CA2428405C - Ad hoc peer-to-peer mobile radio access system interfaced to the pstn and cellular networks - Google Patents
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Abstract
The system architecture is comprised of remote terminals (12), routers, gateways (18), and at least one gateway controller that interfaces the system to a cellular system (20).
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Ad Hoc Peer-to-Peer Mobile Radio Access System Interfaced to the PSTN and Cellular Networks BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to the use of an Ad Hoc peer-to-peer radio access system together with Time Division Duplex (TDD) as a way of maximizing the bits/hz/km2 for cellular systems. The invention is directed to radio access schemes and network architecture that allows radio access to be integrated with the fixed components of a conventional cellular system, PSTN, and the Internet. The objective is to make the system of the invention transparent to. the features and services provided by the extraneous network infrastructure. The advantages of such a system to a cellular operator are that significantly less infrastructure is required, and that the RF spectrum is more e~ciently utilized resulting in much lower building and operating costs.
Cellular communications systems have been deployed for over 20 years using a proven FDMA scheme that is very efficient for voice communications. Such schemes are employed by all current cellular systems including AMPS, TACS, NMT, GSM, IS-136 and IS-95. This same scheme is proposed for the next generation cellular systems named 3G.
With the arrival of laptop computers, portable digital assistants (PDAs) and high-tech cellular phones, consumers are beginning to request mobile data services in addition to traditional voice services. Some mobile data services have already been overlaid on top of FDMA cellular systems, but because of the inefficiencies of FDMA outlined below, these data services provide very limited bandwidth to the end user, which are typically 9600baud in the current generation of cellular systems. Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems are typically used for packet data systems as they make much more efficient use of the available bandwidth in order to deliver a much higher effective data rate to the end user. TDD is typically used in fixed wired solutions or point-to-point wireless systems because it has its own spectrum limitations as described below. TDD systems, however, have not been deployed for voice systems.
FDMA provides a simple mechanism for guaranteeing quality of service and low latency for voice communication, but does so by inefficiently using the available spectrum.
For example, a voice conversation between a mobile phone and a base station requires an up-linlc to send on and a down-link to receive on. Most conversations consist of one person talking while the other listens, with silent pauses in between. This results in channel utilization of less than 40%. In addition, FDMA employs a method that brealcs the available spectrum into discrete blocks called channels. This provides a mechanism for reuse of spectrum using cells. Although there are different reuse schemes in use, they all fundamentally do the same thing. The geographic region for which coverage is required is broken down into a large number of cells. The set of available channels is broken up into at least 3, but typically 7, subsets, and divided up amongst the cells, so that there are no common frequencies in any adjacent cells, as seen in Fig. 1. The result of this reuse method is that the bits/hertz/km2 are, at best, only 1/3 the potential that is available for the spectrum allocated to the cellular operator. Spectral efficiency is a key economic factor in wireless communications because of the limited availability and high cost of spectrum.
Wireless operators are constantly striving to improve spectral efficiency on these grounds, but cellular methodologies can only do this by deploying more, equally expensive, infrastructure.
The basic architecture of a cellular system is the same for all existing and proposed RF technologies. The international GSM architecture, as shown in Fig. 2, is used as a reference model. For North American systems IS-634 replaces GSM-A and IS-41 replaces GSM-MAP. The important factor is that modern cellular systems are decomposed into logical functional units, with well-defined interfaces between them.
The present invention is directed to the use of an Ad Hoc peer-to-peer radio access system together with Time Division Duplex (TDD) as a way of maximizing the bits/hz/km2 for cellular systems. The invention is directed to radio access schemes and network architecture that allows radio access to be integrated with the fixed components of a conventional cellular system, PSTN, and the Internet. The objective is to make the system of the invention transparent to. the features and services provided by the extraneous network infrastructure. The advantages of such a system to a cellular operator are that significantly less infrastructure is required, and that the RF spectrum is more e~ciently utilized resulting in much lower building and operating costs.
Cellular communications systems have been deployed for over 20 years using a proven FDMA scheme that is very efficient for voice communications. Such schemes are employed by all current cellular systems including AMPS, TACS, NMT, GSM, IS-136 and IS-95. This same scheme is proposed for the next generation cellular systems named 3G.
With the arrival of laptop computers, portable digital assistants (PDAs) and high-tech cellular phones, consumers are beginning to request mobile data services in addition to traditional voice services. Some mobile data services have already been overlaid on top of FDMA cellular systems, but because of the inefficiencies of FDMA outlined below, these data services provide very limited bandwidth to the end user, which are typically 9600baud in the current generation of cellular systems. Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems are typically used for packet data systems as they make much more efficient use of the available bandwidth in order to deliver a much higher effective data rate to the end user. TDD is typically used in fixed wired solutions or point-to-point wireless systems because it has its own spectrum limitations as described below. TDD systems, however, have not been deployed for voice systems.
FDMA provides a simple mechanism for guaranteeing quality of service and low latency for voice communication, but does so by inefficiently using the available spectrum.
For example, a voice conversation between a mobile phone and a base station requires an up-linlc to send on and a down-link to receive on. Most conversations consist of one person talking while the other listens, with silent pauses in between. This results in channel utilization of less than 40%. In addition, FDMA employs a method that brealcs the available spectrum into discrete blocks called channels. This provides a mechanism for reuse of spectrum using cells. Although there are different reuse schemes in use, they all fundamentally do the same thing. The geographic region for which coverage is required is broken down into a large number of cells. The set of available channels is broken up into at least 3, but typically 7, subsets, and divided up amongst the cells, so that there are no common frequencies in any adjacent cells, as seen in Fig. 1. The result of this reuse method is that the bits/hertz/km2 are, at best, only 1/3 the potential that is available for the spectrum allocated to the cellular operator. Spectral efficiency is a key economic factor in wireless communications because of the limited availability and high cost of spectrum.
Wireless operators are constantly striving to improve spectral efficiency on these grounds, but cellular methodologies can only do this by deploying more, equally expensive, infrastructure.
The basic architecture of a cellular system is the same for all existing and proposed RF technologies. The international GSM architecture, as shown in Fig. 2, is used as a reference model. For North American systems IS-634 replaces GSM-A and IS-41 replaces GSM-MAP. The important factor is that modern cellular systems are decomposed into logical functional units, with well-defined interfaces between them.
The present invention removes the FDMA-based radio subsystems and radio interfaces, and replaces them with an Ad Hoc radio access system. The key component of the invention is how the system of the present invention is interlaced with the cellular system's infrastructure to provide a function of transparency to the cellular network operator and the mobile customer when the system of the invention is employed.
With respect to the using the system of the present invention as a stand-alone mobile radio network system, it is noted that although many forms of ad-hoc networlcing are extant, none allows for a peer-to-peer ad-hoc network to interworlc with other networks, as that of the system of the present invention. The most widely known specification is that defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard. The system of the present invention may be applied to any 802.11 system, and would provide similar benefits. The system of the invention could also be applied to many other radio access schemes, such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) in a similar manner. The present invention enhances the basic routing protocols and provides additional components required to allow for seamless integration with other telecommunications systems. As such, system would provide commercial mobile voice and mobile Internet service to a user of the system. ' The protocol used in the system of the present invention may be any conventional protocol available for ad-hoc radio systems, but preferably is that used for the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network system having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels via a separate reservation channel. This network system having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels via a separate reservation channel is directed to an ad-hoc radio network system where each node, or radio terminal, of the network is capable of serving as a node or hop of a routing path of a call from another, or to another radio terminal. In this system, communication between nodes or radio terminals is achieved using Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) protocol with the addition of multiple parallel data channels serviced by one reservation channel. By dedicating a separate reservation channel for the multiple parallel data channels, collision-free access by all of the competing nodes or terminals of the service group of the network is greatly reduced. Communications between terminals or nodes is set up by information exchanged on the separate reservation channel, which information includes all of the call set-up information such as data channel desired to be used for transferring voice, video or data, he desired power level of at least initial transmission, messaging such as Request-to-Send (RTS), Clear-to-Send (CTS), Not-Clear-to-Send (NCLS), Acknowledgment (ACK) for indicating reception of the transmitted call, Non-Acknowledgment (HACK) for indicating improper reception of the call, etc. In this system, in order to further ensure fast, adequate and collision-free transmission and reception, besides a primary modem typically provided with the .transceiver of each node or terminal, a secondary modem is also provided which is dedicated to the reservation channel. This system also provides for collision free transmission and reception between nodes or terminals by transmitting the reservation and data channels in time slots of time frames, with the information as to which time slot is to be used being included in the messaging transmitted by the reservation channel. Such a format not only provides collision-free transmission, but also allows for Quality-of Service (QoS) for different types of Class-of Service (CoS), Thus, not only may voice and video be transmitted, besides data, but voice and video transmission may be prioritized, so that when competing calls vie for a data channel, the delay-dependent voice or video transmissions will take precedence. This prioritization is accomplished by assigning prioritized calls for transmission in earlier time slots of a time frame. This network system ensures that every node or terminal of a service set of terminals has the most information regarding all of other terminals of that service set, so that the choice of data channel to be used, any required delay is transmitting the call, information on power level, and the like, are checked and updated by each terminal by a practically continuous monitoring of the reservation channel. The system of the invention utilizes protocol that provides collision-free channel access, which also emphasizes improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system does not have, nor require, a base station, as conventional cellular systems, personal communications system (PCC), and the like, require; instead, each radio terminal forming part of the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system may alternatively serve as a base station, in addition to being an ordinary link terminal of the radio system, whereby, if one such terminal serving as a base station should for some reason become inoperative, another terminal may take over and serve as the base station.
