Mobile Application Gateway for Enterprise Cellular Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprises lack control over cellular service costs, Quality of Service, and monitoring capabilities due to independent management by wireless carrier networks, which are not interconnected with enterprise voice and data networks.
Innovation Solution
A mobile application gateway that connects cellular networks to enterprise networks, enabling enterprises to manage and control cellular services by interconnecting the Mobile Switching Center and Serving GPRS Support Node with the enterprise's voice and data network, allowing for call routing, data sessions, and policy enforcement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If enterprises use cellular service independently managed by wireless carrier networks, then cellular service availability is improved, but enterprise control over costs, Quality of Service, and monitoring is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an enterprise network gateway as an intermediary component that connects the cellular network to the enterprise data network. This gateway acts as a mediator that allows enterprise systems to monitor and control cellular service usage, costs, and quality of service parameters without disrupting the availability and independence of the cellular network infrastructure.
2Device complexity
If cellular network and enterprise network are kept independent, then network simplicity is maintained, but connectivity and integration between networks is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The enterprise network gateway serves as an intermediary that enables connectivity between the cellular network and enterprise data network while maintaining their independence. The gateway translates and routes data between different network protocols and architectures, providing integration capabilities without requiring complex reconfiguration of either network.
3Loss of energy
If enterprises purchase bulk voice minutes and data capacity from land line carriers, then cost efficiency is improved, but flexibility and mobility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the advantages of bulk purchasing from land line carriers with the flexibility of cellular service by routing cellular voice and data traffic through the enterprise data network. This allows enterprises to consolidate their telecommunications spending and negotiate bulk rates while maintaining cellular mobility and adaptability for employees.
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AI summary
A mobile application gateway configured to interconnect mobile communication devices on a cellular network with an enterprise network is provided. The mobile application gateway includes a voice and data signaling gateway configured to provide routing functionalities, service functionalities and admission control. A gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) is configured to establish a secure data session between one or more of the mobile communication devices and the enterprise network by establishing a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnel between a carrier-hosted serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and the GGSN.