EP0917328A2
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Communications with pier to pier protocol server
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1998-10-13
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-10-13
Abstract
Abstract A wireless data network which provides communications with a Pier to Pier Protocol server is disclosed. A home network includes a home mobile switching center and a wireless end system, the home mobile switching center including a home registration server and a home inter-working function, the wireless end system including an end registration agent, the end registration agent being coupled to the home registration server. The wireless data network also includes a PPP server, wherein a message is coupleable from the end system through the home inter-working function to the PPP server.
Inventors
- 👤 Rai Girish
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 02:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W8/00; H04W8/02; H04W8/04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/28; H04L12/46; H04L12/4633; H04L69/00; H04L69/16; H04L69/161; H04L69/164; H04L69/168; H04L69/169; H04W12/00; H04W12/02; H04W12/03; H04W12/033; H04W12/06; H04W12/068; H04W4/00; H04W4/24; H04L2212/00; H04L63/00; H04L63/02; H04L63/0272; H04W36/00; H04W36/0005; H04W36/0011; H04W36/0033; H04W36/0038; H04W8/08; H04W8/12; H04W80/00; H04W80/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A wireless data network comprising: a home network that includes a home mobile switching center and a
wireless end system, the home mobile switching center including a home registration
server and a home inter-working function, the wireless end system including an end
registration agent, the end registration agent being coupled to the home registration
server; and a PPP server, a message being coupleable from the end system
through the home inter-working function to the PPP server.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
The network of claim 1, further comprising: a foreign network that includes a foreign mobile switching center and
a base station, the foreign mobile switching center including a serving registration
server, the base station including an access hub, the access hub including a proxy
registration agent; and a second end system subscribed to the home network and operating
within the foreign network, the end system including an end registration agent, the
end registration agent being coupled to the proxy registration agent, the proxy
registration agent being coupled to the serving registration server, the serving
registration server being coupled to the home registration server.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The network of claim 2, wherein the home registration server includes
a module to authenticate that the foreign network is authorized to host the second end
system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The network of claim 2, wherein the home registration server includes
a module to authenticate that the second end system is authorized to receive services
of the home network.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The network of claim 2, wherein the serving registration server
includes a module to authenticate that the second end system is a subscriber of the
home network.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
69 words
The network of claim 2, wherein: the home registration server includes a module to authenticate that the
foreign network is authorized to host the end system; the home registration server includes a module to authenticate that the
end system is authorized to receive services of the home network; and the serving registration server includes a module to authenticate that
the end system is a subscriber of the home network.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
125 words
The network of claim 6, wherein: the home network further includes a home billing processor; the foreign network further includes a foreign accounting server and
a foreign billing processor; the first serving inter-working function includes a foreign accounting
collection module to collect accounting data on message traffic transported through
the first serving inter-working function, the foreign accounting collection module
including a sub-module to periodically send accounting reports to the foreign
accounting server, the foreign accounting server including a module to send
accounting reports to the foreign billing processor, the foreign billing processor
including a module to send accounting reports to the home billing processor, the
home billing processor including a module to prepare customer bills based on the
accounting reports from the foreign billing processor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
78 words
The network of claim 1, further comprising: a foreign network that includes a foreign mobile switching center and
a base station, the base station including an access hub with a serving inter-working
function; and a roaming end system subscribed to the home network and operating
within the foreign network, a message being transportable between the roaming end
system and the home inter-working function through the serving inter-working
function using protocol that ensures in sequence delivery of data packets.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
112 words
A data network to communicate with a first PPP protocol module, the
data network comprising: a mobile end system operable in first and second modes, the first mode
providing internet access services, the second mode providing remote intranet access
services, the mobile end system including a second PPP protocol module, PPP data
frames being transportable between the first and second PPP protocol modules; and a home inter-working function, the home inter-working function
incorporating the first PPP protocol module when the mobile end system operates in
the first mode, the home inter-working function being coupled to the first PPP
protocol module operating externally when the mobile end system operates in the
second mode.
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