Method for federating at least two communication networks for mobile terminals and network capable of being federated
AssigneeAirbus Defence and Space GmbH
InventorsFranck SCHOLLER, Jean-François PEREZ, Jean-Marc MONTENOT, Wannes VOSSEN
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Abstract
A method for federating at least two communication networks for mobile terminals by establishing a dedicated link between the two networks and then configuring one of the networks to use elements of the other network, in particular the user database and the communication policy manager.
Claims12
A method for federating a first communication network for mobile terminals and a second communication network for mobile terminals, each communication network comprising a base station, a mobility manager, a serving gateway, a user database, a communication policy manager, a packet gateway, each of said first and second communication networks further comprising a router and an orchestrator, the method comprising:
- establishing a dedicated connection between the two first and second communication networks by establishing a connection between the routers;
- electing a master orchestrator from among the orchestrators of the first and second networks to federate, defining a master network and a slave network;
- updating the user database of the master network from the user database of the slave network;
- the configuring links between:
- the serving gateway of the master network and the mobility manager of the slave network;
- the serving gateway of the slave network and the mobility manager of the master network;
- the mobility manager of the master network and the mobility manager of the slave network;
- configuring the slave network so that the slave network uses:
- the user database of the master network;
- the communication policy manager of the master network.
A first communication network for mobile terminals, suited to being federated, with a second communication network for mobile terminals suited to being federated, each communication network for mobile terminals suited to being federated comprising a base station, a mobility manager, a serving gateway, a user database, a communication policy manager, a packet gateway, each communication network further comprising a router and an orchestrator, said first communication network being configured to:
- establish a dedicated connection with the second communication network by establishing a dedicated connection between the router of the first communication network and the router of the second communication network;
- elect a master orchestrator from among the orchestrators of the first and second communication networks to federate, defining a master network and a slave network;
- update the user database of the master network from the user database of the slave network;
- configure links between:
- the serving gateway of the master network and the mobility manager of the slave network;
- the serving gateway of the slave network and the mobility manager of the master network;
- the mobility manager of the master network and the mobility manager of the slave network;
- the packet gateway of the master network and the serving gateway of the slave network;
- configure the slave network so that the slave network uses:
- the user database of the master network;
- the communication policy manager of the master network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.