EP1304831A2
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Monitoring and transmission of QoS-data in a telecommunication network
Assignee: TeliaSonera Finland Oyj
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Filing: 2002-07-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2022-07-17
Abstract
Abstract The invention concerns a method and system for monitoring, transferring and distributing channel-specific QoS data in a packet-switched mobile communication network, in which method QoS data is collected in an element of the mobile communication network. According to the invention, the QoS data is carried in extension fields of IP header data. The invention also concerns a monitoring agent for monitoring, transferring and distributing channel-specific QoS data in a packet-switched mobile communication network.
Inventors
- 👤 Jouni Korhonen
- 👤 Mikko Laukkanen
- 👤 Heimo Laamanen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 06:20
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W24/00; H04L; H04L41/00; H04L41/50; H04L41/5003; H04L43/00; H04L43/02; H04L43/026; H04L43/08; H04L43/0852; H04L43/0864; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/22; H04M3/2227; H04M7/00; H04M7/006; H04L69/00; H04L69/22; H04M2207/00; H04M2207/18; H04M2207/185
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
52 words
Method for monitoring, transferring and
distributing channel-specific QoS data in a packet-switched
mobile communication network, said method
comprising the steps of: collecting the QoS data in an element of the mobile
communication network; characterizedin that the method
further comprises the steps of: transferring the QoS data in IP header data extension
fields.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
26 words
Method according to claim 1, characterized
in that each QoS value is preceded in the
IP packet by a header field telling the QoS data desired.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized
in that the header field consists of a
message type field, an requester field, a direction
field and a type field.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
Method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the method further comprises
the steps of: requesting QoS data by a Request field; and answering the request by a Replied field.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
Method according to claim 1, characterized
in that , to add QoS data to an IPv4
packet, ways of forming an extension header as defined
in the RFC791 are used.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
Method according to claim 1, characterized
in that , to add QoS data to an IPv6
packet, ways of forming an extension header as defined
in the RFC2460 are used.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
Method according to claim 1, characterized
in that the QoS data is pre-processed and
refined into the form used by the applications that
need it.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
Method according to claim 1, characterized
in that the QoS data in the header data
extension fields is distributed to user applications.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
Method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized
in that a specific monitoring agent is
used for pre-processing, refining, transmitting and
distributing QoS data.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method according to claim 1, characterized
in that an IP packet provided with QoS
data must not be fragmented.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
86 words
Monitoring agent for transferring and
distributing channel-specific QoS data in a packet-switched
mobile communication network, characterized in that the monitoring
agent comprises: information retrieval means (IM) for retrieving
QoS data from the QoS components of the elements of a
packet-switched mobile communication network; processing means (HM) for pre-processing and refining
QoS data; setting means (SM) for setting QoS data into the
header data extension field of an IP packet; removal means (RM) for removing QoS data from the
header data extension field of an IP packet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
Monitoring agent according to claim 11, characterized in that the monitoring agent
comprises communication means (CM) for distributing
QoS data to applications that use QoS data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
130 words
System for transferring and distributing
QoS data in a packet-switched mobile communication
network, said system comprising: a packet-switched mobile communication network
(NET); user equipment (UE) communicating with the packet-switched
mobile communication network (NET); QoS components (QoS) used to collect QoS data from
different elements of the packet-switched mobile communication
network (NET); characterized in that the system
further comprises: a monitoring agent (MA), which comprises information
retrieval means (IM) for retrieving QoS data from
the QoS components (QoS) of the elements of the
packet-switched mobile communication network; processing
means (HM) for pre-processing and refining QoS
data; setting means (SM) for setting QoS data into the
header data extension field of an IP packet; and removal
means (RM) for removing QoS data from the header
data extension field of an IP packet.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
System according to claim 13, characterized
in that the system further comprises communication
means (CM) for distributing QoS data to applications
that use QoS data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
System according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the IP packet is consistent
with the IPv4 or IPv6 version.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
System according to claim 13, 14 or 15, characterized in that the packet-switched mobile
communication network is an UMTS network.
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