This disclosure relates to active handoffs between radio networks.
Cellular wireless communications systems are designed to serve many access terminals distributed in a large geographic area by dividing the area into cells, as shown in
When an access terminal moves from one sector or cell to another and control of the access terminal is transitioned between different network elements, the transfer is referred to as handoff. If the access terminal has a call in progress during handoff, the handoff is said to be active. Co-pending patent application Ser. No. 11/037,896, filed Jan. 18, 2005, and titled Radio Network Control, also assigned to Airvana, Inc., described active handoffs in partially-connected radio networks. The type of handoff described in that application is now standardized as the A16 interface in the TIA-878-B standard. According to the standard, A16 handoff is a hard handoff, such that during the handoff, the source radio network controller cannot add the target radio node to its active set, and the target radio network controller cannot add the source radio node to its active set.
In general, in one aspect, a connection is established between an access terminal and a first radio network controller through a first radio node. The first radio node is controllable primarily by the first radio network controller. The connection is maintained with the first radio network controller as the access terminal moves from a coverage area of the first radio node toward a coverage area of a second radio node. The second radio node is controllable primarily by a second radio network controller and controllable subordinately by the first radio network controller. A connection is also established through the second radio node. Upon a fulfillment of a predetermined criterion, the connection is transferred from the first radio network controller to the second radio network controller.
Implementations may include one or more of the following features. The first and second radio network controllers are located in different subnets. The criterion is fulfilled when the first radio node is dropped from an active set of the access terminal. The first radio node is dropped from the active set of the access terminal when a strength of a signal of the first radio node falls below a minimum threshold. The criterion is fulfilled when a strength of a signal of the first radio node falls below a minimum threshold. The connection uses the Ev-DO, CDMA2000, W-CDMA, HSUPA, HSDPA, HSPA, or LTE telecommunications standard. The connection uses voice over IP (VoIP) protocol. The first radio node is also controlled by a third radio network controller. The second radio network controller continues to control the session until a predetermined criterion is fulfilled. The criterion is fulfilled when the active set of the access terminal contains only radio nodes that are controlled subordinately by the second radio network controller. The second radio node sends the second RNC's address to the first RNC.
In general, in one aspect, a connection is established between an access terminal and a first radio network controller, through both a first radio node and a second radio node. The connection is maintained with the first radio network controller as the access terminal moves from a coverage area of the first radio node toward a coverage area of a second radio node. The connection is transferred to a second radio network controller. The connection is maintained with the second radio network controller as the access terminal returns toward the coverage area of the first radio node. The connection is transferred to the first radio network controller once an active set of the access terminal contains no radio nodes primarily controllable by the second radio network controller.
Referring to
In some examples, as shown in
When one RN 202 is multihomed, i.e., controlled by two RNCs 208 and 210, we describe one of the RNCs as the primary RNC, and we describe the other RNC as the secondary RNC. In the example of
In its broadest sense, a node is considered to be multihomed if that node has multiple ways of reaching a destination. In the context of mobile wireless networks and the example of
When an AT 212 is in handoff from one RNC to another, the RNC 208 originally controlling the AT 212 is the serving RNC, and the RNC 210 to which control is being transferred is the target RNC. When the radio node 202 is multihomed, its primary RNC 208 may be the serving RNC for the AT 212 that is moving to the second RN 204, which happens to be primarily homed to the first RN's secondary RNC 210, such that the first RN's secondary RNC is the target RNC. At the same time, from that second RN 204's point of view, it's primary RNC 210 is the target RNC for the incoming AT 212, and the serving RNC is the secondary RNC 208.
In some examples, as the AT moves from the coverage area of one RN to the coverage area of another RN, it sends a RouteUpdate message to its serving RNC. The RouteUpdate message indicates the identification and strength of any compatible radio nodes' pilot signals that the AT can detect at its current location. The serving RNC uses the RouteUpdate message to trigger and perform normal soft handoffs, in which the AT is transitioned to another RN controlled by the same RNC without dropping any active calls. Through these RouteUpdate messages, the serving RNC obtains a fairly accurate assessment of where the AT is located. The RNC uses this information to trigger an active RNC handoff.
