Methods for provisioning mobile stations and wireless communications with mobile stations located within femtocells

1. A method for wireless communications, the method comprising:

registering a femtocell with an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), core network to receive IMS services for at least one mobile station located within the femtocell; and

registering the at least one mobile station with an application server to provide additional services to the at least one mobile station located within the femtocell, wherein the registering the at least one mobile station with the application server includes,

receiving an authentication response to a global challenge from a the at least one mobile station,

generating a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message associated with the at least one mobile station based on the authentication response, the first SIP message includes a mobile identification number (MIN) of the at least one mobile station

sending the first SIP message to the IMS core network to register the at least one mobile station for the additional services, and

receiving a second SIP message from the IMS core network; and

providing information to the at least one mobile station regarding the registration for additional services, the first SIP message further includes at least one of an Electronic Serial Number (ESN) of the at least one mobile station, the global challenge, and a time value, and the second SIP message includes a mobile directory number (MDN) for the at least one mobile station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional services are CDMA services.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein registering the femtocell with the IMS core network includes,

transmitting femtocell registration information to the IMS core network to request IMS services for the at least one mobile station located within the femtocell, the femtocell registration information not including information regarding the at least one mobile station and only relating to a user agent of the femtocell.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving authentication keys from the IMS core network;

preparing the authentication response based on the received authentication keys and stored femtocell information; and

sending the prepared authentication response to the IMS core network to receive IMS services.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving a global random key from the IMS core network once the femtocell is registered;

deriving a challenge using the received key and a time value;

transmitting the challenge to the mobile station; and

providing services to the mobile station responding to the transmitted challenge.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a call setup request from the mobile station including the called party number (CpDN);

generating a SIP message including the CpDN and mobile station information; and

sending the generated SIP message to an IMS core network to notify the IMS core network of the call request.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the SIP message includes the information associated with the mobile station in a sub address of the SIP message.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the mobile station includes at least one of the mobile identification number, electronic serial number, and mobile directory number.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a SIP message including a paging request and at least one of a mobile identification number and mobile directory number from the IMS core network;

paging a mobile station based on the SIP message including the paging request;

receiving paging response from the mobile station; and

providing the paging response to the IMS core network.

10. A method for wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving registration information for IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services from a femtocell, the registration information not including information regarding a mobile station located within the femtocell and only relating to a user agent of the femtocell;

generating a global random key;

sending the global random key to the femtocell, the global random key being used to send a challenge to a mobile station located within the femtocell;

receiving mobile station information from a user agent of the femtocell to register the mobile station for CDMA services;

authenticating the mobile station based on the mobile station information;

registering with a home location register (HLR) as a visiting location register (VLR),

receiving a VLR profile from the HLR based on the mobile station information;

communicating with the mobile station as the VLR;

receiving a message including the mobile station information and a called party number;

authenticating the mobile station based on the mobile station information;

generating an authentication request message including the mobile station information once the mobile station is authenticated;

sending the authentication request to the HLR; and

providing a second SIP message including a mobile directory number for the mobile station to establish communication path with a mobile station associated with a called party number.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the mobile station information includes at least one of an electronic serial number, mobile identification number, random number received by the mobile station, an authentication response generated by the mobile station, and a time value.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the time value is associated with a time of day and is used to determine the random number is valid.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein authenticating the mobile station includes

inputting the global random key and time value into a function to generate a random number; and

verifying the generated random number is within an allowable range.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving a routing request including a mobile identification number of the mobile station;

associating a temporary local directory number with the mobile station;

triggering generation and transmission of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message to a femto user agent associated with the mobile station, the SIP message includes the mobile identification number of the mobile station in a sub address;

receiving a response to the SIP message;

authenticating the mobile station based on the response;

acting as the VLR during establishment of a traffic channel between the mobile station and a mobile station initiating the call to the mobile station located within the femtocell if the mobile station is authenticated.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein authenticating the mobile station includes

inputting the global random key and time value into a function to generate a random number; and

verifying the generated random number is within an allowable range.

16. The method of claim of claim 10 , further comprising:

treating the femtocell as an endpoint for the IMS services and CDMA services provided to mobile stations located within the femtocell.

17. A femtocell for use in wireless communications, the femtocell comprising:

a user agent configured to communicate on behalf of the at least one mobile station with an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core network and to register the at least one mobile station with an application server to provide additional services to the at least one mobile station located within the femtocell, the femtocell configured to,

register the femtocell with the IMS core network to receive IMS services for the at least one mobile station located within the femtocell,

receive an authentication response to a global challenge from the at least one mobile station,

generate a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message associated with the at least one mobile station based on the authentication response, the first SIP message includes a mobile identification number (MIN) of the at least one mobile station,

send the first SIP message to the IMS core network to register the at least one mobile station for the additional services,

receive a second SIP message from the IMS core network, and

provide information to the at least one mobile station regarding the registration for additional services, the first SIP message further includes at least one of an Electronic Serial Number (ESN) of the at least one mobile station, the global challenge, and a time value, and the second SIP message includes a mobile directory number (MDN) for the at least one mobile station.

18. An application server for use in wireless communications, the application server configured to,

receive a third party registration message for providing registration status information for a user agent of a femtocell,

receive location update information of a mobile station by a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message from a user agent of the femtocell, the first SIP message includes a mobile identification number (MIN) of the at least one mobile station,

perform authentication and registration of the mobile station based on the received SIP message using a home location register and authentication center, and

generate and communicate a second SIP message to a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) to notify the user agent of the femtocell of success or failure of the authentication and registration process for the mobile station,

the first SIP message further includes at least one of an Electronic Serial Number (ESN) of the at least one mobile station, a random number, and a time value, and the second SIP message includes a mobile directory number (MDN) for the at least one mobile station.