公开(公告)号：US20130190002A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-25

申请号：US13741773

申请日：2013-01-15

申请人： VODAFONE GROUP PLC

发明人： Andrea DE PASQUALE ,  Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero ,  Brendan McWilliams

IPC分类号： H04W72/04

CPC分类号： H04W72/0453 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W28/20

摘要： A method and apparatus is provided for improving bandwidth usage in a cellular communication network serving at least one mobile terminal, the network being arranged to use a predefined bandwidth range. The apparatus includes a base band unit for capable of supporting at least a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, a counting means for determining the number of mobile terminals within a cell of the first radio access technology supporting the second radio access technology and a measuring means for determining the level of traffic carried by the first radio access technology cell. Bandwidth assignment means are also provided so that the bandwidth assigned to GSM and LTE can be configured to take account of changes in the traffic levels and device capabilities in either RAT.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于改善为至少一个移动终端服务的蜂窝通信网络中的带宽使用的方法和装置，该网络被安排为使用预定义的带宽范围。 该装置包括：能够支持至少第一无线接入技术和第二无线接入技术的基带单元，用于确定支持第二无线接入技术的第一无线接入技术的小区内的移动终端数量的计数装置 以及用于确定由第一无线电接入技术小区携带的业务的级别的测量装置。 还提供了带宽分配装置，使得分配给GSM和LTE的带宽可被配置为考虑到任一RAT中的流量级别和设备能力的变化。

公开(公告)号：US09363680B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-07

申请号：US14622197

申请日：2015-02-13

申请人： VODAFONE GROUP PLC

发明人： Andrea De Pasquale ,  Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero ,  Yannick Le Pezennec

IPC分类号： H04W16/14 ,  H04B7/02 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W72/00

CPC分类号： H04W16/14 ,  H04B7/022 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W72/005 ,  H04W76/16

摘要： In order to transmit data packets in multi-RAT networks, a method and system of network controllers are provided including simultaneous establishment of radio connections over multiple different Radio Access Technologies or RATs, with User Equipment or UE 13, being one radio connection firstly established over one primary RAT under a single PDP context and one or more radio connections established over at least one secondary RAT, different from the primary RAT, and under the same single PDP context; simultaneous transmission of data packets over the different RATs towards the UE 13 and combination of the transmitted data by higher layer protocols at the UE 13. In the present method/system, a connection is established for user plane transmission on the same PDP context between a primary network controller 11 of the primary RAT and the secondary network controller 12 of a secondary RAT. More than one secondary RAT may be involved.

摘要翻译： 为了在多RAT网络中发送数据分组，提供了一种网络控制器的方法和系统，包括通过多个不同的无线电接入技术或RAT同时建立无线电连接，用户设备或UE 13是首先建立的一个无线电连接 在单个PDP上下文下的一个主要RAT和在不同于主RAT的至少一个辅助RAT上建立的一个或多个无线电连接，以及在相同的单个PDP上下文下; 在UE 13上通过不同的RAT同时传输数据分组以及通过较高层协议在UE 13处发送的数据的组合。在本方法/系统中，建立了连接，用于在相同的PDP上下文之间的用户平面传输 主RAT的主网络控制器11和辅助RAT的辅助网络控制器12。 可能涉及多于一个次级RAT。

公开(公告)号：US20150319788A1

公开(公告)日：2015-11-05

申请号：US14535031

申请日：2014-11-06

申请人： VODAFONE GROUP PLC

发明人： Gavin Wong ,  John Watson

IPC分类号： H04W76/00 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04W4/10 ,  H04L29/06

CPC分类号： H04L65/4061 ,  H04L65/1016 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/56 ,  H04M15/57 ,  H04M2215/202 ,  H04M2215/2026 ,  H04M2215/2093 ,  H04M2215/32 ,  H04W4/10 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W76/45 ,  H04W80/10 ,  H04W84/08

摘要： A telecommunications system is described which allows a push-to-talk: over cellular (PoC) communication session to be established between PoC Clients comprised in respective mobile terminals (1A, 1A′, 1B). The PoC Clients form a group of devices between which a PoC communication session is established. A single controlling PoC function (22B) controls the admission of new members to the PoC communication session and the removal of members from the PoC communication session. Each PoC Client communicates with the PoC controlling function (22B) via a respective PoC participating function (20A, 20A′, 20B). In accordance with an advantageous feature of the embodiment described, the controlling PoC function (22B) issues a Talk Burst Granted message having a modified form to a PoC Client (via its associated PoC participating function) when that client is given permission to transmit a talk burst. The modified Talk Burst Granted message includes an indication of the number of active members in the PoC communication session. This information is extracted by the relevant PoC participating function and enables that PoC participating function to determine the number of PoC Clients to which the talk burst originating from its PoC Client will be transmitted. This enables the PoC participating function to provide an indication to its PoC Client of the number of PoC Clients to which its talk bursts will be transmitted and/or to cause a charge to be rendered to the user of its PoC Client in accordance with the number of recipients.