In U.S. Patent No. 5,943,322 - Mayer, et al., the radio system thereof is for use in battlefield conditions, where personal voice communications is based on a time division duplex (TDD) technique in a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, is operated without a fixed base station, and is provided with simultaneous transmission of a communications channel and a control channel, each spread by different PN
codes. The PN
code facilitates restricting communications on the network to a particular voice-conversation mode and between identified radios. Transmissions are performed in a time division duplex manner in 62.5 milliseconds slots. One of the radios initiates transmission and maintains power control and time synchronization normally done by a base station. A
network control station can voluntarily, or by command, transfer control of the network to any of the other radios on the network. Colliding transmissions from more than one radio require the radios to retry transmitting until one of the radios transmits in an earlier time slot.
Conversational mode capability is provided by equipping the radio receivers with despreaders in parallel for permitting a receiving radio to separately despread the simultaneously transmitted signals, all other radios on the network and responding to each radio transmission individually.
Simultaneous voice and data communications can be accomplished by equipping the receivers with despreaders for discriminating voice and data information signals spread by different PN codes. The ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system of the present invention is preferably based on a transpou-mechanism using a time division duplex (TDD) technique in a code division multiple access (CDMA) system. Time Division Duplex (TDD) is a way of maximizing the bits/hz/lcm2. Such a system not only may be used for providing commercial voice, but is also quite suited to both transmission and reception of data and video services.
Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems are typically used for packet data systems, since they make much more efficient use of the available bandwidth, in order to deliver a much higher effective data rate to the end user. TDD is typically used in fixed wired solutions or point-to-point wireless systems because it has its own spectrum limitations. TDD
systems, however, have not hitherto been deployed for voice systems.
Past research has shown that conventional Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) algorithms experience diminishing returns when networks approach their ultimate capacity.
The vast majority of current research centers on channel access algorithms that provide transmission capacity over a single shared medium. An example of this is the IEEE 802.11 wireless standard which employs a Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) algorithm. All users within a Basic Service Set (BSS) share a common channel resource.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the primary objective of the present invention to provide an ad-hoc peer-to-peer radio access system that has the capability of interconnection with the switched cellular network, the PSTN, the Internet, and other networks, which is accomplished by the addition and utilization of gateways and gateway controller function.
It also a primary objective of the present invention to provider such interconnection with the switched cellular network, the PSTN, the Internet, and other networks, in which there is complete transparency between the extraneous network and the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system of the invention, and which system is capable of receiving and transmitting voice, data and video calls, where voice calls may be transmitted and received over the cellular switched network, PSTN, or the Internet, and where data and video may be transmitted and received over the PSTN or the Internet.
The system of the present invention utilizes gateways and a gateway controller that provide the interlacing and transparency between the ad hoc terminals of the system of the present invention and those of a conventional or next-generation cellular network, or the PSTN or Internet. The components of the present invention are in addition to the routing and link layers of the ad-hoc transport disclosed in above-mentioned application serial number 09!815,157. The system of the present invention adds capability to the routing layer and call control layers of the underlying ad-hoc network in order to permit the function of interworlcing or interlacing to be completed.
According to the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system of the invention having transparent interlacing function with the cellular switched networlc, the PSTN, the Internet, and other networks, there is provided a system consisting of a series of radio terminals capable of making and receiving at least one of a voice call, data call, or video call between and among other, like, ad-hoc radio terminals of the system,. as well as making and receiving calls to and from the cellular switched network, and making and receiving all types of calls to and from the PSTN, the Internet, and other networks. Each radio terminal of the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system of the invention is connected to the outside world via gateways, which gateways are, in turned, connected to a gateway controller which controls the establishment of outgoing and incoming calls via extraneous networlcs, such as the switched cellular network, the PSTN, the Internet, and the like. For transparently interlacing the ad-hoc radio system of invention to such an extraneous network, the gateway controller is provided with the software for transparently translating the information received either from the exterior network for use by a radio terminal of the ad-hoc radio system of the invention, or from an ad-hoc radio terminal for transmission to a destination via one of the exterior networks.
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The invention will be more readily understood with reference to the accompanying drawings, where:
Figure 1 is a schematic showing the reuse of cells by a conventional cellular system;
Figure 2 is a schematic showing a conventional cellular-system architecture with which the system of the present invention is to be deployed;
Figures 3A and 3B are schematics showing the basic ad-hoc communications between end-users of the system of the present invention;
Figure 4 is a schematic showing the architecture of the system of the present for transparently interworlcing and interlacing the system of the invention with a conventional or next-generation cellular network system;
Figure 5 is a schematic showing the exchange of routing-information tables between a terminal of the system of the present invention with a particular gateway of the system for transparently routing calls to and from the terminal through the cellular network system;
Figure 6 is a signal-flow diagram showing the origination process of a terminal of Fig.
with the mobile switching center (MSC), of the conventional or next-generation cellular network system via the gateway and gateway controller of the system of the present invention, where an originating call from an ad-hoc radio terminal of the ad-hoc radio system of the present invention to the cellular network system;
Figure 7 is a signal-flow diagram similar to Fig. 6 showing the cellular-network activated process of call processing with the ad-hoc radio system of the present invention via the MSC of the cellular network system and the gateways and gateway controllers of the system of the invention, when the ad-hoc terminal is a mobile-termination that receives a call from a terminal of the cellular network system;
Figure 8 is a signal-flow diagram similar to Fig. 7 showing the mobile-clearing call-processing with the ad-hoc radio system of the present iimention upon the termination of a call between an ad-hoc radio terminal of the ad-hoc radio system of the invention and a mobile subscriber of the cellular network system;
Figure 9 is a schematic similar to Fig. 4, but showing the system of the present invention in use as a stand-alone system that may be connected to other telecommunications networks such as the PSTN, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), and the like;
Figures 10A - lOC are schematic views showing the different ways a call may be transmitted using the hardware components of the system of the present invention;
Figure 11 is a schematic view showing the parts of a transceiver used in the system of the system of the present invention;
Figure 12 is a schematic view showing the parts of an end-user's terminal used in the system of the system of the present invention;
Figure 13 is a schematic view showing a muter used in the system of the system of the present invention;
Figure 14 is a schematic view showing a gateway used in the system of the system of the present invention;
Figure 15 is a schematic view showing a gateway controller used in the system of the system of the present invention to connect the system to a telecommunications network;
Figure 16 is a flow chart showing the initial registration process for an ad-hoc radio terminal of the radio system of the invention upon first power-up;
Figure 17 is a flow chart showing the route-discovery process for an ad-hoc radio terminal of the radio system of the invention for establishing its neighborhood of other like radio terminals, in order to establish registration with one, chosen Intelligent Access Point (AIP), or gateway;
Figure 18 is a flow chart showing the actual registration process for an ad-hoc radio terminal of the radio system of the invention the selected gateway;
Figs. 19A and 19B are flow charts showing the call-initiation process for an ad-hoc radio terminal of the radio system of the invention for making an outgoing call to a destination serviced by an external network to which the gateway controller of the invention in linked; and Figure 20 is a flow chart showing the gateway processing when such gateway receives an incoming call. , DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring now to the drawings in greater detail, and in particular to Figs. 3 -8, the system of the invention will be described for linking the ad-hoc radio access system 10 of the present invention to an external, cellular-switched network. The ad-hoc radio access system of the invention is made up of four main, specific components. As seen in Figs. 3A, 3B, and 4, these four components are: a plurality of mobile radio terminals 12 capable of receiving and transmitting at least one of voice and data communications, at least one muter 14, at least one gateway node 16, and at least one cellular gateway controller 18, which gateway controller is interfaced to the Main Switching Center (MSC) 20 of a conventional or next-generation cellular network system. The capabilities defined within the system of the 'present invention are contained within the gateway nodes 16 and the gateway controller 18. The gateway controller 18 centralizes all of the intemvorking or interlacing protocols. Ad-hoc radio terminals 12 may communicate directly with each other as shown in Fig.
