Mobile internet protocol on a signaling channel
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsJill C Wheeler, William T Scott, Karina Burchard, Soon Teck Gibson Ang
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Abstract
A mobile internet protocol on a radio signaling channel (2). A mobile internet protocol message is wrapped in a radio control message (12) by a mobile station (1) and sent to a radio access network (3). The mobile internet protocol message is unwrapped by the radio access network and routed to a home agent (7) for authentication.
Claims18
An arrangement for providing internet access on a mobile station coupled to a radio access network, said arrangement comprising:
- means for encapsulating an internet protocol message within a radio resource control (RRC) message to produce an internet accept message;
- means for transmitting said internet access message to said radio access network;
- means for un-encapsulating said internet protocol message from said internet access message;
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- means for routing said un-encapsulated internet protocol message to an internet agent.
A method for mobile internet protocol registration via a radio signaling channel of a radio access network, the method comprising the steps of:
- wrapping a mobile internet protocol registration message within a radio control message by a mobile station;
- un-wrapping by the radio access network the mobile internet protocol registration message;
- routing the mobile internet protocol registration message for authentication to a home agent;
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- setting-up a radio bearer channel between the mobile station and the radio access network in response to the authentication of the home agent.
A method for transferring a mobile internet protocol access from a mobile station through a radio access network, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining by the mobile station that the mobile internet protocol access requires a transfer from a first base station;
- determining by a first foreign agent a second base station being available to the mobile station;
- determining by the first foreign agent a second foreign agent associated with the second base station;
- sending a mobile internet protocol registration message from the mobile station to the second foreign agent;
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- handing off the mobile internet protocol access from the first base station to the second base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.