing information to a first terminal system and/or a second terminal system which connected to each other through a network and are subject to a potential or actual handover, provides convenience information about the execution of the potential or actual handover to at least one of the first and the second terminal systems, prior to or with the start of the handover, and provides in addition to at least one of the first and the second terminal systems a commercial communication relating to a commercial measure, whereby the commercial communication is provided in correlation with the provision of the convenience information.