An AT's “active set” refers to the set of available RNs whose pilot signals are received by the AT and are sufficiently strong to remain in communication with the AT. Thus, if an AT were being served by both RN1 and RN2, its active set would be the pilot signals for both RN1 and RN2, which we represent in the parenthetical form (RN1, RN2). An RN is dropped from an AT's active set when its pilot falls below a certain minimum strength threshold. In traditional wireless networks, all the RNs in an ATs active set must be controlled by the same RNC.
In traditional wireless networks using the TIA-878-B standard, an AT crossing the boundary between two RNCs needs to end communication with the serving RNC in order to establish a communication link with the target RNC. These A16 handoffs are “hard handoffs” because while the AT is controlled by the source RNC, it cannot add a target RN controlled only by the target RNC to its active set, and once controlled by the target RNC, the AT could not keep the source RN controlled only by the source RNC in its active set. Because of the lack of overlap in the active sets before and after handoff, a connection cannot be maintained.
In some examples, enhancements to the handoff methods in multi-homed networks allow an A16 handoff to be converted into a soft handoff, rather than a hard handoff. This allows more robust handoffs to take place between radio nodes that otherwise would be controlled by separate radio network controllers, requiring hard handoff, and for active calls to be handed off without being dropped.
To provide a multi-homed handoff, each RN associates a single traffic channel with the two (or more) RNCs that are controlling it. In some examples, one or two layers of RNs of each subnet, generally those near the boundary 220 between subnets 216 and 218, are secondarily homed to the RNC controlling the RNs on the other subnet, which will be the target RNC when an AT is handed off across the boundary. With the bordering RNs homed to both source and target RNCs, the AT is able to add the pilots signals of target RNs to its active set when it is located near a boundary, and to keep the source RNs in its active set during the handoff. The primary RNC knows that the AT is near the subnet boundary when the AT begins to report pilots from both RNs in the RouteUpdate message.
When the AT 212 is in transition range (e.g., near a subnet boundary 220, shown as position t1 in
Handoff is triggered when a predetermined criterion is fulfilled. For example, as the AT 212 moves away from the first subnet 216, the strength of the pilot signal of the RN 202 will decrease until the RN is dropped form the AT's active set. The target RNC is then selected based on the strongest pilot in the AT's active set. When all the pilots in the AT's active set are only secondarily homed to the serving RNC, control of the AT, including any initiated connections, is transferred to the target RNC. Referring to
Delaying handoff until all RNs primarily homed to the source RNC are dropped from the active set helps prevent handoff ping-pong, where an AT that stays near the subnet border is continually handed off, back and forth between the two subnets. If the AT 212 moves back toward the subnet boundary 220, it will add the RN1202 back into the active set, but it will not handoff back to the RNC 208 unless it moves so far into the subnet 216 that the RN2204 is dropped. As long as the AT stays near the boundary 220, the active set will include RNs primarily homed to both RNCs and handoff will not take place. Delaying handoff also reduces the amount of A16 session transfer latency and the number of dropped calls, as the active set remains the same during the A16 handoff.
To facilitate this type of handoff, the target RN 204 sends its primary RNC's 210 address (e.g., an IP address if an IP backhaul network is used to connect the RNCs and RNs) to its secondary RNC 208. With this information, the serving (secondary to RN 204) RNC 208 can find the target (primary as to RN 204) RNC 210 automatically rather than through operator configuration.
Relevant elements of the flow of messaging and control to implement multihomed soft handoff is shown in
The RNC2 next sets up 310 an A10 connection to the PDSN and resets 312 the RLP flows with the AT. The former A10 connection from the RNC1 to the PDSN is torn down 314, and the target RNC2 assigns 316 a new Unicast Access Terminal Identifier (UATI) to the AT. A16 Release and Release acknowledge signals are exchanged 318 between the RNC1208 and RNC2210 to let the source RNC release the session. The session configuration is then unlocked 320. Some time later, the connection between the AT 212 and the target RN2204 is closed 322 and A13 release request and response messages are exchanged 324 between the RNCs. The A13 release request is sent to the source RNC which requests that the source RNC release the UATI assigned by said source RNC, finally completing the handoff.
