Background technology
The mobile radiotelephone service-user requires high security and the convenience from the mobile service provider usually.Senior mobile radiotelephone characteristics, for example international roaming, aerial transmit (OTA) stipulates, and the interoperability between the dissimilar handheld device is more prevalent.Yet existing service still has many restrictions, needs the program of difficult usefulness to finish for example task of switching and update user information between handheld device usually.
Many restrictions of mobile telephone technology derive from the incompatibility problem between old and new standard and the technology.For example, the digital mobile radio telephone system is because the demand of the continuous growth of simulation mobile voice service produces.Yet numeral and artificial antenna telephone system are used the opposite end (opposite end) of wireless frequency spectrum, and it is common and digital system is incompatible therefore to be designed for the radio telephone of analogue system, and vice versa.In addition, different radio phone service provider adopts the different digital standard, thus a plurality of digital cordless phones only with certain specific criteria family compatibility.For example, global system for mobile communications (GSM) digital standard adopts at all Europe; And CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access) (CDMA) digital standard extensively adopts in the U.S..
GSM standard is time division multiple access (TDMA) standard, and by using distributed time slot, each user's voice data of alternate transmission in burst can make a plurality of users share the individual voice channel.The CDMA standard combines spread spectrum, can use spreading code that digitized conversation signal is cut into bit by spreading code being appended in each conversation and with a plurality of conversation digitlizations, ressembles signal then after transmission.
20th century the nineties early stage, the GSM network brings into use subscriber identification module (SIM) card to improve the radio telephone fail safe, and the authentication process that facilitates for the user.Recently, replaceable subscriber identification module (RUIM) becomes possibility, and the international roaming of allow crossing over CDMA and GSM network, allow their handheld device of customer upgrade and do not need each characteristics of reprogrammed such as their personally identifiable information and radio telephone/address book.The RUIM smart card normally comprises the little plastic clip of embedded computer chip, and this chip is used to store for example secure data, tentation data, radio telephone/address-book data, network settings and other information relevant with the special services characteristics.RUIM is detachably connected to and uses like the slot type that SIM card uses on the radio telephone usually.
Therefore, international traveler can be carried out " plasticity roaming (plasticroaming) " by spanning network now.For example, the user can be simply remove RUIM and this RUIM is put into the gsm wireless phone and roams into the GSM network from cdma network from the cdma wireless phone.Network is recognized user's network data and personal data immediately then.
Yet, and early stage RUIM version and can spanning network aspect the OTA regulation feature back compatible that is used for multi-mode radio telephone of operation, existing RUIM technology remains limited.Mobile radiotelephone regulation is related to initial configuration (being called startup) and upgrading characteristics and loads data into radio telephone.In the place of stipulating that service provider's physical access radio telephone can be used, for example the radio telephone retailer who initially sells a little, the radio telephone regulation of the wired connection of user interface or storage card may appear using.
Stipulate the disabled place of service provider's physical access radio telephone, can use the OTA regulation to upgrade radio telephone.Compare with requiring the physical access radio telephone, the OTA regulation is convenient more usually for the user.The OTA regulation further allows to advance and pull out regulation.Advancing regulation is that data are written into radio telephone automatically, and wireless telephone user and not knowing.Safety problem requires to advance regulation to only limit to for example trusted source of known service provider.
Pulling out regulation allows wireless telephone user to be written into selected radio telephone characteristics at a convenient time.For example, the user can use the Internet-browser characteristics on their radio telephone to navigate to selected webpage, stipulates their radio telephone from webpage wireless downloading radio telephone then.