3A, or indirectly through other ad-hoc terminals 12 as seen in Fig. 3B. Routers and gateway nodes are also used, as described hereinbelow, for connecting ad-hoc terminals 12 serviced by one gateway to another ad-hoc terminal serviced by another gateway, as disclosed in above-mentioned application serial number 09/815,157.. In accordance with the present invention, the gateways also connect each ad-hoc radio terminal with the cellular switched network via the gateway nodes 16 and gateway controller 18, as seen in Fig. 4.
The router, gateway and gateway controller are the central and main features of the system of the present invention. The addition of these components and the way in which they provide the interworlcing and integration with the cellular MSC, are described in detail hereinbelow.
There are a number of ways that ad-hoc terminals can communicate with each other in this interworlcing and integration with the cellular network system. The terminals 10 can communicate directly with each other (Fig. 3A), or they can communicate indirectly through other terminals 12 and/or routers 14, and/or gateways 16 as described above.
When they communicate though gateways 16, such communications minimizes the number of hops, or nodes, and through which the terminals may communicate with the switched cellular networks via the gateways 16 and gateway controller 18. The interworking between an ad-hoc radio terminal 12 with the switched cellular networlc uses H.323 protocol for Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephony within the packet network, and IS-634 between a gateway 16 and the MSC of the cellular switched network. However, VoIP may be also be achieved using other protocols, such as MEGACO or SIP, while the gateway-to-MSC connection may use protocols such as GSM-A. VoIP call-setup messages are control messages that use TCP/IP, and look lilee any other on-demand data packet. The actual voice-payload is UDP packets that are quality-of service (QoS)-flagged for low latency transport to a gateway.
In the preferred embodiment, H.323-specified 6.729 vocoders is utilized. In this case, the voice-packets are translated to G.7I 1 for transmission over the telephony links. Each ad-hoc radio terminal has the capability of encoding in the 6.711 mode for reducing the translation activity in the gateway. The choice is based on a trade-off at the system engineering level between lower data rates and higher quality.
In order for an ad-hoc terminal 12 to successfully interworlc and interlace with a switched cellular network, it must be able to find an access point to the desired network through the gateway controller 18, which is interconnected with the MSC of the external switched cellular network. Furthermore, it must be possible for the external switched cellular network to be able to direct communications to an ad-hoc terminal 12 without knowing the intricacies of the ad-hoc system itself, which means that the coupling provided by the gateway controller 18 must be transparent. One implication or advantage of the chosen method of interworking or integration into an external network is' that the features and services are provided to the ad-hoc terminal 12 via the cellular main switching center MSC, and are, therefore, consistent with the features and services provided to a standard cellular telephone.
Each gateway node 16 in the ad-hoc network system of the invention identifies itself as a special class of device, whereby each has the capability to access an external switched cellular network. This information is provided as part of the messaging on the control or reservation information channel within the ad-hoc network protocols, such that terminals 12 can readily identify gateways 16. An ad-hoc terminal I2 that wishes to be considered part of an external cellular network will first have to register with a gateway node 16 typically via other ad-hoc terminals serving as nodes or hops to the gateway, which is accomplished by exchanging routing tables (see Fig. 5), which may be accomplished by conventional and well-known methods. This is part of the initialization process of the terminal itself. The terminal 12 will identify itself to a respective chosen gateway 16 with a registration message.
The gateway 16 will perform the following functions on receipt of a registration message, as shown in Fig. 6. It will validate tha authenticity of the terminal, through the gateway controller 18, using GSM-A authentication and location-update procedures, and then provide a temporary address, within the gateway, for that terminal. This is deposited in a database of the gateway controller 18 fox any further communication with the terminal. The gateway 16 will create a record of the terminal in its "Active Register" (AR), which is a database of all terminals 12 linked to that respective gateway 16. At some future point the terminal may move beyond the view of the current gateway and will need to register with a new gateway 18. The new gateway will go through the same sequence of events as the original gateway with the gateway controller 18, but will not require the GSM-A interaction with the MSC.
The gateway controller 18 will, in addition to updating the temporary address, inform the original gateway to remove the terminal from its "Active Register" database.
Terminals 12 routinely exchange routing table information in order for them to be able to route to each other and through each other to distant terminals. These exchanges typically occur every couple of seconds. The routing tables include information about the quality of the link between two terminals, the distance between the terminals and indications of the congestion levels of each terminal.. Gateways 16 identify themselves as' a special class of terminal that can provide access to terminals and networks outside the current field of view.
Referring to Fig. 6, there is shown the call-origination process. Messages indicated in bold print are IS-634 messaging, while those shown in italics are H.323 messaging. When a terminal 12 originates a call for communication with a remote subscriber of the cellular network via the MSC 20, it will initiate a setup-dialog with the gateway with which it is registered, identifying the destination to which is wants to be connected. The gateway has no lcnowledge of the destination addressing or routing, so it will query the gateway controller 18 for routing information. The gateway controller will connect to the cellular-network gateway coupled to the cellular network, and will communicate with the MSC initially with the SETUP messaging in IS-634 protocol. The MSC sees the simulated call-origination request coming from the gateway controller as another base station controller (BSC), and responds with a "Call Proceeding" message also in IS-634 format back to the gateway controller to tell the gateway controller that call-setup is in process. The MSC also sends an "Assignment Request" in IS-634 format to the gateway controller for a specific RF channel assignment.
The gateway controller then simulates the RF-channel assignment for the MSC, and returns to the MSC as an "Assignment Complete" message in IS-634 format. At this time, the gateway controller sends an "Alerting" message to the originating ad-hoc terminal in H.323 messaging, such as ringback. The MSC then returns its own "Alerting" message to the gateway controller in IS-634 messaging. The call is thereafter connected. The voice packets are converted from UDP voice packets to PCM in the gateway or gateway controller, and vice-versa for the voice packets from the radio terminal of the cellular network. VoIP could also be based on MEGACO or SIP protocols, while the messaging between the gateway controller and the MSC could be Global Title Translation in SS7 or URL
resolution provided by an IP domain name server. This will result in GSM-A messaging.
Referring to Fig. 7, there is shown the call-setup when a remote subscriber of the cellular . network originates the call and an ad-hoc terminal 12 is the mobile termination.
Messages indicated in bold print are IS-634 messaging, while those shown in italics are H.323 messaging. The cellular user wishing to connect to a terminal 12 of the system 10. of the invention will have the telephone number, or other identifying data, for the respective terminal of the ad-hoc radio system 10, which telephone number is understandable by the MSC 20. The address will point to the identity of the gateway controller 18 (which acts as a base station controller to the MSC) that services the terminal. On receipt of an external request, which is a "Paging Request" from the MSC to the gateway controller, the gateway controller 18 will respond with a "Paging Response". The gateway controller translates the phone number received from the MSC to the address of the termination ad-hoc terminal, and will determine to which current gateway 16 the respective terminal 12 is registered, and provide routing information to the external network to allow a virtual connection to be established with the ad-hoc terminal through a respective gateway 16. The MSC
then sends a "SETUP" message to the gateway controller, and returns a "Call Proceeding"
message back to the MSC. The gateway controller then establishes the setup with the ad-hoc terminal via the routing path indicated. The ad-hoc terminal sends an H. 323 "Alerting"
message back to the gateway controller, which in turn sends an IS-634 "Alerting" message to the MSC. The call is then connected, with the voice packets being converted from UDP voice packets to PCM in the gateway or gateway controller, and vice-versa for the voice packets from the radio terminal of the cellular network.
Referring to Fig. 8, there is shown the "Mobile Clearing" process after a call from between an ad-hoc terminal 12 and a remote subscriber of the cellular network has been completed. Messages indicated in bold print are IS-634 messaging, while those shown in italics are H.323 messaging. The ad-hoc terminal disconnects, sending a H.323 "Disconnect"
message to the gateway controller, which in turn sends a IS-634 "Clear Request" to the MSC.
The MSC sends back a "Clear Command" to the gateway controller, which in turn sends a "Disconnect" message to the ad-hoc terminal. The ad-hoc terminal responds with a "Release Complete" message to the gateway controller, which in turn forwards a "Clear Complete"
message back to the MSC.
The above-description has dealt with the connection of voice calls between the ad-hoc radio system 10 and an external switched cellular network. However, the terminals 12 are also capable of sending and receiving data and video messages. For this purpose, the ad-hoc radio system 10 of the invention is connected to an external PSTN or to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), or other external networle. Thus, when a terminal initiates an outgoing data call, which is an IP data message, the respective gateway 16 will recognize it as a data message, and will route the call to the gateway controller 18, which will direct the call to another gateway thereof that is coupled with the external PSTN, ISP, and the like, besides being linked to the switched cellular system, as described hereinbelow in greater detail.
The initial data-call request by a terminal 12 to a gateway 16 is handled in the same manner as shown in Fig. 7; however, the gateway controller 18 will recognize the call-request as one that the external cellular system cannot handle, whereby it will route the request to another one of its gateways operatively associated with the appropriate external network that can communicate with the appropriate service provider, such as an ISP for Internet access, or the PSTN.
