Short user messages in system control signaling
View Patent ↗Short user messages can be conveyed in system management signaling for a data or telephony network. In one example, a first control message is sent from a first radio to a second radio, the control message including a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of the first radio to a user of a third radio. In response, a second control message is received in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message.
1. A method comprising:
sending a first control message from a first radio to a second radio, the control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the first control message, a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of the first radio to a user of the second radio and a type identification to identify the contents of the data field as a short message;
receiving a second control message in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the second control message, a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message and a type identification to identify the contents of the data field as a short message.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reply is an acknowledgment of the short message.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reply is a second short message from a remote user to the user of the first radio.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second short message is from a user of a third radio.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the short message is a text message.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the short message is a short message service message.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the short message is a multimedia message.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data field is assigned for use for the control message.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first control message is a media access control message.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media access control message is used for connected mode and idle mode media access control operations.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a page from the second radio and wherein sending the first control message is in response to receiving the page.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first control message is a location update.
13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising encrypting the short message at an application layer before sending.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the response to the short message is encrypted, the method further comprising decrypting the response to the short message at an application layer.
15. An apparatus comprising:
a processor to generate a control message, the control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the first control message, a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of a first radio to a user of a second radio and a type identification to identify the contents of the data field as a short message; and
a transceiver to send the control message from the first radio to the second radio and to receive a second control message in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the second control message, a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message and a type identification to identify the contents of data field as a short message.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further to encrypt the short message at an application layer before sending.
17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the data field is assigned for use for a control message.
18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when operated on by the machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
sending a first control message from a first radio to a second radio, the control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the first control message, a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of the first radio to a user of a third radio and a type identification to identify the contents of data field as a short message;
receiving a second control message in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the second control message, a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message and a type identification to identify the contents of the data field as a short message.
19. The medium of claim 18 , the instructions further comprising receiving a page from the second radio and wherein sending the first control message is in response to receiving the page.
20. The medium of claim 19 , wherein the first control message is a location update.