Requirement comprises optimum roaming list (PRL) by some the more important data on the mobile radiotelephone that advances or draw in the regulation frequent updating.PRL is the frequency band that can use of certain network and the tabulation of channel, and when radio telephone is powered first or when radio telephone leaves scope and existing the connection when beginning to worsen, radio telephone attempts to connect described frequency band and channel.When environmental change, PRL often needs to upgrade.For example, the mobile service provider often and other providers different agreement is arranged, allow the roaming discount, so when this type of protocol changes, need upgrade PRL.Equally, the user may select to upgrade PRL based on the change of other characteristics on the change of their service agreement or the radio telephone.In addition, be written into or by its relevant RUIM being moved on to another from a radio telephone when switching handheld device, PRL needs to upgrade as the user.
PRL is stored in the nonvolatile memory on the RUIM usually.When RUIM was connected to radio telephone and opens radio telephone, radio telephone read the PRL that resides on the RUIM, be written in the memory of PRL to the radio telephone maybe with this PRL and be stored in already on the radio telephone existing PRL relatively.Then, only when upgrading, needs change existing PRL.
Yet original PRL is designed for single wireless access technology usually.When the user attempted to use the earlier version of RUIM card in the multi-mode radio telephone, compatibling problem had appearred in the multi-mode radio telephone that comprise the dual-mode wireless phone, can cross over the operation of a plurality of wireless access technologys.When tradition or legacy version RUIM be inserted in the multi-mode radio telephone and because RUIM to go up storage not enough and can not be updated the time, another compatibling problem has also occurred.Equally, when having upgraded tradition or legacy version RUIM with redaction PRL, when it was inserted into conventional wireless phone again, because incompatibility backward, tradition or legacy version radio telephone can not be recognized and upgraded RUIM.Yet, still wish when customer upgrade during, when the user wants can allow the user to use and have traditional RUIM card now when upgrading traditional RUIM card and insert traditional radio telephone again to multi-mode radio telephone.Therefore, need improved method and system, allow traditional RUIM card, upgrade traditional RUIM card, the wireless telephonic whole compatibilities of newer multi-mode radio telephone and older monotype.
Embodiment
With reference to figure 1, this is the schematic diagram that is shown as the radio communication device of radio telephone 100 (mobile radiotelephone) form, and radio telephone 100 comprises the radio frequency communications unit 102 that is connected to processor 103 and communicates by letter with 103.Radio telephone 100 also comprises keyboard 106 and the display screen 105 that is connected to processor 103 and communication with it.As well known by persons skilled in the art, screen 105 can be a touch-screen, thereby keyboard 106 is optional.
Processor 103 comprises the encoder/decoder 111 with the correlative coding read-only memory (ROM) 112 that is used to store data, is used for voice or other signals that Code And Decode radio telephone 100 sends or receives.Processor 103 also comprises the microprocessor 113 that is connected to encoder/decoder 111 by common data and address bus 117, character read-only memory (ROM) 114, random access storage device (RAM) 104, static programmable memory 116 and replaceable subscriber identification module (RUIM) interface 118.Each can be except the storage optimum roaming list (PRL) other aspects, subscription authentication data, selected input of text messages and the wireless phone number database (TND radio telephone book) that comprises the number field that is used for name field and wireless phone number to be operably connected to the static programmable memory 116 of RUIM interface 118 and RUIM card 119, described title be used for and this name field in the relevant identifier of one of number.For example in the wireless phone number database can be 91999111111 (being input to number field), associated identifier be in the name field " Steven C! At work ".RUIM card 119 and static memory 116 can also be stored the password that is used to allow to visit password-protected function on the radio telephone 100.
Microprocessor 113 has the keyboard of being connected to 106, screen 105 and comprise the port of the alarm device 115 of alarming loud speaker, vibrator motor and associated drive usually.Equally, microprocessor 113 is connected to the port of radio telephone 135 and communications speaker 140 in addition.Character read-only memory 114 storage is used to decode or the code of the text message that code communication unit 102 may receive.In this embodiment, character read-only memory 114 is also stored the operation code (OC) that is used for microprocessor 113, and the code that is used to carry out the function relevant with radio telephone 100.