Referring to Figs. 9 through 15, there will be described the four major components of the system 30 of the invention in its capacity as a stand-alone, peer-to-peer, mobile radio networking system, which is operatively connected to any external telecommunications network, such as the switched cellular network, PSTN, the Internet, and the like. There are four specific components defined for the ad-hoc access network, as described hereinabove.
The gateway controller 32 (Fig. 14) centralizes all the interworlcing protocols with the external networks. Terminals 34 can communicate directly with each other, indirectly through routers 36 or gateways 38, and with other networks via the gateway/gateway controller. For the salve of clarity, the functions of the gateway controller are described separately from the gateway, though the gateway controller function may be distributed to the gateways in some network configurations.
The combination of the radio, the base-band modem and the processor that provides the link layer and routing software is the transceiver 40 (Fig. 11), which link layer and routing software form part of a protocol stack. The transceiver is specified in such a way that different radio spectra and standards may be supported at the physical layer without changing the basic link layer and routing software. The transceiver 40 includes a network interface (NI) which is a computer industry standard such as IEEE-802 Ethernet or PCMIA.
The sole purpose of the NI is to support communications with software application components in the terminal or the networking components in the gateway.
The user terminal 34 (Fig. 12) consists of a transceiver 40 and an application processor, such as a notebook computer or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).
The application processor provides the user interface and software applications that make use of the underlying transport. The user terminal likely has a limited battery-based power supply. A
router 36 (Fig. 13) consists of a transceiver 40 with a permanent power supply. The router has specific functions in the deployment of a network, as described hereinbelow. A
gateway 38 (Fig. 14) consists of a transceiver 40 and a physical connection to the Wide Area Network (WAN) of the gateway controller 32. It is possible to distribute the functions of the gateway controller to the gateways. The gateway controller 32 aggregates a number of ad-hoc gateways 38 and provides common services such as interworking gateways, billing, provisioning and other administration functions for a complete network (Fig.
15). The gateway controller 32 consists of an Home Location Register (HRL) or Name Server 50, Media Resource Manager (MRM) 52 which includes hardware such as voice mail, recorded messaging such as all circuits busy, etc., Network Operation Center (NOC) 54 that includes operations for billing, accounting, managing, etc., Call Control 56 for voice mail, call forwarding, etc., or for whatever the subscriber has signed up, TCP/IP
Internet connection gateway 58 , IS-41/GSM-MAP hardware interface to cellular network 60, PSTN
interface connection PCM 62, and wide area network (WAN) 64.
There are a number of ways that ad-hoc terminals 34 can communicate with each other in the design of this interworlcing. The terminals can communicate directly with each other, they can communicate indirectly through other terminals and/or routers (Fig. 10A), they can communicate though gateways to minimize hops (Fig. 10B), and they can communicate with other telecommunication networks via gateways and gateway controllers (Fig. l OC). At some point, a terminal may move beyond the view of the current gateway and will need to register with a new gateway. The new gateway will go through the same sequence of events as the original gateway, but the gateway controller will, in addition, to updating the temporary address, inform the original gateway to remove the terminal from its Address Register (AR). When a terminal 34 wants to communicate directly with an external network, it will initiate a dialog with its new gateway 38 identifying the destination.
An external network user, such as that of the PSTN, wishing to connect to the terminal 34, has an address that is understandable by that network. The address will resolve to the identity of the gateway controller 38 that owns the terminal. On receipt of an external request, the gateway controller 32 will determine which current gateway 38 the terminal is accessing and provide routing information to the external network to allow a virtual connection to be established with the terminal through the gateway.
Referring to Figs. 16-20, there are shown flow charts for the process of an ad-hoc radio terminal 34 for initial power-up and registration with a gateway in order to access the external switched cellular network. In Fig. 16, the terminal upon initial power-up or entry into a new neighborhood of other radio terminals (block 110), will listen to messages being sent out by other terminals (block 112). An observation timer (blocks 114) is set to allow sufficient time to the terminal to hear communications from neighboring terminals. It listens is for RTS/CTS signals which are on the reservations channel, as opposed to ACK
and NACK
etc. which are on the data channels (block 116). The terminal computer then creates a routing table (block 118) based on RTS/CTS signaling received (block 116). After creating the initial routing table based on neighborhood terminals, it advertises itself (block 120) by sending out request-to- register messaging. The poll timer (block 122) allows enough time to hear back from many terminals, so that many different gateways (IAP's) may be discovered, in order to determine the most optimal gateway, or to determine if no gateway is available in that neighborhood.
Referring now to Fig. 17, there is depicted Route Discovery which determines with which gateway to register, based on Quality-of Service characteristics (QoS), least energy routing, voice or data call, etc. The terminal listens to other radio terminals in the neighborhood that respond to its advertising message, and updates its routing table based thereon (block 130). The poll time (block 132) allows enough time so that many different gateways (IAP's) may be discovered in order to determine the most optimal gateway, as set forth above. The exchange of information between it and other neighborhood terminals causes the terminal to update its routing table (block 134). The terminal.
looks to see how many, if any, gateways are available (decision block 136), which was part of the route update . If IAP's were discovered, it chooses the optimal one (block 138), and sets the software module to associate with that optimal one (block 140) via the registration process (block 141) of Fig. 18 described hereinbelow. If no IAP has been discovered, then the,poll timer is reset (block 142), in order to begin advertising again (block 144) as in Fig. 16.
This will continue, but in the meanwhile it will be part of an isolated network that has no communication with the outside world.
Referring to Fig. 18, there is shown the Registration Process with an IAP, or Gateway.
The terminal will send out an authentication request to the chosen IAP (blocks 150 and 152), which is serial number, or the like, and is sent to IAP (block 154). If authenticated, the IAP
will send back registration data information (block 156) which is the networle ID for it, such as a unique telephone number. The terminal then updates its IP address for that chosen IAP
with which it is registered (block 158). All this is done by its radio transceiver. Then, the transceiver tells the terminal's computer (block 159) that it is ready for calls, whereupon the host computer of the terminal is idle (block 160), awaiting call-origination (Fig. 19).
Referring to Fig. 19, there is shown the Call-Initiation process of a voice call to an external switched cellular network via the chosen IAP and the Gateway Controller. The host computer initiates a call-request, and makes an outgoing call , (block 162), which is TCP
messaging to the radio transceiver. The route is determined by the host computer (block 164), and the radio sends out the proper messaging, such as RTS and CTS signaling on reservations channel, or ACK, NACK etc. on the data channels to its associated IAP (block 166). The host is then active (block 168). Thereafter, routing information is determined (block 170), and the routing information is sent out (block 172), which includes the destination's telephone number. This number is sent to the terminal's associated gateway (IAP) , which gateway then relays the call to the Gateway Controller (block 174), which determines to which of its interface connections to connect . If it is a call to the external switched cellular network, then it directs the call to the IS-41/GSM-MAP
hardware interface or gateway . If it is call to the PSTN, then it directs the call to PSTN
interface connection PCM . If it is a call to the ISP, which uses IP protocol, then it directs the call directly to the TCP/IP Internet connection gateway . After call termination, the respective dedicated interface, . or gateway, will release the call (block 176), and send the appropriate messaging back to the terminal via its associated gateway. The terminal will then update its routing table for that call (block 178), which essentially means it will erase that call's information from its routing table entirely. The terminal is then released from connection to its gateway (IAP) (block 180), and the host terminal returns to its idle state (block 182).
Referring to Fig. 20, there is shown Router/Gateway action processing when it receives a call. When it receives a call, which is an IP-protocol message, as translated by the gateway controller if coming from an external switched network, or direct IP
messaging if coming from another ad-hoc terminal registered with it or from an ISP, (block 186). It determines if it is a local call (block 188), which local call means that the call is for itself. If it is for itself, then it delivers the message to its own host computer (block 190). If not, then it is an ad-hoc network call to an ad-hoc terminal, and it determines the best route to it (block 192). In this case, the call was sent to it since the terminal to which the call is directed is registered with that gateway. It then forwards the call (block 194).
