Abstract:
An apparatus and method of effecting hand-off of a mobile station (104) in a first wireless communication system, which has a first mobile switching node (204) operable with a first base station (208) and a second mobile switching node (220) operable with a second base station (224), and a second wireless communication system, is claimed. A handoff required message (404) is received at the first mobile switching node (204) and sent (408) to a second mobile switching node (220). A message (412) from the second mobile switching node is sent to request allocation for a handoff. In an embodiment, this message (412) is sent to the VLR of the second wireless communication system. In response, a handoff request acknowledge message (428) is received by the second mobile switching node (220) and sent to the first mobile switching node (204). An initial address message (432) is sent to initiate a circuit connection between the first mobile switching node (204) and the second mobile switching node (220). Then, the call is received from the first mobile switching node (204).
Abstract:
A method for performing a soft handoff, including establishing a first control channel via a network between a first BSC and a first BTS. The method also includes establishing a second control channel via the network between a second BSC and a second BTS. A call between a mobile station (MS) and the first BTS is established, and while the call continues an indication is sent to the first BSC that the MS has received a signal from the second BTS. In response to the indication, a trigger is conveyed from the first BSC to the second BTS, and, in response to receiving the trigger at the second BTS, further traffic associated with the call is directed between the MS, the second BTS, and the first BSC, without conveying the further traffic through the second BSC.
Abstract:
A CDMA mobile station (MS) (20) can be engaged with a GSM subscriber entity module (SIM) (24) to authenticate the MS (20) with a GSM core infrastructure (14) using a CDMA radio access network (RAN) (18, 22) through a hybrid CDMA/GSM message switching center (MSC) (28), such that use of the CDMA RAN (18, 22) with the existing GSM core (14) advantageously is facilitated.
Abstract:
A method for enabling a mobile telephone to operate in a communications network, including: generating a random authentication number and an expected response to the random authentication number, and transmitting a forward short message service (SMS) message incorporating the random authentication number to the mobile telephone. The method further includes generating at the mobile telephone, responsive to the random authentication number, an authentication response, and receiving from the mobile telephone a return SMS message incorporating the authentication response. The method also includes performing a comparison between the authentication response in the return SMS message and the expected response, and authenticating the mobile telephone to operate in the communications network responsive to the comparison.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at an AP. A station (STA) serving as a soft access point (SAP) in master mode may be configured to support communication over two radar channels (e.g., a primary and secondary channel) simultaneously. The STA may detect radar on the primary channel and move the primary channel to the secondary channel; meanwhile, the secondary channel may be moved to a channel in a non-radar subband. In some cases, the STA may establish a primary channel in a non-radar subband and then advertise a single bandwidth capacity. the STA may then perform a channel availability check (CAC) on a radar subband. If the CAC is successful, the STA may establish a secondary channel on the radar subband (or move the primary channel to the radar subband) and advertise a dual bandwidth capacity.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method of effecting hand-off of a mobile station in a first wireless communication system, which has a first mobile switching node operable with a first base station and a second mobile switching node operable with a second base station, and a second wireless communication system, is claimed. A handoff required message is received at the first mobile switching node, and sent to a second mobile switching node. A message from the second mobile switching node is sent to request allocation for a handoff. In an embodiment, this message is sent to the VLR of the second wireless communication system. In response, a handoff request acknowledge message is received by the second mobile switching node and sent to the first mobile switching node. An initial address message is sent to initiate a circuit connection between the first mobile switching node and the second mobile switching node. Then, the call is received from the first mobile switching node.
Abstract:
A method of authenticating a mobile station (18) from a first base station (12) in a first cellular communications system controlled by a first mobile switching control station (10) to a second base station (14) in a second, different cellular system controlled by a second mobile switching control station is described. The method comprises generating at the second cellular communication system an authentication code as the result of applying an algorithm to a private key assigned to the mobile station for the second cellular communications system and a random number generated by the second cellular communications system. An authentication code is also generated at the first cellular communication system as the result of applying an algorithm to the private key and the random number. The authentication code generated at the first cellular communication system is then transmitted to a mobile station in a data packet, and, from there, the authentication code is transmitted to the second cellular communication system. The authentication code generated at the first cellular communications system is then compared with the authentication code generated at the second cellular communications system.
Abstract:
A wireless communications device is configurable to communicate with either one of two networks over a wireless medium, each of the two networks having a different air interface protocol. Additionally, the wireless device includes stored provisioning information for a set of networks of a first type and can map this first provisioning information into a second format for use with networks of a second type. The device also includes a non-volatile memory for storing default provisioning information so that some information remains available regardless of what is erased from the memory. The default provisioning information is enough to establish a connection over one of the available networks and allow reconstruction of a provisioning list.
Abstract:
In a wireless communication system, a method and apparatus of communicating between at least one base station and a core network is claimed. Signaling messages and voice streams are transported using packet-switched protocols (IP). A CIC field (Circuit Identity Code) is used to identify at least one VoIP streams. The CIC field may be interpreted as a UDP port number for the voice over IP stream. Also, a synchronization source or contributing source filed of a RTP header may be used as the CIC field.
Abstract:
In a wireless communication system, a method and apparatus of communicating between at least one base station and a core network is claimed. Signaling messages and voice streams are transported using packet-switched protocols (IP). A CIC field (Circuit Identity Code) is used to identify at least one VoIP streams. The CIC field may be interpreted as a UDP port number for the voice over IP stream. Also, a synchronization source or contributing source filed of a RTP header may be used as the CIC field (fig. 1).