Radio frequency communications unit 102 is the composite type Receiver And Transmitters with community antenna 107.Communication unit 102 has the transceiver 108 that is connected to antenna 107 through wireless frequency amplifier 109.Transceiver 108 is connected to composite type modulator/demodulator 110, and this modulator/demodulator 110 is connected to processor 103 with communication unit 102.
With reference to figure 2, this is to show the generalized flow chart of upgrading the method 200 of existing PRL according to an embodiment of the invention.PRL can for example reside on RUIM (for example the RUIM card 119) and the wireless telephone stores device (as the static programmable memory 116 of radio telephone 100).Method 200 allows to upgrade existing PRL in radio telephone 100 or RUIM card 119, thereby can reuse RUIM card 119 in multi-mode radio telephone 100 and monotype radio telephone 100.
Method 200 is in step 205 beginning, and wherein radio telephone 100 is powered first.In step 210, radio telephone 100 receives mobile service-user identifier by reading user identification data from RUIM card 119 then.In step 215, radio telephone 100 receives by aerial transmission (OTA) regulation and has upgraded the PRL data.Then, radio telephone determine how better to use the PRL data with flexibility level that expectation is provided to service-user.This kind flexibility can comprise and allows the user in the monotype radio telephone 100 that uses single wireless access technology and use in the multi-mode radio telephone 100 of multiple wireless access technology and can both reuse existing RUIM card 119.The method 200 following PRL data of determining how to use reception.
In step 220, method 200 determines whether the local service provider of service-user is traditional provider.Tradition provider provides the service provider of the initial p RL that only supports the single-mode wireless access technology, for the wireless access technology that strengthens, must introduce new expansion and formative PRL.Whether local service provider is that traditional provider determines by reading the international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI) that is stored in the RUIM card 119 usually.If local service provider is not traditional provider, method 200 continues in step 225, determines whether the PRL in the RUIM card 119 supports the multi-mode radio access technology.If, upgrade the PRL in the RUIM card 119 then in step 230.In step 230, the existing PRL in the radio telephone 100 does not need to upgrade, because this PRL is expansion PRL (as following more detailed description) in this case, this PRL only is stored in the RUIM card 119.
If the PRL in step 225 is determined RUIM card 119 does not support the multi-mode radio access technology, but only supports the monotype wireless access technology, then method 200 continues in step 235, wherein upgrades the PRL in the radio telephone 100.At this, do not upgrade the PRL in the RUIM card 119, thereby allow the user from current wireless phone 100, to remove RUIM card 119 after a while, and in only supporting other radio telephones 100 of single-mode wireless access technology, reuse this RUIM card 119.
In step 220, if method 200 determines that the local service provider of service-user is traditional provider, then method 200 advances to step 227, in the performance of this assessment RUIM card 119.If RUIM card 119 has enough memory capacity and can append the expansion PRL that upgrades the PRL data from OTA,, upgraded the PRL data and in second memory space of RUIM card 119, be added on the existing PRL then in step 228.At this, do not rewrite the existing PRL data on the RUIM card 119, thereby allow the user to remove RUIM card 119 from current wireless phone 100 after a while, and this card reused only supporting on other radio telephones 100 of single-mode wireless access technology.Yet if in step 227, RUIM card 119 can not upgrade with expansion PRL, in step 235, is input in the memory space in the radio telephone 100 upgrading the PRL data.
At last, method 200 finishes in step 240, at this, upgrades after the PRL or the PRL in the RUIM card 119 in the radio telephone 100, carries out other radio telephones and handles, and for example stores PRL, and authentication is also encrypted.Authentication is for correct identification user and prevent that provider's network from being very important by unauthorized access.Encryption is to be encrypted in the speech data that transmits on the radio telephone 100, and for safeguarding that the confidentiality on all physical radio channels is important.
The identifier that is included in the mobile service-user in the RUIM card 119 can be the form of international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI) for example.IMSI is unique identification number of distributing to each mobile subscriber in mobile system, and generally include the mobile country code (MCC) of unique identification mobile subscriber the country one belongs to, sign home public land mobile network's (HPLMN) mobile network code, MNC (MNC) is the mobile identifier number (MIN) that is identified at the mobile subscriber in the mobile public land mobile network (MPLMN) at last.