While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it is to be understood that numerous changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
With respect to the using the system of the present invention as a stand-alone mobile radio network system, it is noted that although many forms of ad-hoc networlcing are extant, none allows for a peer-to-peer ad-hoc network to interworlc with other networks, as that of the system of the present invention. The most widely known specification is that defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard. The system of the present invention may be applied to any 802.11 system, and would provide similar benefits. The system of the invention could also be applied to many other radio access schemes, such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) in a similar manner. The present invention enhances the basic routing protocols and provides additional components required to allow for seamless integration with other telecommunications systems. As such, system would provide commercial mobile voice and mobile Internet service to a user of the system. ' The protocol used in the system of the present invention may be any conventional protocol available for ad-hoc radio systems, but preferably is that used for the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network system having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels via a separate reservation channel. This network system having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels via a separate reservation channel is directed to an ad-hoc radio network system where each node, or radio terminal, of the network is capable of serving as a node or hop of a routing path of a call from another, or to another radio terminal. In this system, communication between nodes or radio terminals is achieved using Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) protocol with the addition of multiple parallel data channels serviced by one reservation channel. By dedicating a separate reservation channel for the multiple parallel data channels, collision-free access by all of the competing nodes or terminals of the service group of the network is greatly reduced. Communications between terminals or nodes is set up by information exchanged on the separate reservation channel, which information includes all of the call set-up information such as data channel desired to be used for transferring voice, video or data, he desired power level of at least initial transmission, messaging such as Request-to-Send (RTS), Clear-to-Send (CTS), Not-Clear-to-Send (NCLS), Acknowledgment (ACK) for indicating reception of the transmitted call, Non-Acknowledgment (HACK) for indicating improper reception of the call, etc. In this system, in order to further ensure fast, adequate and collision-free transmission and reception, besides a primary modem typically provided with the .transceiver of each node or terminal, a secondary modem is also provided which is dedicated to the reservation channel. This system also provides for collision free transmission and reception between nodes or terminals by transmitting the reservation and data channels in time slots of time frames, with the information as to which time slot is to be used being included in the messaging transmitted by the reservation channel. Such a format not only provides collision-free transmission, but also allows for Quality-of Service (QoS) for different types of Class-of Service (CoS), Thus, not only may voice and video be transmitted, besides data, but voice and video transmission may be prioritized, so that when competing calls vie for a data channel, the delay-dependent voice or video transmissions will take precedence. This prioritization is accomplished by assigning prioritized calls for transmission in earlier time slots of a time frame. This network system ensures that every node or terminal of a service set of terminals has the most information regarding all of other terminals of that service set, so that the choice of data channel to be used, any required delay is transmitting the call, information on power level, and the like, are checked and updated by each terminal by a practically continuous monitoring of the reservation channel. The system of the invention utilizes protocol that provides collision-free channel access, which also emphasizes improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system does not have, nor require, a base station, as conventional cellular systems, personal communications system (PCC), and the like, require; instead, each radio terminal forming part of the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system may alternatively serve as a base station, in addition to being an ordinary link terminal of the radio system, whereby, if one such terminal serving as a base station should for some reason become inoperative, another terminal may take over and serve as the base station.
In U.S. Patent No. 5,943,322 - Mayer, et al., the radio system thereof is for use in battlefield conditions, where personal voice communications is based on a time division duplex (TDD) technique in a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, is operated without a fixed base station, and is provided with simultaneous transmission of a communications channel and a control channel, each spread by different PN
codes. The PN
code facilitates restricting communications on the network to a particular voice-conversation mode and between identified radios. Transmissions are performed in a time division duplex manner in 62.5 milliseconds slots. One of the radios initiates transmission and maintains power control and time synchronization normally done by a base station. A
network control station can voluntarily, or by command, transfer control of the network to any of the other radios on the network. Colliding transmissions from more than one radio require the radios to retry transmitting until one of the radios transmits in an earlier time slot.
Conversational mode capability is provided by equipping the radio receivers with despreaders in parallel for permitting a receiving radio to separately despread the simultaneously transmitted signals, all other radios on the network and responding to each radio transmission individually.
Simultaneous voice and data communications can be accomplished by equipping the receivers with despreaders for discriminating voice and data information signals spread by different PN codes. The ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system of the present invention is preferably based on a transpou-mechanism using a time division duplex (TDD) technique in a code division multiple access (CDMA) system. Time Division Duplex (TDD) is a way of maximizing the bits/hz/lcm2. Such a system not only may be used for providing commercial voice, but is also quite suited to both transmission and reception of data and video services.
Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems are typically used for packet data systems, since they make much more efficient use of the available bandwidth, in order to deliver a much higher effective data rate to the end user. TDD is typically used in fixed wired solutions or point-to-point wireless systems because it has its own spectrum limitations. TDD
systems, however, have not hitherto been deployed for voice systems.
Past research has shown that conventional Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) algorithms experience diminishing returns when networks approach their ultimate capacity.
The vast majority of current research centers on channel access algorithms that provide transmission capacity over a single shared medium. An example of this is the IEEE 802.11 wireless standard which employs a Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) algorithm. All users within a Basic Service Set (BSS) share a common channel resource.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the primary objective of the present invention to provide an ad-hoc peer-to-peer radio access system that has the capability of interconnection with the switched cellular network, the PSTN, the Internet, and other networks, which is accomplished by the addition and utilization of gateways and gateway controller function.
It also a primary objective of the present invention to provider such interconnection with the switched cellular network, the PSTN, the Internet, and other networks, in which there is complete transparency between the extraneous network and the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system of the invention, and which system is capable of receiving and transmitting voice, data and video calls, where voice calls may be transmitted and received over the cellular switched network, PSTN, or the Internet, and where data and video may be transmitted and received over the PSTN or the Internet.
The system of the present invention utilizes gateways and a gateway controller that provide the interlacing and transparency between the ad hoc terminals of the system of the present invention and those of a conventional or next-generation cellular network, or the PSTN or Internet. The components of the present invention are in addition to the routing and link layers of the ad-hoc transport disclosed in above-mentioned application serial number 09!815,157. The system of the present invention adds capability to the routing layer and call control layers of the underlying ad-hoc network in order to permit the function of interworlcing or interlacing to be completed.
According to the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system of the invention having transparent interlacing function with the cellular switched networlc, the PSTN, the Internet, and other networks, there is provided a system consisting of a series of radio terminals capable of making and receiving at least one of a voice call, data call, or video call between and among other, like, ad-hoc radio terminals of the system,. as well as making and receiving calls to and from the cellular switched network, and making and receiving all types of calls to and from the PSTN, the Internet, and other networks. Each radio terminal of the ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system of the invention is connected to the outside world via gateways, which gateways are, in turned, connected to a gateway controller which controls the establishment of outgoing and incoming calls via extraneous networlcs, such as the switched cellular network, the PSTN, the Internet, and the like. For transparently interlacing the ad-hoc radio system of invention to such an extraneous network, the gateway controller is provided with the software for transparently translating the information received either from the exterior network for use by a radio terminal of the ad-hoc radio system of the invention, or from an ad-hoc radio terminal for transmission to a destination via one of the exterior networks.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be more readily understood with reference to the accompanying drawings, where:
Figure 1 is a schematic showing the reuse of cells by a conventional cellular system;
Figure 2 is a schematic showing a conventional cellular-system architecture with which the system of the present invention is to be deployed;
Figures 3A and 3B are schematics showing the basic ad-hoc communications between end-users of the system of the present invention;
Figure 4 is a schematic showing the architecture of the system of the present for transparently interworlcing and interlacing the system of the invention with a conventional or next-generation cellular network system;
Figure 5 is a schematic showing the exchange of routing-information tables between a terminal of the system of the present invention with a particular gateway of the system for transparently routing calls to and from the terminal through the cellular network system;
Figure 6 is a signal-flow diagram showing the origination process of a terminal of Fig.
with the mobile switching center (MSC), of the conventional or next-generation cellular network system via the gateway and gateway controller of the system of the present invention, where an originating call from an ad-hoc radio terminal of the ad-hoc radio system of the present invention to the cellular network system;
Figure 7 is a signal-flow diagram similar to Fig. 6 showing the cellular-network activated process of call processing with the ad-hoc radio system of the present invention via the MSC of the cellular network system and the gateways and gateway controllers of the system of the invention, when the ad-hoc terminal is a mobile-termination that receives a call from a terminal of the cellular network system;
Figure 8 is a signal-flow diagram similar to Fig. 7 showing the mobile-clearing call-processing with the ad-hoc radio system of the present iimention upon the termination of a call between an ad-hoc radio terminal of the ad-hoc radio system of the invention and a mobile subscriber of the cellular network system;
Figure 9 is a schematic similar to Fig. 4, but showing the system of the present invention in use as a stand-alone system that may be connected to other telecommunications networks such as the PSTN, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), and the like;
Figures 10A - lOC are schematic views showing the different ways a call may be transmitted using the hardware components of the system of the present invention;
Figure 11 is a schematic view showing the parts of a transceiver used in the system of the system of the present invention;
Figure 12 is a schematic view showing the parts of an end-user's terminal used in the system of the system of the present invention;
Figure 13 is a schematic view showing a muter used in the system of the system of the present invention;
Figure 14 is a schematic view showing a gateway used in the system of the system of the present invention;
Figure 15 is a schematic view showing a gateway controller used in the system of the system of the present invention to connect the system to a telecommunications network;
Figure 16 is a flow chart showing the initial registration process for an ad-hoc radio terminal of the radio system of the invention upon first power-up;
Figure 17 is a flow chart showing the route-discovery process for an ad-hoc radio terminal of the radio system of the invention for establishing its neighborhood of other like radio terminals, in order to establish registration with one, chosen Intelligent Access Point (AIP), or gateway;
Figure 18 is a flow chart showing the actual registration process for an ad-hoc radio terminal of the radio system of the invention the selected gateway;
Figs. 19A and 19B are flow charts showing the call-initiation process for an ad-hoc radio terminal of the radio system of the invention for making an outgoing call to a destination serviced by an external network to which the gateway controller of the invention in linked; and Figure 20 is a flow chart showing the gateway processing when such gateway receives an incoming call. , DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring now to the drawings in greater detail, and in particular to Figs. 3 -8, the system of the invention will be described for linking the ad-hoc radio access system 10 of the present invention to an external, cellular-switched network. The ad-hoc radio access system of the invention is made up of four main, specific components. As seen in Figs. 3A, 3B, and 4, these four components are: a plurality of mobile radio terminals 12 capable of receiving and transmitting at least one of voice and data communications, at least one muter 14, at least one gateway node 16, and at least one cellular gateway controller 18, which gateway controller is interfaced to the Main Switching Center (MSC) 20 of a conventional or next-generation cellular network system. The capabilities defined within the system of the 'present invention are contained within the gateway nodes 16 and the gateway controller 18. The gateway controller 18 centralizes all of the intemvorking or interlacing protocols. Ad-hoc radio terminals 12 may communicate directly with each other as shown in Fig.