摘要翻译： 描述了允许在包括在各个移动终端（1A，1A'，1B）中的PoC客户端之间建立一键通（PoE）通信会话的通信系统。 PoC客户端形成一组PoC通信会话建立在该设备之间。 单一控制PoC功能（22B）控制新成员进入PoC通信会话并从PoC通信会话中删除成员。 每个PoC客户端经由相应的PoC参与功能（20A，20A'，20B）与PoC控制功能（22B）进行通信。 根据所描述的实施例的有利特征，当该客户端被允许发送话音时，控制PoC功能（22B）向PoC客户端（经由其相关联的PoC参与功能）发出具有修改形式的通话突发授权消息 爆裂。 经修改的通话突发消息包括在PoC通信会话中活动成员的数量的指示。 该信息由相关的PoC参与功能提取，并使得PoC参与功能能够确定将从其PoC客户端发起的通话短信发送到的PoC客户端的数量。 这使得PoC参与功能能够向其PoC客户端提供其通话突发将被发送到的PoC客户端的数量和/或使得根据号码向PoC客户端的用户呈现费用的指示 的收件人。

公开(公告)号：US20150236989A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-20

申请号：US14630542

申请日：2015-02-24

申请人： Vodafone Group PLC

发明人： Koichi Shimamura ,  Takenori Sekiya ,  Satoshi Nishizawa ,  Hideaki Suga ,  Jota Nakatsuma ,  Hisashi Kato ,  Yoshimi Saito

IPC分类号： H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L29/06

CPC分类号： H04L51/043 ,  H04L51/32 ,  H04L61/609 ,  H04L67/42 ,  H04M1/72547 ,  H04M1/72572 ,  H04M3/42093 ,  H04M3/42357 ,  H04M3/42365 ,  H04M3/42374 ,  H04M2201/38 ,  H04W4/029

摘要： The presence display system of the present invention displays presences and distances between buddies.The mobile station 11 performs poling to the user data section 26 at predetermined time intervals, transmits location information of the mobile station 11 to the presence server 27, receives buddies state information and information indicating the proximity between the user and the buddies, and displays the presence of the buddies by means of an icon with a size that corresponds with the proximity. The buddy list server 28 calculates the distance between the user and the buddies from the location information of the mobile station 11 and the location information of the requested buddies in accordance with the poling by the mobile station 11, determines the proximity by comparing the distance with a threshold value that is set by the user, and transmits the proximity to the mobile station 11.

摘要翻译： 本发明的存在显示系统显示了朋友之间的存在和距离。 移动台11以规定的时间间隔对用户数据部26进行极化，向存在服务器27发送移动台11的位置信息，接收与状态信息以及指示用户和好友之间的接近度的信息，并显示 通过具有与接近度相对应的大小的图标来存在好友。 好友列表服务器28根据移动台11的偏移量，根据移动台11的位置信息和所请求的好友的位置信息，计算用户与好友之间的距离，通过将距离与 由用户设置的阈值，并且发送与移动台11的接近。

公开(公告)号：US20140038596A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-06

申请号：US14053839

申请日：2013-10-15

申请人： Vodafone Group Plc

发明人： Mauro COSTA ,  Walter MUNARINI ,  Maurizio MONTI

IPC分类号： H04W8/06

CPC分类号： H04W8/06 ,  H04L65/1016 ,  H04L65/1073 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/41 ,  H04M15/57 ,  H04M15/8033 ,  H04M15/8038 ,  H04M2215/0164 ,  H04M2215/204 ,  H04M2215/208 ,  H04M2215/34 ,  H04M2215/7435 ,  H04M2215/7442

