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US 8,570,995 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for providing access to a local area network
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsMartti Moisio, Klaus Doppler
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for providing access to a local area network for a mobile station operable in a wide area network such as a Global System for Mobile Communications (“GSM”) network. In one embodiment, the apparatus (820) for use with a mobile station includes a resource allocator (831) configured to generate a message for the GSM network requesting at least one characteristic of a local area network. The apparatus (820) also includes an accumulator (832) configured to receive the at least one characteristic of the local area network to enable the mobile station to access the local area network.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a resource allocator configured to generate a message for a Global System for Mobile Communications network requesting at least one characteristic of a local area network;
- and
- an accumulator configured to receive said at least one characteristic of said local area network to enable a mobile station to communicate with said local area network,
- wherein said message for said Global System for Mobile Communications network comprises one of a control plane message and a user plane message as a function of a length and delay sensitivity of said message, and
- wherein said mobile station is configured to compare said length and delay sensitivity of said message against a threshold to determine whether to encapsulate said message as said control plane message or said user plane message and to further determine whether said message is to be transmitted over a stand-alone dedicated control channel, a packet data traffic channel, or a circuit switched data channel based on said message being encapsulated as said control plane message or said user plane message.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an accumulator configured to receive a message from a mobile station requesting at least one characteristic of a local area network;
- and
- a resource allocator configured to provide said at least one characteristic via a local area support node associated with a Global System for Mobile Communications network to enable said mobile station to access said local area network,
- wherein said message from said mobile station comprises one of a control plane message and a user plane message as a function of a length and delay sensitivity of said message, and
- wherein said mobile station is configured to compare said length and delay sensitivity of said message against a threshold to determine whether to encapsulate said message as said control plane message or said user plane message and to further determine whether said message is to be transmitted over a stand-alone dedicated control channel, a packet data traffic channel, or a circuit switched data channel based on said message being encapsulated as said control plane message or said user plane message.
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A method, comprising:
- generating a message for a Global System for Mobile Communications network requesting at least one characteristic of a local area network;
- and
- receiving said at least one characteristic of said local area network to enable a mobile station to communicate with said local area network,
- wherein said message transmitted over one of a stand-alone dedicated control channel and a packet data traffic channel for said Global System for Mobile Communications network comprises one of a control plane message and a user plane message as a function of a length and delay sensitivity of said message, and
- wherein said mobile station is configured to compare said length and delay sensitivity of said message against a threshold to determine whether to encapsulate said message as said control plane message or said user plane message and to further determine whether said message is to be transmitted over said stand-alone dedicated control channel, said packet data traffic channel, or a circuit switched data channel based on the message being encapsulated as said control plane message or said user plane message.
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