The techniques described herein can be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer hardware, firmware, software, or in combinations of them. The techniques can be implemented as a computer program product, i.e., a computer program tangibly embodied in an information carrier, e.g., in a machine-readable storage device, for execution by, or to control the operation of, data processing apparatus, e.g., a programmable processor, a computer, or multiple computers. A computer program can be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted languages, and it can be deployed in any form, including as a stand-alone program or as a module, component, subroutine, or other unit suitable for use in a computing environment. A computer program can be deployed to be executed on one computer or on multiple computers at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communication network.
Method steps of the techniques described herein can be performed by one or more programmable processors executing a computer program to perform functions of the invention by operating on input data and generating output. Method steps can also be performed by, and apparatus of the invention can be implemented as, special purpose logic circuitry, e.g., an FPGA (field programmable gate array) or an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit). Modules can refer to portions of the computer program and/or the processor/special circuitry that implements that functionality.
Processors suitable for the execution of a computer program include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Generally, a processor will receive instructions and data from a read-only memory or a random access memory or both. The essential elements of a computer are a processor for executing instructions and one or more memory devices for storing instructions and data. Generally, a computer will also include, or be operatively coupled to receive data from or transfer data to, or both, one or more mass storage devices for storing data, e.g., magnetic, magneto-optical disks, or optical disks. Information carriers suitable for embodying computer program instructions and data include all forms of non-volatile memory, including by way of example semiconductor memory devices, e.g., EPROM, EEPROM, and flash memory devices; magnetic disks, e.g., internal hard disks or removable disks; magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks. The processor and the memory can be supplemented by, or incorporated in special purpose logic circuitry.
To provide for interaction with a user, the techniques described herein can be implemented on a computer having a display device, e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor, for displaying information to the user and a keyboard and a pointing device, e.g., a mouse or a trackball, by which the user can provide input to the computer (e.g., interact with a user interface element, for example, by clicking a button on such a pointing device). Other kinds of devices can be used to provide for interaction with a user as well; for example, feedback provided to the user can be any form of sensory feedback, e.g., visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback; and input from the user can be received in any form, including acoustic, speech, or tactile input.
The techniques described herein can be implemented in a distributed computing system that includes a back-end component, e.g., as a data server, and/or a middleware component, e.g., an application server, and/or a front-end component, e.g., a client computer having a graphical user interface and/or a Web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the invention, or any combination of such back-end, middleware, or front-end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication, e.g., a communication network. Examples of communication networks include a local area network (“LAN”) and a wide area network (“WAN”), e.g., the Internet, and include both wired and wireless networks.
The computing system can include clients and servers. A client and server are generally remote from each other and typically interact over a communication network. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue of computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other.
Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims and other claims to which the applicant may be entitled. The following are examples for illustration only and do not limit the alternatives in any way.
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USPTO Non Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Jan. 28, 2005, 8 pages. |
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USPTO Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Nov. 3, 2005, 11 pages. |
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USPTO Non Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated May 17, 2006, 10 pages. |
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USPTO Non Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Jun. 11, 2007, 23 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in Reply to Action dated Jun. 11, 2007 in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, filed Nov. 2, 2007, 32 pages. |
USPTO Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Jan. 31, 2008, 24 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in Reply to Action dated Jan. 31, 2008 in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, filed May 12, 2008, 36 pages. |
USPTO Advisory Action in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Jun. 5, 2008, 3 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in Reply to Action dated Jan. 31, 2008 in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, filed Jun. 30, 2008, 36 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Supplemental Amendment in Reply to Action dated Jan. 31, 2008 in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, filed Jul. 10, 2008, 36 pages. |