摘要： A system for providing access to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) for a subscriber communicating in an access communication network and requesting access to the IP multimedia subsystem through a home interface entity located in the home communication network (HN) of the subscriber (UE), wherein the IP multimedia subsystem is a packet switched based domain located in the home communication network.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提供对用于在接入通信网络中通信的用户的IP多媒体子系统（IMS）的访问的系统，并且通过位于所述用户（UE）的归属通信网络（HN）中的归属接口实体请求对所述IP多媒体子系统的访问， ，其中所述IP多媒体子系统是位于所述家庭通信网络中的基于分组交换的域。

公开(公告)号：US09247560B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-26

申请号：US14265460

申请日：2014-04-30

申请人： Vodafone Group PLC

发明人： Matthew Vizor ,  Graeme Hardy ,  Chris Jones ,  Christine Rickard

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L12/54 ,  H04L12/911 ,  H04L12/927 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： H04W72/1231 ,  H04L47/70 ,  H04L47/781 ,  H04L47/808 ,  H04L47/824 ,  H04L67/06 ,  H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/325 ,  H04W48/18

摘要： Controlling data transfer between a mobile device and a data telecommunications network includes receiving a service request requiring a data transfer, determining at least one parameter requirement relating to the service request from a predefined profile, determining a network/user condition relating to one or more of the at least one parameters, comparing the one or more parameter requirements with the relevant network/user condition, and using the comparison to determine whether or not to proceed with the service request. Data transfer to and/or from a mobile device may be managed so that the network conditions, such as available signal strength and bearer type, are taken into consideration before proceeding with the data transfer. Accordingly, if the network conditions are not suitable for the service request requiring a data transfer, it is possible to not proceed with the request, such as by delaying it until network conditions become suitable.

摘要翻译： 控制移动设备和数据电信网络之间的数据传输包括接收需要数据传输的服务请求，从预定义的简档确定与服务请求有关的至少一个参数要求，确定与一个或多个 所述至少一个参数，将所述一个或多个参数要求与所述相关网络/用户条件进行比较，并且使用所述比较来确定是否继续进行所述服务请求。 可以管理到移动设备和/或从移动设备的数据传输，使得在继续进行数据传输之前，考虑诸如可用信号强度和承载类型之类的网络条件。 因此，如果网络条件不适合于需要数据传送的服务请求，则可以不进行该请求，诸如通过延迟该请求直到网络条件变得合适。

公开(公告)号：US09172582B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-27

申请号：US13728795

申请日：2012-12-27

申请人： VODAFONE GROUP PLC

发明人： Juan Miguel Santos ,  Rogelio Martinez ,  Fernando Laloma

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04M7/12

CPC分类号： H04L29/06326 ,  H04L29/06027 ,  H04L65/1016 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04M7/12 ,  H04M7/123 ,  H04W76/10

摘要： Management of a call between a calling party that is a mobile terminal in a first cellular network and a called party that is a mobile terminal in a second cellular network is provided by: receiving at an Application Server, AS, of the first cellular network a request to establish a call with the called party from the calling party, the called party being identified in the indication by a circuit-switched identifier; identifying a registration for the called party in the first cellular network using the circuit-switched identifier for the called party, the registration providing a packet-switched identifier for the called party; and setting up a call between the calling party and the called party of the first cellular network by initiating a packet-switched connection from the AS in the first cellular network to the called party in the second cellular network using the packet-switched identifier for the called party.

摘要翻译： 通过以下方式提供作为第一蜂窝网络中的移动终端的呼叫方和作为第二蜂窝网络中的移动终端的被叫方之间的呼叫的管理：在第一蜂窝网络的应用服务器AS处接收 请求与被叫方建立来自呼叫方的呼叫，被叫方通过电路交换标识符在指示中识别; 使用所述被叫方的电路交换标识识别在所述第一蜂窝网络中被叫方的注册，所述注册为所述被叫方提供分组交换标识符; 以及通过在所述第二蜂窝网络中从所述第一蜂窝网络中的AS发起到所述被叫方的分组交换连接，使用所述第二蜂窝网络中的分组交换标识符来建立所述主叫方与所述第一蜂窝网络的被叫方之间的呼叫， 被叫方

公开(公告)号：US09072081B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-30

申请号：US14068965

申请日：2013-10-31

申请人： VODAFONE GROUP PLC

发明人： Richard Gumbrell ,  Graeme Sandieson ,  Greg Reeve ,  Tony Smith ,  Yakeen Prabdial

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W4/12

CPC分类号： H04W76/021 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04W76/11

摘要： A cellular telecommunications network that facilitates communication connections for terminals having identification modules that are not associated with a subscriber record or Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN). The cellular telecommunications network implements providing a pool of unique connection numbers; in response to a request for communication with a device incorporating a token identification module, assigning a selected one of the pooled numbers to the token identification module in a location register; and initiating a reconnection event, thereby providing the assigned number to the device by associating the device with a temporary unique connection number in the location register. Embodiments described are directed to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) client terminals with embedded token identification modules.