3A, or indirectly through other ad-hoc terminals 12 as seen in Fig. 3B. Routers and gateway nodes are also used, as described hereinbelow, for connecting ad-hoc terminals 12 serviced by one gateway to another ad-hoc terminal serviced by another gateway, as disclosed in above-mentioned application serial number 09/815,157.. In accordance with the present invention, the gateways also connect each ad-hoc radio terminal with the cellular switched network via the gateway nodes 16 and gateway controller 18, as seen in Fig. 4.
The router, gateway and gateway controller are the central and main features of the system of the present invention. The addition of these components and the way in which they provide the interworlcing and integration with the cellular MSC, are described in detail hereinbelow.
There are a number of ways that ad-hoc terminals can communicate with each other in this interworlcing and integration with the cellular network system. The terminals 10 can communicate directly with each other (Fig. 3A), or they can communicate indirectly through other terminals 12 and/or routers 14, and/or gateways 16 as described above.
When they communicate though gateways 16, such communications minimizes the number of hops, or nodes, and through which the terminals may communicate with the switched cellular networks via the gateways 16 and gateway controller 18. The interworking between an ad-hoc radio terminal 12 with the switched cellular networlc uses H.323 protocol for Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephony within the packet network, and IS-634 between a gateway 16 and the MSC of the cellular switched network. However, VoIP may be also be achieved using other protocols, such as MEGACO or SIP, while the gateway-to-MSC connection may use protocols such as GSM-A. VoIP call-setup messages are control messages that use TCP/IP, and look lilee any other on-demand data packet. The actual voice-payload is UDP packets that are quality-of service (QoS)-flagged for low latency transport to a gateway.
In the preferred embodiment, H.323-specified 6.729 vocoders is utilized. In this case, the voice-packets are translated to G.7I 1 for transmission over the telephony links. Each ad-hoc radio terminal has the capability of encoding in the 6.711 mode for reducing the translation activity in the gateway. The choice is based on a trade-off at the system engineering level between lower data rates and higher quality.
In order for an ad-hoc terminal 12 to successfully interworlc and interlace with a switched cellular network, it must be able to find an access point to the desired network through the gateway controller 18, which is interconnected with the MSC of the external switched cellular network. Furthermore, it must be possible for the external switched cellular network to be able to direct communications to an ad-hoc terminal 12 without knowing the intricacies of the ad-hoc system itself, which means that the coupling provided by the gateway controller 18 must be transparent. One implication or advantage of the chosen method of interworking or integration into an external network is' that the features and services are provided to the ad-hoc terminal 12 via the cellular main switching center MSC, and are, therefore, consistent with the features and services provided to a standard cellular telephone.
Each gateway node 16 in the ad-hoc network system of the invention identifies itself as a special class of device, whereby each has the capability to access an external switched cellular network. This information is provided as part of the messaging on the control or reservation information channel within the ad-hoc network protocols, such that terminals 12 can readily identify gateways 16. An ad-hoc terminal I2 that wishes to be considered part of an external cellular network will first have to register with a gateway node 16 typically via other ad-hoc terminals serving as nodes or hops to the gateway, which is accomplished by exchanging routing tables (see Fig. 5), which may be accomplished by conventional and well-known methods. This is part of the initialization process of the terminal itself. The terminal 12 will identify itself to a respective chosen gateway 16 with a registration message.
The gateway 16 will perform the following functions on receipt of a registration message, as shown in Fig. 6. It will validate tha authenticity of the terminal, through the gateway controller 18, using GSM-A authentication and location-update procedures, and then provide a temporary address, within the gateway, for that terminal. This is deposited in a database of the gateway controller 18 fox any further communication with the terminal. The gateway 16 will create a record of the terminal in its "Active Register" (AR), which is a database of all terminals 12 linked to that respective gateway 16. At some future point the terminal may move beyond the view of the current gateway and will need to register with a new gateway 18. The new gateway will go through the same sequence of events as the original gateway with the gateway controller 18, but will not require the GSM-A interaction with the MSC.
The gateway controller 18 will, in addition to updating the temporary address, inform the original gateway to remove the terminal from its "Active Register" database.
Terminals 12 routinely exchange routing table information in order for them to be able to route to each other and through each other to distant terminals. These exchanges typically occur every couple of seconds. The routing tables include information about the quality of the link between two terminals, the distance between the terminals and indications of the congestion levels of each terminal.. Gateways 16 identify themselves as' a special class of terminal that can provide access to terminals and networks outside the current field of view.
Referring to Fig. 6, there is shown the call-origination process. Messages indicated in bold print are IS-634 messaging, while those shown in italics are H.323 messaging. When a terminal 12 originates a call for communication with a remote subscriber of the cellular network via the MSC 20, it will initiate a setup-dialog with the gateway with which it is registered, identifying the destination to which is wants to be connected. The gateway has no lcnowledge of the destination addressing or routing, so it will query the gateway controller 18 for routing information. The gateway controller will connect to the cellular-network gateway coupled to the cellular network, and will communicate with the MSC initially with the SETUP messaging in IS-634 protocol. The MSC sees the simulated call-origination request coming from the gateway controller as another base station controller (BSC), and responds with a "Call Proceeding" message also in IS-634 format back to the gateway controller to tell the gateway controller that call-setup is in process. The MSC also sends an "Assignment Request" in IS-634 format to the gateway controller for a specific RF channel assignment.
The gateway controller then simulates the RF-channel assignment for the MSC, and returns to the MSC as an "Assignment Complete" message in IS-634 format. At this time, the gateway controller sends an "Alerting" message to the originating ad-hoc terminal in H.323 messaging, such as ringback. The MSC then returns its own "Alerting" message to the gateway controller in IS-634 messaging. The call is thereafter connected. The voice packets are converted from UDP voice packets to PCM in the gateway or gateway controller, and vice-versa for the voice packets from the radio terminal of the cellular network. VoIP could also be based on MEGACO or SIP protocols, while the messaging between the gateway controller and the MSC could be Global Title Translation in SS7 or URL
resolution provided by an IP domain name server. This will result in GSM-A messaging.
Referring to Fig. 7, there is shown the call-setup when a remote subscriber of the cellular . network originates the call and an ad-hoc terminal 12 is the mobile termination.
Messages indicated in bold print are IS-634 messaging, while those shown in italics are H.323 messaging. The cellular user wishing to connect to a terminal 12 of the system 10. of the invention will have the telephone number, or other identifying data, for the respective terminal of the ad-hoc radio system 10, which telephone number is understandable by the MSC 20. The address will point to the identity of the gateway controller 18 (which acts as a base station controller to the MSC) that services the terminal. On receipt of an external request, which is a "Paging Request" from the MSC to the gateway controller, the gateway controller 18 will respond with a "Paging Response". The gateway controller translates the phone number received from the MSC to the address of the termination ad-hoc terminal, and will determine to which current gateway 16 the respective terminal 12 is registered, and provide routing information to the external network to allow a virtual connection to be established with the ad-hoc terminal through a respective gateway 16. The MSC
then sends a "SETUP" message to the gateway controller, and returns a "Call Proceeding"
message back to the MSC. The gateway controller then establishes the setup with the ad-hoc terminal via the routing path indicated. The ad-hoc terminal sends an H. 323 "Alerting"
message back to the gateway controller, which in turn sends an IS-634 "Alerting" message to the MSC. The call is then connected, with the voice packets being converted from UDP voice packets to PCM in the gateway or gateway controller, and vice-versa for the voice packets from the radio terminal of the cellular network.
