Abstract:
A protocol proxy relationship is established between a non-enabled host and a protocol-enabled router or other node in a multimedia session including a mobile communications network. A mechanism is provided that allows a non-enabled mobile terminal to communicate a protocol proxy request with a protocol-enabled node along an end-to-end path between the mobile terminal and a remote host. A mechanism is further provided to install information in the protocol enabled node so that it can function as the protocol proxy for the non-enabled mobile terminal.
Abstract:
A method for filtering and gating data flow in a QoS connection between a remote host and user equipment in a packet date network using policy control mechanisms includes a remote host initiating an application in an application server and a corresponding session between the remote host and the user equipment ("UE") via the application server. The UE requests, to a gateway support node ("GGSN") of the network, establishment of a network bearer service between the UE and the remote host. A corresponding policy control function ("PCF") in a policy server receives, from the application server, filtering data derived from session data received by the application server during the session. The GGSN interrogates the corresponding PCF in the policy server to initialize a gate using policy control filtering data at the GGSN. The gate then filters the data flow in the QoS connection according to the policy control filtering data.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method to assure end-to-end quality of service for a multimedia session including plural media data streams. The multimedia session is between a first user terminal associated with a first local access network and a second user terminal associated with a second local access network. The first and second local networks are coupled to an IP backbone network. During session setup, the user terminals each request confirmation from the other that its local access network can provide the quality of service requested for the session. The first user terminal determines whether there are sufficient resources in the first local access network to support a quality of service in its local access network to support a quality of service requested for each of the media data streams. Once this is determined, the first user terminal sends a message to the second user terminal confirming that QoS assurance. Similarly, the second user terminal determines that there are sufficient resources in the second access network to support the quality of services requested for each media data stream. A message is sent to the first user terminal confirming that qality of service determination. The IP network supports the requested quality of service for each media data stream in the session without the need for any formal resource reservation signaling using, for example, the fifferentiated sservices QoS provisioning mechanism, network dimensioning, and traffic engineering. Thus, the requested quality of service for each media data stream in the session can be assured without having to use more complex, costly, and less flexible resource reservation protocols.
Abstract:
For establishing a MIPv6 security association between the mobile node (10) roaming in a foreign network (20) and a home agent (36) and for simplifying MIPv6-related configuration, MIPv6-related information is transferred in an end-to-end procedure over an AAA infrastructure by means of an, preferably extended, authentication protocol. A preferred embodiment uses EAP as basis for the extended authentication protocol, creating EAP extensions by incorporating the MIPv6-related information as additional data in the EAP protocol stack, for example as EAP attributes in the EAP method layer of the EAP protocol stack or transferred in a generic container attribute on the EAP layer or the EAP method layer. A major advantage of the proposed MIPv6 authentication/authorization mechanism lies in the fact that it is transparent to the visited domain (20), allowing AAA client (22) and AAAv (24) to act as mere pass-through agents during the procedure.
Abstract:
To set up a multimedia session involving a mobile terminal, a session packet access bearer is established between the mobile terminal and an access point to a packet data network by way of a radio access network. The access point is coupled to a multimedia system that provides multimedia session services. Using the session packet access bearer, a multimedia session involving the mobile terminal is initiated that includes a plurality of media data streams. Media packet access bearers between the mobile terminal and the access point are established. Media binding information is used to associate that multimedia session and each media data stream to one of the media packet access bearers used to transport a corresponding one of the media data streams between the mobile terminal and the access point. The media binding information may be used in a variety of ways to set up and control the multimedia session and the media packet access bearers.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for splitting communication nodes to provide inter-domain functionality are described. For example, a home subscriber services (HSS) node can be split into a proxy node in a first domain and a non-proxy node in a second domain. The proxy node may or may not include a subset of the data available on the corresponding non-proxy node. An inter-domain interface, e.g., a GUP interface, can be employed between the proxy node and the non-proxy node and the inter-domain protocol server can be used to facilitate other interfaces, e.g., between a home location register (HLR) and other entities.
Abstract:
The invention provides authentication and authorization support for MIPv6 in a CDMA framework by transferring MIPv6-related information in an, preferably extended, authentication protocol in an end-to-end procedure between a mobile node (10) in a visited network and the home network of the mobile node over an AAA infrastructure. Preferably, the end-to-end procedure is executed between the mobile node and an AAA server (34) of the home network. In the visited network, after lower-layer setup, point-to-point communication is established between the mobile node and an internetworking access server (22). The access server then communicates with the AAA home server for MIPv6 authentication and authorization of the mobile node. A preferred embodiment uses EAP as basis for the extended authentication protocol. EAP extensions are then used for MIPv6 initiation and re-authentication, while CHAP can be beneficial for MIPv6 hand-in.
Abstract:
A basic feature of the invention is to rely on an AAA infrastructure to "bootstrap" the HMIPv6 service for a mobile node (130) that "roams" in a visited network or the home network. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, bootstrapping the HMIPv6 service involves authenticating and authorizing the mobile node (130) for HMIPv6 service based on an AAA infrastructure. In an important scenario, the mobile node is roaming in a visited network, and the AAA infrastructure (110, 120, 122) links the visited network with the home network of the mobile node. The invention also supports the possibility of having the MAP (125) located in the home network or other network than the visited network. The reliance on the AAA infrastructure preferably involves transferring HMIPv6-related information required for authenticating and authorizing the mobile node for HMIPv6 service over the AAA infrastructure.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a mechanism for coordinating charging for a multimedia session between a mobile terminal and a remote host on both an application/session level and on an IP/access bearer level. The multimedia session is established over a radio access network via a packet-switched access network coupled to a multimedia system. The multimedia system has one or more multimedia servers for providing multimedia services for multimedia sessions. A token associated with the multimedia session is generated and used to correlate session charges for operations performed in the packet-switched access network and for operations performed in the multimedia system.
Abstract:
Un método de control de acceso para una red móvil (15) gestionada por un enrutador móvil (10), en la que dicho enrutador móvil está interconectado, a través de un enlace bidireccional (40), con un agente (20) de anclaje de movilidad que bloquea la movilidad de la red para el enrutador móvil, comprendiendo dicho método la operación de: ejercer el control de acceso en dicho enrutador móvil para filtrar paquetes ascendentes dirigidos a dicho agente de anclaje de movilidad, estando caracterizado el método adicionalmente por las siguientes operaciones: ejercer el control de acceso en el agente de anclaje de movilidad para filtrar paquetes descendentes dirigidos a dicho enrutador móvil; y transferir información de aprovisionamiento desde una fuente de control de acceso para acceder a un módulo de control de acceso en dicho agente de anclaje de movilidad y a un módulo de control de acceso en dicho enrutador móvil.