IP Library Patent Application 11920996
Patent Application
App. No. 11/920,996

Network interworking system and method for negotiating qos in network interworking system

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11/920,996
Abstract

A 3GPP-WLAN interworking system to which WLAN user equipment is accessed includes a WLAN access network including a WLAN access point, a 3GPP packet-switched service network including terminal equipment, a 3GPP core network connecting the WLAN access network and the 3GPP packet-switched service network, and a packet data gateway relaying the 3GPP core network and the 3GPP packet-switched service network. The WLAN user equipment negotiates a QoS according to a wireless environment with the WLAN access point to generate a WLAN bearer, negotiates a QoS according to a type of user data with the packet data gateway to generate a WLAN 3GPP IP access bearer, and negotiates a QoS according to data process performance of the terminal equipment with the terminal equipment to generate an end-to-end bearer.

Claims (25)

1 . A network interworking system comprising a wireless access network comprising wireless access equipment to which a user terminal is accessed, a packet-switched service network comprising terminal equipment providing a packet-switched service, a core network for connecting the wireless access network and the packet-switched service network, and a gateway relaying the core network and the packet-switched service network, the network interworking system comprising:

a first bearer formed between the user terminal and the wireless access equipment according to a quality of service (QoS) provided according to a wireless environment;

a second bearer formed between the user terminal and the gateway according to a QoS provided according to a type of the user data;

a third bearer formed between the gateway and the terminal equipment according to a QoS provided by the packet-switched service network; and

a fourth bearer formed between the user terminal and the terminal equipment according to a QoS provided according to data process performance.

2 . A network interworking system comprising a wireless access network to which a user terminal is accessed, a packet-switched service network providing a packet-switched service, and a core network connecting the wireless access network and the packet-switched service network, the network interworking system comprising:

wireless access equipment being included in the wireless access network and negotiating a first QoS with the user terminal in relation to radio resources provided to the user terminal;

a gateway relaying the core network and the packet-switched service network; and

terminal equipment being included in the packet-switched service network and negotiating a second QoS according to data process performance with the user terminal,

wherein the gateway negotiates a third QoS provided by the packet-switched service network with the terminal equipment, and negotiates a fourth QoS provided according to a type of user data with the user terminal.

3 . The network interworking system of claim 2 , further comprising a charging server for performing a charging operation according to the fourth QoS provided to the user terminal.

4 . A quality of service (QoS) negotiation method of a user terminal, the QoS negotiation method for negotiating a QoS in a network interworking system comprising a wireless access network comprising wireless access equipment to which a user terminal is accessed, a packet-switched service network comprising terminal equipment providing a packet switched service, a core network connecting the wireless access network and the packet-switched service network, and a gateway relaying the core network and the packet-switched service network, the QOS negotiation method comprising:

generating a first bearer negotiating a QoS with the wireless access equipment in the wireless access network, the QoS provided according to a wireless environment;

generating a second bearer negotiating a QoS with the gateway, the QoS provided according to a type of user data; and

generating a third bearer negotiating a QoS with the terminal equipment, the QoS provided according to data process performance of the terminal equipment,

wherein the gateway negotiates a QoS provided by the packet-switched service network with the terminal equipment.

5 . A quality of service (QoS) negotiation method of a gateway relaying a core network and a packet-switched service network in a network interworking system comprising a wireless access network to which a user terminal is accessed, the packet-switched service network comprising terminal equipment providing a packet-switched service, and the core network connecting the wireless access network and the packet-switched service network, the QoS negotiation method comprising:

generating a first bearer negotiating a QoS with the user terminal, the QoS provided according to a type of user data; and

generating a second bearer negotiating a QoS with the terminal equipment, the QoS provided by the packet-switched service network,

wherein the user terminal generates a third bearer negotiating a QoS provided according to a wireless environment with the wireless access equipment in the wireless access network, and generates a fourth bearer negotiating a QOS provided according to data process performance of the terminal equipment with the terminal equipment.

6 . A quality of service (QoS) negotiation method of a user terminal, the QoS negotiation method for negotiating a QoS in a network interworking system comprising a wireless access network to which the user terminal is wirelessly accessed, the wireless access network connected to a first packet-switched service network providing a packet-switched service, a second packet-switched service network providing the packet-switched service, and a core network connecting the wireless access network and the second packet-switched service network, the QoS negotiation method comprising:

obtaining an authentication from the core network;

generating a first bearer negotiating a QoS according to a wireless environment with a wireless access equipment in the wireless access network; and

generating a second bearer negotiating a QoS according to data process performance with the terminal equipment in the packet-switched service network,

wherein the wireless access equipment generates a third bearer negotiating a QoS negotiated by the first packet-switched service network with the terminal equipment.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Jul 20, 2009
From: KTFREETEL CO., LTD.
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022976/0032 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEES' COUNTRY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 022194 FRAME 0131. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF. Recorded Mar 12, 2009
From: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.; KTFREETEL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022385/0488 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2009
From: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.; KTFREETEL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022194/0131 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2007
From: KWON, HYE-YEON; SHIN, HYUNG-CHEOL; RO, KWANG-HYUN; SHIN, JAE-WOOK; JUNG, KWANG-RYUL; HWANG, YOU-SUN; CHEON, KYUNG-YUL; PARK, AE-SOON
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 020193/0346 →