US 7,072,961 B1 · Data session service initialization for wireless devices

Abstract

A system and method of the present invention include a gateway device that serves as an interface between a high speed wireless data packet network and an application server placed within a wireline data packet network such as the Internet. The gateway device generates network performance indicators that reflect performance of the high speed wireless data packet network and transmits them to an application server. This enables the quality of service determinations to be made by the application server with at least some knowledge of the wireless network's ability to support the selected quality of service. In the described embodiment of the invention, the gateway devices are GPRS/UMTS gateway GPRS support nodes (GGSNs). The GGSNs generate network performance indicators.

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Dependent claims

A high-speed wireless data packet network, comprising:

an application server for transmitting data to a mobile terminal by way of a wired data packet network and subsequently by way of a wireless communication link;
and
a gateway device providing an interface between the application server and network elements of the high speed wireless data packet network that form the wireless data packet network wherein a gateway general packet radio service (GPRS) service node (GGSN) is formed to pass network performance parameters relating to the wireless data packet network to the application server while a data session is being established to enable the application server to determine an appropriate quality of service (QoS) level of data transfer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Data session service initialization for wireless devices

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Data session service initialization for wireless devices

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Abstract

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