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Fish & Richardson, P.C., Supplemental Amendment in Reply to Action dated Sep. 16, 2008 in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, filed Jan. 14, 2009, 39 pages. |
USPTO Non Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Apr. 29, 2009, 27 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in Reply to Action dated Apr. 29, 2009 in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, filed Jul. 29, 2009, 40 pages. |
Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Nov. 10, 2009, 4 pages. |
Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Feb. 17, 2010, 4 pages. |
Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 09/891,103, dated Jun. 14, 2010, 6 pages. |
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Final Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/166,893, dated Mar. 25, 2010, 30 pages. |
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Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/037,896, dated Sep. 10, 2009, 29 pages. |
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Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in reply to Action dated Jun. 16, 2010 in U.S. Appl. No. 11/037,896, dated Jun. 28, 2010, 21 pages. |
Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 11/037,896, dated Feb. 22, 2010, 6 pages. |
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Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/167,785, dated Jan. 11, 2010, 11 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in reply to Action dated Jan. 11, 2010 in U.S. Appl. No. 11/167,785, dated Apr. 12, 2010, 16 pages. |
Non Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/167,785, dated Apr. 28, 2010, 9 pages. |
USPTO Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 11/486,545, dated Jul. 28, 2010, 8 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in Reply to Action dated Mar. 25, 2010 in U.S. Appl. No. 11/166,893, filed Jun. 28, 2010, 19 pages. |
Response filed Aug. 9, 2010 to GB Examination Report for Application No. 0811839.0, dated Jun. 3, 2010 (10 pages). |
Response filed Aug. 2, 2010 to Chinese office action for Chinese application No. 200580024230.0 dated May 17, 2010 (40 pages). |
USPTO Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/303,773, dated Aug. 18, 2010, 12 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in Reply to Action dated Mar. 30, 2010 in U.S. Appl. No. 11/402,744, filed Aug. 30, 2010, 12 pages. |
Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 11/303,774, dated Aug. 31, 2010, 4 pages. |
USPTO Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/166,893, dated Sep. 2, 2010, 31 pages. |
USPTO Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 11/303,774, dated Aug. 31, 2010, 4 pages. |
USPTO Non-Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/402,744, dated Apr. 1, 2011, 14 pages. |
Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 11/303,774, dated Apr. 4, 2011, 7 pages. |
Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 11/303,773, dated Apr. 15, 2011, 6 pages. |
USPTO Supplemental Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 11/166,893, dated Apr. 22, 2011, 17 pages. |
International Preliminary Report on Patentability for PCT international application No. PCT/US2006/047524, mailed Apr. 28, 2011 (8 pages). |
Notice of Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 11/037,896, dated May 17, 2011, 8 pages. |
Response filed May 30, 2011 to Japanese Office action issued in application No. 2007-527408, Nov. 24, 2010, mailed Nov. 29, 2010 (31 pages). |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment in Reply to Office Action dated Apr. 1, 2011 in U.S. Appl. No. 11/402,744, filed Jun. 30, 2011, 13 pages. |
USPTO Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/402,744, dated Oct. 6, 2011, 14 pages. |
Non Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/037,896, dated Oct. 20, 2011, 28 pages. |
USPTO Notice of Appeal Decision in U.S. Appl. No. 11/167,785, dated May 3, 2011, 2 pages. |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Response to Notice of Appeal Decision dated May 3, 2011 in U.S. Appl. No. 11/167,785, filed Nov. 3, 2011, 13 pages. |
Japanese Office action issued in application No. 2007-527408 on Nov. 11, 2011, mailed Nov. 16, 2011 (5 pages). |
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Fish & Richardson, P.C., Response to Final Office Action dated May 24, 2012 in U.S. Appl. No. 12/857,206, filed Aug. 23, 2012, 17 pages. |
Supplemental Search Report from European Application No. 05750705.5 issued Aug. 2, 2012 (102 pages). |
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Fish & Richardson, P.C., Response to Notice of Panel Decision from Pre-Appeal Brief Review dated Feb. 23, 2012 in U.S. Appl. No. 11/402,744, filed May 23, 2012, 11 pages. |
Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/037,896, dated May 24, 2012, 29 pages. |
Response to Japanese Office action issued in application No. 2007-527408 on Nov. 11, 2011, mailed Nov. 16, 2011, response filed May 16, 2012 (26 pages). |
Chinese Office action response of Chinese application No. 200580024230.0 sent Jul. 22, 2009 (8 pages). |
European Patent Office communication from European application No. 06785637.7 mailed Apr. 27, 2012 (2 pages). |
European Search Report from European Application No. 06836082.5 mailed Apr. 26, 2013 (80 pages). |
USPTO Non Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 13/430,422, dated Dec. 7, 2012, 6 pages. |
USPTO Non Final Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/167,785, dated Dec. 6, 2012, 9 pages. |
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Examination Report from European Application No. 05750705.5 issued Mar. 11, 2013 (9 pages). |
Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amendment After Allowance in U.S. Appl. No. 12/857,206, filed Feb. 21, 2013, 10 pages. |
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