Comprise 1X and DO with the example of the multi-mode radio access technology that is used in combination among the present invention, 1X and DV, 1X and GSM, GSM/UMTS, GSM/TD-SCDMA, and the combination of these technology.The example of the standard relevant with the OTA regulation that relates to the multi-mode radio access technology is IS-683-C " Over-the-Air Service Provisioning of Mobile Stationsin Spread Spectrum Systems (radio communication service of a mobile radio station regulation in spread spectrum system) ".The example of the monotype wireless access technology that is used in combination with the present invention comprises CDMA 1X and based on the technology of IS-95.The example of the standard relevant with the OTA regulation that relates to the monotype wireless access technology is IS-683-A " Over-the-Air Service Provisioning of MobileStations in Spread Spectrum Systems (radio communication service of a mobile radio station regulation in spread spectrum system) ".
Relating in multi-mode radio telephone 100 step 215 that receives the method 200 of having upgraded the PRL data by the OTA regulation can be begun by service-user or service provider.It is useful instrument that the PRL that the user begins upgrades, and allows the mobile radiotelephone user to carry out such as the customization function of selecting special services provider.The OTA established procedure that other users begin allows the wireless telephone user execution for example to activate other mobile radio stations and upgrade Number Assignment Module (NAM) designator and the function of parameter (for example MIN/IMSI parameter).By the regulation that the service provider begins, be commonly called wireless communication parameters management (OTAPA), be of great use for the designator and the parameter that allow provider to upgrade the key relevant with the network service.
It will be understood to those of skill in the art that the existing PRL that upgrades in PRL data and the radio telephone 100 that receives in method 200 steps 215 is stored in the memory location of separating on the radio telephone 100 usually.For example, can will upgrade the PRL storage in RAM 104, and existing PRL is stored in the static memory 116.With the PRL that receive to upgrade simultaneously in some prior aries with only use the single memory position to rewrite to have PRL now opposite,, provide to determine when the flexibility that to upgrade PRL according to method 200.
With reference to figure 3, this is the schematic diagram that shows the assembly of the conventional wireless system 300 be used to transmit and receive radiotelephone call.System 300 comprises radio telephone 100, operationally is used for and transceiver base station (BTS) 305 radio communications.Base station controller (BSC) 310 is connected to transceiver base station 305, and determines to send or receive data by public exchange wireless telephony network (PSTN) 325 or the Internet 340.If send or receive data, the then link of radio network controller 310 foundation and mobile switching centre and visitor location register (MSC/VLR) 315 by PSTN 325.Then, MSC/VLR 315 is connected to mobile switching centre and Home Location Register (MSC/HLR) 318,320, and said apparatus is connected to PSTN 325 again.On the other hand, if internet usage 340 sends or receive data, then the link of PCF support node 330 is set up and served to radio network controller 310.PCF support node 330 is connected to packet data switched network (PDSN) 335 then, and this network is connected to the Internet 340.
In many environment, single radio words 100 have the necessary scope of communicating by letter with a plurality of transceiver base stations 305 and a plurality of base station controller 310.Therefore it will be understood to those of skill in the art that upgrade optimum roaming list for the user who helps radio telephone 100 by selective call route from multiple available options, it is very crucial obtaining most economical and being connected of high quality-of-service.
Following table 1 has been listed the optimum roaming list field that is included in standard P RL according to CDMA standard I S-683A, related bits length, and the example of concise and to the point explanation of field, this standard is to stipulate relevant standard with the OTA that relates to the monotype wireless access technology as mentioned above.