Referring to Fig. 8, there is shown the "Mobile Clearing" process after a call from between an ad-hoc terminal 12 and a remote subscriber of the cellular network has been completed. Messages indicated in bold print are IS-634 messaging, while those shown in italics are H.323 messaging. The ad-hoc terminal disconnects, sending a H.323 "Disconnect"
message to the gateway controller, which in turn sends a IS-634 "Clear Request" to the MSC.
The MSC sends back a "Clear Command" to the gateway controller, which in turn sends a "Disconnect" message to the ad-hoc terminal. The ad-hoc terminal responds with a "Release Complete" message to the gateway controller, which in turn forwards a "Clear Complete"
message back to the MSC.
The above-description has dealt with the connection of voice calls between the ad-hoc radio system 10 and an external switched cellular network. However, the terminals 12 are also capable of sending and receiving data and video messages. For this purpose, the ad-hoc radio system 10 of the invention is connected to an external PSTN or to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), or other external networle. Thus, when a terminal initiates an outgoing data call, which is an IP data message, the respective gateway 16 will recognize it as a data message, and will route the call to the gateway controller 18, which will direct the call to another gateway thereof that is coupled with the external PSTN, ISP, and the like, besides being linked to the switched cellular system, as described hereinbelow in greater detail.
The initial data-call request by a terminal 12 to a gateway 16 is handled in the same manner as shown in Fig. 7; however, the gateway controller 18 will recognize the call-request as one that the external cellular system cannot handle, whereby it will route the request to another one of its gateways operatively associated with the appropriate external network that can communicate with the appropriate service provider, such as an ISP for Internet access, or the PSTN.
Referring to Figs. 9 through 15, there will be described the four major components of the system 30 of the invention in its capacity as a stand-alone, peer-to-peer, mobile radio networking system, which is operatively connected to any external telecommunications network, such as the switched cellular network, PSTN, the Internet, and the like. There are four specific components defined for the ad-hoc access network, as described hereinabove.
The gateway controller 32 (Fig. 14) centralizes all the interworlcing protocols with the external networks. Terminals 34 can communicate directly with each other, indirectly through routers 36 or gateways 38, and with other networks via the gateway/gateway controller. For the salve of clarity, the functions of the gateway controller are described separately from the gateway, though the gateway controller function may be distributed to the gateways in some network configurations.
The combination of the radio, the base-band modem and the processor that provides the link layer and routing software is the transceiver 40 (Fig. 11), which link layer and routing software form part of a protocol stack. The transceiver is specified in such a way that different radio spectra and standards may be supported at the physical layer without changing the basic link layer and routing software. The transceiver 40 includes a network interface (NI) which is a computer industry standard such as IEEE-802 Ethernet or PCMIA.
The sole purpose of the NI is to support communications with software application components in the terminal or the networking components in the gateway.
The user terminal 34 (Fig. 12) consists of a transceiver 40 and an application processor, such as a notebook computer or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).
The application processor provides the user interface and software applications that make use of the underlying transport. The user terminal likely has a limited battery-based power supply. A
router 36 (Fig. 13) consists of a transceiver 40 with a permanent power supply. The router has specific functions in the deployment of a network, as described hereinbelow. A
gateway 38 (Fig. 14) consists of a transceiver 40 and a physical connection to the Wide Area Network (WAN) of the gateway controller 32. It is possible to distribute the functions of the gateway controller to the gateways. The gateway controller 32 aggregates a number of ad-hoc gateways 38 and provides common services such as interworking gateways, billing, provisioning and other administration functions for a complete network (Fig.
15). The gateway controller 32 consists of an Home Location Register (HRL) or Name Server 50, Media Resource Manager (MRM) 52 which includes hardware such as voice mail, recorded messaging such as all circuits busy, etc., Network Operation Center (NOC) 54 that includes operations for billing, accounting, managing, etc., Call Control 56 for voice mail, call forwarding, etc., or for whatever the subscriber has signed up, TCP/IP
Internet connection gateway 58 , IS-41/GSM-MAP hardware interface to cellular network 60, PSTN
interface connection PCM 62, and wide area network (WAN) 64.
There are a number of ways that ad-hoc terminals 34 can communicate with each other in the design of this interworlcing. The terminals can communicate directly with each other, they can communicate indirectly through other terminals and/or routers (Fig. 10A), they can communicate though gateways to minimize hops (Fig. 10B), and they can communicate with other telecommunication networks via gateways and gateway controllers (Fig. l OC). At some point, a terminal may move beyond the view of the current gateway and will need to register with a new gateway. The new gateway will go through the same sequence of events as the original gateway, but the gateway controller will, in addition, to updating the temporary address, inform the original gateway to remove the terminal from its Address Register (AR). When a terminal 34 wants to communicate directly with an external network, it will initiate a dialog with its new gateway 38 identifying the destination.
An external network user, such as that of the PSTN, wishing to connect to the terminal 34, has an address that is understandable by that network. The address will resolve to the identity of the gateway controller 38 that owns the terminal. On receipt of an external request, the gateway controller 32 will determine which current gateway 38 the terminal is accessing and provide routing information to the external network to allow a virtual connection to be established with the terminal through the gateway.
Referring to Figs. 16-20, there are shown flow charts for the process of an ad-hoc radio terminal 34 for initial power-up and registration with a gateway in order to access the external switched cellular network. In Fig. 16, the terminal upon initial power-up or entry into a new neighborhood of other radio terminals (block 110), will listen to messages being sent out by other terminals (block 112). An observation timer (blocks 114) is set to allow sufficient time to the terminal to hear communications from neighboring terminals. It listens is for RTS/CTS signals which are on the reservations channel, as opposed to ACK
and NACK
etc. which are on the data channels (block 116). The terminal computer then creates a routing table (block 118) based on RTS/CTS signaling received (block 116). After creating the initial routing table based on neighborhood terminals, it advertises itself (block 120) by sending out request-to- register messaging. The poll timer (block 122) allows enough time to hear back from many terminals, so that many different gateways (IAP's) may be discovered, in order to determine the most optimal gateway, or to determine if no gateway is available in that neighborhood.
Referring now to Fig. 17, there is depicted Route Discovery which determines with which gateway to register, based on Quality-of Service characteristics (QoS), least energy routing, voice or data call, etc. The terminal listens to other radio terminals in the neighborhood that respond to its advertising message, and updates its routing table based thereon (block 130). The poll time (block 132) allows enough time so that many different gateways (IAP's) may be discovered in order to determine the most optimal gateway, as set forth above. The exchange of information between it and other neighborhood terminals causes the terminal to update its routing table (block 134). The terminal.
looks to see how many, if any, gateways are available (decision block 136), which was part of the route update . If IAP's were discovered, it chooses the optimal one (block 138), and sets the software module to associate with that optimal one (block 140) via the registration process (block 141) of Fig. 18 described hereinbelow. If no IAP has been discovered, then the,poll timer is reset (block 142), in order to begin advertising again (block 144) as in Fig. 16.
This will continue, but in the meanwhile it will be part of an isolated network that has no communication with the outside world.
Referring to Fig. 18, there is shown the Registration Process with an IAP, or Gateway.
The terminal will send out an authentication request to the chosen IAP (blocks 150 and 152), which is serial number, or the like, and is sent to IAP (block 154). If authenticated, the IAP
will send back registration data information (block 156) which is the networle ID for it, such as a unique telephone number. The terminal then updates its IP address for that chosen IAP
with which it is registered (block 158). All this is done by its radio transceiver. Then, the transceiver tells the terminal's computer (block 159) that it is ready for calls, whereupon the host computer of the terminal is idle (block 160), awaiting call-origination (Fig. 19).
Referring to Fig. 19, there is shown the Call-Initiation process of a voice call to an external switched cellular network via the chosen IAP and the Gateway Controller. The host computer initiates a call-request, and makes an outgoing call , (block 162), which is TCP
messaging to the radio transceiver. The route is determined by the host computer (block 164), and the radio sends out the proper messaging, such as RTS and CTS signaling on reservations channel, or ACK, NACK etc. on the data channels to its associated IAP (block 166). The host is then active (block 168). Thereafter, routing information is determined (block 170), and the routing information is sent out (block 172), which includes the destination's telephone number. This number is sent to the terminal's associated gateway (IAP) , which gateway then relays the call to the Gateway Controller (block 174), which determines to which of its interface connections to connect . If it is a call to the external switched cellular network, then it directs the call to the IS-41/GSM-MAP
hardware interface or gateway . If it is call to the PSTN, then it directs the call to PSTN
interface connection PCM . If it is a call to the ISP, which uses IP protocol, then it directs the call directly to the TCP/IP Internet connection gateway . After call termination, the respective dedicated interface, . or gateway, will release the call (block 176), and send the appropriate messaging back to the terminal via its associated gateway. The terminal will then update its routing table for that call (block 178), which essentially means it will erase that call's information from its routing table entirely. The terminal is then released from connection to its gateway (IAP) (block 180), and the host terminal returns to its idle state (block 182).
