US 2012/0257610 A1Published application

Mobile wlan gateway

AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

InventorsLasse Maki, Tom Ojala

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Abstract

A technique for operating a mobile station as wireless local-area network [“WLAN”] gate-way. A gateway application sets up (3-0) a WLAN base station capable of communicating with WLAN terminals over a WLAN network; creates a network identifier (3-2, 3-4) for the WLAN base station; assigns (3-8, 3-10) an IP address for the WLAN terminals; resolves domain name service [“DNS”] queries (3-12 . . . 3-18) in cooperation with an external DNS service system; assigns a port number protocols supported by the gateway application; and tunnels internet traffic (3-30 . . . 3-36) between the WLAN terminals and an internet host over the broadband connection. The memory further comprises a media server application for sharing content among the one or more WLAN terminals. The gateway application may redirect (6-22) a first HTTP page request (6-24) from the WLAN terminals to a start page of the media server application.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A mobile station, comprising:

a memory that stores applications and data;
a processor that executes the stored applications;
a user interface including an input section and an output section;
reception/transmission circuitry for providing a communication interface to one or more access networks;
authentication means that authenticates a user of the mobile station;
a radio transceiver that establishes and maintains a broadband connection with a mobile communication network in response to a successful authentication of the user of the mobile station;
wireless local-area network (WLAN) means responsive to an activation or deactivation command according to a setting received via the input section of the user interface;
a gateway application including a plurality of code portions stored in the memory, the code portions executable by the processor to:
activate the WLAN means as a WLAN base station capable of communication with one or more WLAN terminals over a WLAN network;
create a network identifier for the WLAN base station;
assign an internet protocol address for the one or more WLAN terminals;
resolve domain name service (DNS) queries in cooperation with an external DNS service system;
assign at least one port number for each protocol supported by the gateway application;
tunnel internet traffic between the one or more WLAN terminals and an internet host over the broadband connection;
and
periodically power on the WLAN means and power off the WLAN means in response to a detected absence of WLAN terminal activity for a predetermined period of time;
and
share content among the one or more WLAN terminals.

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Facts

Application: 13/489,350Filed 5 Jun 2012
Priority: FI 2008003216 Jan 2008
Published: 11 Oct 2012
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Classification26 codes

H04W 28/0215
Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control: based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices
H04L 12/4633
Interconnection of networks: interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling
H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04M 15/58
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless…: based on…

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