摘要翻译： 一种促进具有与用户记录或移动用户综合业务数字网络（MSISDN）不相关联的识别模块的终端的通信连接的蜂窝电信网络。 蜂窝电信网络实现提供独特的连接号码池; 响应于与包含令牌识别模块的设备进行通信的请求，将所选择的一个合并号码分配给位置寄存器中的令牌识别模块; 以及启动重新连接事件，从而通过将设备与位置寄存器中的临时唯一连接号相关联来向设备提供分配的号码。 所描述的实施例涉及具有嵌入式令牌识别模块的机器对机器（M2M）客户终端。

公开(公告)号：US20140161037A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-12

申请号：US14068772

申请日：2013-10-31

申请人： VODAFONE GROUP PLC

发明人： Richard GUMBRELL ,  Tony Smith ,  Yakeen Prabdial ,  Edmund Wontner

IPC分类号： H04L12/66

CPC分类号： H04L12/66 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W76/10

摘要： A cellular telecommunications network for facilitating communication connections for terminals having token identification modules, the network including: a location register for receiving requests to access the network and, if the requests are associated with a token identification module, redirecting the requests; a token register which receives redirected requests, generates connection identification data and transmits the connection identification data to the location register to identify the terminal to the location register; a network gateway component for establishing a communication between the network and the terminal in accordance with the connection identification data; and a network monitoring component for performing service management, such as a session authentication check. A network implementing the invention is capable of providing data communication sessions to terminals having identification modules that are not associated with MSISDN numbers. Embodiments described are directed to laptops and M2M terminals with embedded token identification modules.

摘要翻译： 一种用于促进具有令牌识别模块的终端的通信连接的蜂窝电信网络，所述网络包括：位置寄存器，用于接收访问所述网络的请求;以及如果所述请求与令牌识别模块相关联则重定向所述请求; 接收重定向请求的令牌寄存器生成连接识别数据并将连接标识数据发送到位置寄存器，以将终端识别到位置寄存器; 网关网关组件，用于根据连接识别数据建立网络与终端之间的通信; 以及用于执行诸如会话认证检查的服务管理的网络监视组件。 实现本发明的网络能够向具有与MSISDN号码不相关联的识别模块的终端提供数据通信会话。 所描述的实施例涉及具有嵌入式令牌识别模块的笔记本电脑和M2M终端。

公开(公告)号：US20160057789A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-25

申请号：US14788219

申请日：2015-06-30

申请人： VODAFONE GROUP PLC

发明人： Richard GUMBRELL ,  Graeme SANDIESON ,  Greg REEVE ,  Tony SMITH ,  Yakeen Prabdial

IPC分类号： H04W76/02 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W48/16

CPC分类号： H04W48/16 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04W76/11

摘要： A cellular telecommunications network is provided that facilitates communication connections for terminals having identification modules that are not associated with a subscriber record or Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) number. The cellular telecommunications network implements providing a pool of unique connection numbers in response to a request for communication with a device incorporating a token identification module, assigning a selected one of the pooled numbers to the token identification module in a location register; and initiating a reconnection event, thereby providing the assigned number to the device by associating the device with a temporary unique connection number in the location register Embodiments described are directed to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) client terminals with embedded token identification modules.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种蜂窝电信网络，其有助于具有与用户记录或移动用户综合业务数字网络（MSISDN）号码不相关联的识别模块的终端的通信连接。 蜂窝电信网络响应于与包含令牌标识模块的设备的通信请求，提供独特的连接号码池，将所选择的一个合并号码分配给位置寄存器中的令牌识别模块; 并且启动重新连接事件，从而通过将设备与位置寄存器中的临时唯一连接号相关联来向设备提供分配的号码。所描述的实施例涉及具有嵌入式令牌识别模块的机器对机器（M2M）客户终端。