Referring to Fig. 20, there is shown Router/Gateway action processing when it receives a call. When it receives a call, which is an IP-protocol message, as translated by the gateway controller if coming from an external switched network, or direct IP
messaging if coming from another ad-hoc terminal registered with it or from an ISP, (block 186). It determines if it is a local call (block 188), which local call means that the call is for itself. If it is for itself, then it delivers the message to its own host computer (block 190). If not, then it is an ad-hoc network call to an ad-hoc terminal, and it determines the best route to it (block 192). In this case, the call was sent to it since the terminal to which the call is directed is registered with that gateway. It then forwards the call (block 194).
While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it is to be understood that numerous changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
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1. An ad-hoc radio system comprising:
a series of remote radio terminals each comprising a radio transceiver, a memory means, and a control processor, said control processor comprising means for determining a routing path of a call, for communicating with other said radio terminals, and for establishing the respective said radio terminal as a hop for other said radio terminals during a call-connection;
a plurality of gateways, each said gateway being in operative communication with at least some of said series of remote radio terminals;
a gateway controller in operative communication with said plurality of gateways; said gateway controller comprising a wide area network (WAN), call control and routing means for directing calls to a destination, and interconnecting means for connecting, via said WAN, said series of remote radio terminals to an external network, whereby originating calls from a said radio terminal may be directed to a destination serviced by the external network and calls originating from the external network may be directed to a said radio terminal, wherein said gateway controller assigns a first identifier and a second identifier to each of said series of remote radio terminals, to enable a device, serviced by an external network, to communicate with said series of remote radio terminals, further wherein the first identifier is in a first format compatible with the ad-hoc radio system, and the second identifier is in a second format compatible with the external network, and the first format is different from the second format, and the first identifier is not compatible with the ad-hoc radio system;
said call control and routing means comprising routing information means for directing an originating call from a said radio terminal via a said gateway to an external network, and for directing a call from an external network to a said radio terminal via a said gateway; and a plurality of wireless routers operatively connected between said series of remote terminals and said plurality of gateways for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals and for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals to said plurality of gateways, whereby said remote radio terminals may indirectly communicate with each other and said gateways through one or more said wireless routers.
a series of remote radio terminals each comprising a radio transceiver, a memory means, and a control processor, said control processor comprising means for determining a routing path of a call, for communicating with other said radio terminals, and for establishing the respective said radio terminal as a hop for other said radio terminals during a call-connection;
a plurality of gateways, each said gateway being in operative communication with at least some of said series of remote radio terminals;
a gateway controller in operative communication with said plurality of gateways; said gateway controller comprising a wide area network (WAN), call control and routing means for directing calls to a destination, and interconnecting means for connecting, via said WAN, said series of remote radio terminals to an external network, whereby originating calls from a said radio terminal may be directed to a destination serviced by the external network and calls originating from the external network may be directed to a said radio terminal, wherein said gateway controller assigns a first identifier and a second identifier to each of said series of remote radio terminals, to enable a device, serviced by an external network, to communicate with said series of remote radio terminals, further wherein the first identifier is in a first format compatible with the ad-hoc radio system, and the second identifier is in a second format compatible with the external network, and the first format is different from the second format, and the first identifier is not compatible with the ad-hoc radio system;
said call control and routing means comprising routing information means for directing an originating call from a said radio terminal via a said gateway to an external network, and for directing a call from an external network to a said radio terminal via a said gateway; and a plurality of wireless routers operatively connected between said series of remote terminals and said plurality of gateways for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals and for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals to said plurality of gateways, whereby said remote radio terminals may indirectly communicate with each other and said gateways through one or more said wireless routers.
2. The ad-hoc radio system according to claim 1, wherein said interconnecting means comprises means for connecting to one of a: switched cellular network, a PSTN, and an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
3. The ad-hoc radio system according to claim 2, wherein said interconnecting means further comprises interfacing means for translating identifying information received from a switched cellular network and for translating identifying information received from a said gateway.
4. An ad-hoc radio system comprising:
a series of remote radio terminals each comprising a radio transceiver and a control processor, said control processor comprising means for determining a routing path of a call, for communicating with other said radio terminals, and for establishing the respective said radio terminal as a hop for other said radio terminals during a call-connection;
at least one gateway in operative communication with said series of remote radio terminals;
a gateway controller in operative communication with said at least one gateway, wherein said gateway controller assigns a first identifier and a second identifier to each of said series of remote radio terminals, to enable a device, serviced by an external network, to communicate with said series of remote radio terminals, further wherein the first identifier is in a first format compatible with the ad-hoc radio system, and the second identifier is in a second format compatible with the external network, and the first format is different from the second format, and the first identifier is not compatible with the ad-hoc radio system; and a plurality of wireless routers in operative connection between said series of remote terminals and said at least one gateway for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals and for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals to said at least one gateway, whereby said remote radio terminals may indirectly communicate with each other through one or more said wireless routers and said at least one gateway.
a series of remote radio terminals each comprising a radio transceiver and a control processor, said control processor comprising means for determining a routing path of a call, for communicating with other said radio terminals, and for establishing the respective said radio terminal as a hop for other said radio terminals during a call-connection;
at least one gateway in operative communication with said series of remote radio terminals;
a gateway controller in operative communication with said at least one gateway, wherein said gateway controller assigns a first identifier and a second identifier to each of said series of remote radio terminals, to enable a device, serviced by an external network, to communicate with said series of remote radio terminals, further wherein the first identifier is in a first format compatible with the ad-hoc radio system, and the second identifier is in a second format compatible with the external network, and the first format is different from the second format, and the first identifier is not compatible with the ad-hoc radio system; and a plurality of wireless routers in operative connection between said series of remote terminals and said at least one gateway for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals and for wirelessly interconnecting said series of radio terminals to said at least one gateway, whereby said remote radio terminals may indirectly communicate with each other through one or more said wireless routers and said at least one gateway.
5. The ad-hoc radio system according to claim 1 comprised in a switched cellular network, wherein said cellular network comprising a series of base stations, a mobile switching center (MSC), and remote radio terminals serviced by said base stations, the ad-hoc radio system further comprising:
said ad-hoc radio system operatively connected to said MSC; said ad-hoc radio system comprising a series of remote ad-hoc radio devices, at least one gateway with which at least some of said remote ad-hoc radio devices are registered and in communication, and a gateway controller;
said gateway controller comprising means for coupling said remote ad-hoc radio devices to said MSC of said switched cellular network, whereby an originating outgoing call made by a said remote ad-hoc radio device may be connected to a said remote radio terminal of said switched cellular network via said gateway controller and said MSC, and whereby an incoming call from a said remote radic terminal of said switched cellular network make be connected to a said remote ad-hoc radio device via said MSC and said gateway controller.
said ad-hoc radio system operatively connected to said MSC; said ad-hoc radio system comprising a series of remote ad-hoc radio devices, at least one gateway with which at least some of said remote ad-hoc radio devices are registered and in communication, and a gateway controller;
said gateway controller comprising means for coupling said remote ad-hoc radio devices to said MSC of said switched cellular network, whereby an originating outgoing call made by a said remote ad-hoc radio device may be connected to a said remote radio terminal of said switched cellular network via said gateway controller and said MSC, and whereby an incoming call from a said remote radic terminal of said switched cellular network make be connected to a said remote ad-hoc radio device via said MSC and said gateway controller.
6. The ad-hoc radio system according to claim 5, wherein said ad-hoc radio system comprises a reservations channel and a plurality of data channels, said reservations channel providing communications between ad-hoc radio devices for establishing routing paths among ad-hoc radio devices and radio communications set up;
each said ad-hoc radio device comprising a processor, memory means,;
first application means for determining a routing table for the path of connection to the gateway, and sending authentication information to the gateway; and second application means for registering the respective said ad-hoc radio device with the said gateway.
each said ad-hoc radio device comprising a processor, memory means,;
first application means for determining a routing table for the path of connection to the gateway, and sending authentication information to the gateway; and second application means for registering the respective said ad-hoc radio device with the said gateway.
7. The ad-hoc radio system according to claim 6, wherein said at least one gateway comprises third application means for transmitting registration identification information to the respective said ad-hoc radio device, whereby the ad-hoc radio device is uniquely identified.
8. The ad-hoc radio system according to claim 7, wherein first means for determining the routing table for the path of connection to the gateway comprises fourth application means for listening to RTS/CTS communication signals transmitted by other said ad-hoc radio device in its neighborhood over said reservation channel for use by said first application means.
9. The ad-hoc radio system according to claim 1, wherein said first means for determining a routing table for the path of connection to the gateway further comprises fifth application means for sending out request-to-register communication signaling to other said radio terminals in its neighborhood for determining the optimal gateway with which to register.
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