Table 1 (according to the PRL of IS-683A)
The optimum roaming list field |
Length (bit) |
Brief description |
PR_LIST_SIZE |
16 |
The tabulation of octet-sized |
PR_LIST_ID |
16 |
The identifier of base station appointment |
PREF_ONLY |
1 |
Preferred unique field.If mobile radio station is " 1 " at the particular system operating and setting only |
DEF_ROAM_IND |
8 |
Indicate for the acquiescence roaming that nonspecific system uses |
NUM_ACQ_RECS |
9 |
Obtain the number of record |
NUM_SYS_RECS |
14 |
The number of system log (SYSLOG) |
ACQ_TABLE |
Variable |
Comprise the acquisition table that expansion obtains record |
SYS_TABLE |
Variable |
The system's table that comprises system log (SYSLOG) |
RESERVED |
0 to 7 |
Fill with zero bit, so that whole PRL equals the integer number of eight bit byte |
PR_LIST_CRC |
16 |
The cyclic redundancy code of PRL |
Following table 2 is listed the optimum roaming list field that is included in standard P RL according to CDMA standard I S-683C, related bits length, and the example of concise and to the point explanation of field, this standard is to stipulate relevant standard with the OTA that relates to the multi-mode radio access technology as mentioned above.
Table 2 (according to the PRL of IS-683C)
The optimum roaming list field |
Length (bit) |
Brief description |
PR_LIST_SIZE |
16 |
The tabulation of octet-sized |
PR_LIST_ID |
16 |
The identifier of base station appointment |
CUR_SSPR_R_REV |
8 |
Be used for the protocol revision that mobile radio station downloads.Determine the resolution rules of PRL. |
PREF_ONLY |
1 |
Preferred unique field.If mobile radio station is " 1 " at the particular system operating and setting only |
DEF_ROAM_IND |
8 |
Indicate for the acquiescence roaming that nonspecific system uses |
NUM_ACQ_RECS |
9 |
Obtain the number of record |
NUM_COMMON_ SUBNET_RECS |
9 |
The number of the record in common subnet table |
NUM_SYS_RECS |
14 |
The number of system log (SYSLOG) |
ACQ_TABLE |
Variable |
Comprise the acquisition table that expansion obtains record |
COMMON_SUBNET _ TABLE |
Variable |
The common subnet record |
EXT_SYS_TABLE |
Variable |
The extended system table that comprises system log (SYSLOG) |
RESERVED |
0 to 7 |
Fill with zero bit, so that whole PRL equals the integer number of eight bit byte |
PR_LIST_CRC |
16 |
The cyclic redundancy code of PRL |
That the 100 common identifications of monotype radio telephone do not go out is shown in Figure 2, according to the added field among the expansion PRL of CDMA standard I S-683C, for example CUR_SSPR_R_REV.With reference to figure 4, this is the schematic diagram that shows incompatibility problem between the RUIM card 119 that has upgraded comprise extended field and the monotype radio telephone 100.Fig. 4 shows that monotype radio telephone 100 is designed to only with traditional RUIM card 119 work.Therefore, will be more neocaine 119 when multi radio words 100 move on to monotype radio telephone 100, monotype radio telephone 100 can not be explained the RUIM of the renewal card 119 that comprises extended field.
Therefore the present invention is a kind of complete compatible method and system between traditional RUIM card 119 and the multi-mode radio telephone 100 that allows.The present invention can use based on the different radio phone of tradition and new standard and network configuration and realize.When being upgraded to multi-mode radio telephone 100, therefore monotype mobile radiotelephone user can use their existing RUIM card 119, still can receive PRL by the OTA regulation simultaneously and upgrade.This kind is very convenient by the PRL renewal of OTA regulation, and allows the user to obtain improved roaming performance and reduction roaming cost.
More than describe in detail preferred example embodiment, the scope that is not meant to limit the present invention, application or configuration only are provided.But the detailed description of preferred example embodiment provides the open description of implementing the preferred example embodiment of the present invention for those skilled in the art.Be to be understood that and do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present invention of in subsidiary claim, illustrating making multiple change on arrangements of components and function and the step.