Abstract:
A first network element determines (11) that a given mobile node using mobile Internet Protocol should receive subsequent broadcast packets as may be sourced by a corresponding Home Agent. This first network element can then determine (12) whether to support such subsequent broadcast packets using a first broadcast packet handling approach or a second broadcast packet handling approach.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method or unifying operations of a plurality of boards in a CDMA communication system by using logical addresses of the boards. Conventionally, since a board with a physical slot ID must be attached to a slot of the system corresponding to the physical slot ID, the board cannot be recognized by the system if it is attached to another slot of the system. In the present invention, a board is attached to a slot of the system on the basis of a logical address of the board, which is stored in a board configuration information. According to the present invention, since a board can be attached to any slot of the system regardless of the physical slot ID of the board, the boards can be easily managed.
Abstract:
A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming communicates over a network and incorporates multiple independent media stations, each having a media director for control and a number of media engines for storage, retrieval and streaming of media content. A middleware system employing a execution engine for service platform middleware and a presentation engine for terminal middleware is provided for flexible interfacing with network transport and home network elements respectively and the IPTV applications supported.
Abstract:
A method for caching of stream data is accomplished by assigning for each video segment in the system a likelihood rating of future showing and then determining for each node that contains a copy of the segment a second likelihood value that reflecting a probability that the node will be used to serve streams for the segment. The future cost value of a segment copy is then predicted and preload orders are issued to nodes for segments with the per-copy likelihood above a predefined threshold.
Abstract:
An EPG service architecture incorporates multiple EPG servers connected in a cluster. An active dispatcher is associated with at least one EPG server and multiple standby dispatchers are associated with the cluster. A plurality of STBs interfaced with the EPG server cluster issue requests for EPG service for which the active dispatcher employs an affiliation table as a portion of the cache for redirecting each request to a specific one of the EPG servers affiliated with the STB issuing the request. The active dispatcher multicasts the affiliation table to the multiple standby dispatchers for synchronization.
Abstract:
A mobile station indicates a need for at least one specific type of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) prefix in a message (73) transmitted to a serving network element. The latter processes this message to determine (74) the indicated IPv6 prefix type and responds with a reply message (75) comprising, at least in part, an IPv6 prefix of a type that is commensurate with the type (or types) indicated by the mobile station in the aforementioned message.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for interfacing a synchronous core network with an asynchronous radio network in a next-generation mobile telecommunications system is disclosed. The method for mapping a message in order to interface a synchronous core network with an asynchronous radio network, the radio network having a base station (BS), the base station having a radio resource controller, a radio link controller, a medium access controller and a physical controller, the method comprising the steps of: a) selecting a function necessary to map a synchronous message to an asynchronous message; b) determining whether the synchronous message is to be transmitted to the mobile station or not; c) storing information necessary to map the synchronous message to the asynchronous message if the synchronous message is to transmitted to the mobile station, d) mapping parameters in the synchronous message to those in the asynchronous message, thereby generating the asynchronous message; e) discarding the message not to be transmitted to the mobile station after storing parameters included in the message not to be transmitted onto a predetermined device; and f) transmitting the asynchronous message to the radio resource controller.
Abstract:
A reduced pin count connection system for an insertable operational systems card having a plurality of input and output signals to a host device having operational circuits responsive to the input and output signals of the card includes a master serial data link in the card for communicating at least a portion of the plurality of input and output signals of the card. A slave serial data link is operably interconnected to the master serial data link through a connector having a second plurality contacts less than the plurality of input and output signals and communicates the input and output signals to the operational circuits in the host device.
Abstract:
A mobile switching center is configured with software instructions which allow it to continue to provide at least limited call termination and call origination services for mobile terminals in the event of a failure of a signaling link between the mobile switching center and a home location register and/or a signal control point (SCP) in an intelligent network. For pre-paid callers originating or terminating a call, the mobile switching center marks a call detail record as indicating that the call is a post-paid call. The call detail record is later provided to the SCP after the signaling link has been restored in order to bill the mobile terminal. In one example, the signaling link between the mobile switching center and the home location register or SCP may be a satellite link, which may go down for various reasons such as for maintenances, an unexpected failure, or the orbit of the satellite goes outside the field of reception of an antenna in the signal path.
Abstract:
A method and system for a mobile station to identify to a wireless network agent, an access point into a wireless network. The mobile station obtains an indication of an access point into the wireless network and inserts the indication into a mobile registration message. The access point identifier identifies an access point into the wireless network. Then, the mobile station sends the mobile registration message to the wireless network agent via the access point identified by the access point identifier. The wireless network agent receives the mobile registration message and provides the access point identifier to an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server. The AAA server uses the access point identifier to provide location-based services to the mobile station.