WO2002067612A2 - Appareil servant a etablir un appel prioritaire dans un systeme de communication a acces sans fil fixe - Google Patents

Appareil servant a etablir un appel prioritaire dans un systeme de communication a acces sans fil fixe Download PDF

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WO2002067612A2
WO2002067612A2 PCT/IB2002/000520 IB0200520W WO02067612A2 WO 2002067612 A2 WO2002067612 A2 WO 2002067612A2 IB 0200520 W IB0200520 W IB 0200520W WO 02067612 A2 WO02067612 A2 WO 02067612A2
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  • the present invention relates generally to a manner by which to initiate establishment of a priority call, such as a call to request emergency assistance in a FWA (fixed wireless access), or other, communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to apparatus, and an associated method, by which to effectuate the priority call even when communication resources are not initially available to establish the call.
  • the initial unavailability of the communication resources is not made known to the user initiating the call as normal system operation is emulated at a subscriber station from which the call originates.
  • the communication resources of the communication system are reallocated to provide communication resources to permit the establishment of the priority call .
  • Telecommunications access systems provide for voice, data, and multimedia transport and control between the central office (CO) of the telecommunications service provider and the subscriber (customer) premises.
  • CO central office
  • subscriber customer
  • phone lines e.g., voice frequency (VF) pairs
  • VF voice frequency
  • DLC digital loop carrier
  • the DLC equipment provided an analog phone interface, voice CODEC, digital data multiplexing, transmission interface, and control and alarm remotely from the central office to cabinets located within business and residential locations for approximately 100 to 2000 phone line interfaces.
  • This distributed access architecture greatly reduced line lengths to the subscriber and resulted in significant saving ' s in both wire installation and maintenance.
  • the reduced line lengths also improved communication performance on the line provided to the subscriber.
  • VF voice frequency
  • ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
  • the subscriber interface is based on 64 kbps digitization of the VF pair for digital multiplexing into high speed digital transmission streams (e.g., T1/T3 lines in North America, E1/E3 lines in Europe) .
  • ISDN was a logical extension of the digital network that had evolved throughout the 1980s.
  • DLC digital subscriber line
  • cable modems and cable modems have been developed and introduced.
  • the DLC architecture was extended to provide remote distributed deployment at the neighborhood cabinet level using DSL access multiplexer
  • DLC/DSLAM digital subscriber equipment
  • Tl/El interfaces
  • high speed DS3 and 0C3 interfaces high speed DS3 and 0C3 interfaces.
  • the entire telecommunications network backbone has undergone and is undergoing continuous upgrade to wideband optical transmission and switching equipment.
  • wireless access systems have been developed and deployed to provide broadband access to both commercial and residential subscriber premises.
  • the market for wireless access systems was driven by rural radiotelephony deployed solely to meet the universal service requirements imposed by ' government (i.e., the local telephone company is required to serve all subscribers regardless of the cost to install service) .
  • the cost of providing a wired connection to a small percentage of rural subscribers was high enough to justify the development and expense of small-capacity wireless local loop (WLL) systems .
  • WLL wireless local loop
  • FWA field-area network
  • FWA wireless wide area network
  • the age and inaccessibility of much of the older wired telephone infrastructure makes FWA systems a cost-effective alternative to installing new, wired infrastructure.
  • broad acceptance of FWA systems requires that the voice and data quality of FWA systems must meet or exceed the performance of wired infrastructure.
  • Wireless access systems must address a number of unique operational and technical issues including:
  • wireless access systems Unlike physical optical or wire systems that operate at bit error rates (BER) of lO -11 , wireless access systems have time varying channels that typically provide bit error rates of 10 ⁇ 3 to 10 ⁇ 6 .
  • the wireless physical (PHY) layer interface and the media access control (MAC) layer interface must provide modulation, error correction and ARQ protocol that can detect and, where required, correct or retransmit corrupted data so that the interfaces at the network and at the subscriber site operate at wire line bit error rates .
  • Fixed wireless broadband systems use a group of transceiver base stations to cover a region in the same manner as the base stations of a cellular phone system.
  • the base stations of a fixed wireless broadband system transmit forward channel (i.e., downstream) signals in directed beams to fixed location antennas attached to the residences or offices of subscribers.
  • the base stations also receive reverse channel (i.e., upstream) signals transmitted by the broadband access equipment of the subscriber.
  • forward channel i.e., downstream
  • the base stations also receive reverse channel (i.e., upstream) signals transmitted by the broadband access equipment of the subscriber.
  • Cable modems and DSL routers are incompatible with each other and with fiber optic equipment.
  • Different service providers locate broadband access equipment in different locations on the subscriber premises. Often this equipment is located inside the office or residence of the subscriber, which makes it inaccessible to maintenance workers unless the subscriber is present to admit the workers to the premises.
  • the lack of standardization of broadband access equipment and the frequent inaccessibility of such equipment adds to the cost and complexity of broadband access.
  • Concentration techniques are utilized in construction of many multi-user communication systems. Concentration techniques, generally, refer to selection of the number of users permitted to be part of the system to be greater, by some factor, than the actual capacity of the communication system. Statistical, or other, analysis is made of the likely number of users of the communication system at any particular time, and the system is constructed to support a number of users based upon the expected number of users . During times in which actual usage of the communication exceeds the capacity of the system, additional users, beyond the system's capacity, are prevented, or blocked, from access to the system.
  • the additional users are provided indication of their failure to access the system by alerting such users with audible alerts .
  • the audible alerts are audibly distinct from normal dial tones generated during normal telephonic operation.
  • capacity limitations are possible between both the network infrastructure of the system and a correspondent node forming a terminating or originating station as well as, additionally, the radio links extending between the network infrastructure and the subscriber stations.
  • a priority call such as a request for emergency assistance to an emergency dispatch center
  • access to the communication system to communicate with the emergency dispatch center is essential.
  • the present invention accordingly, advantageously provides apparatus, and an associated method, by which to initiate establishment of a priority call, such as a call to request emergency assistance, in a FWA (fixed wireless access) , or other, communication system.
  • a priority call such as a call to request emergency assistance
  • FWA fixed wireless access
  • apparatus for a subscriber station operable in a fixed wireless access communication system.
  • a priority call is originated at the subscriber station
  • the user of the subscriber station takes the telephonic station located thereat off-hook.
  • a call establishment message is generated and sent by way of a radio link to network infrastructure of the fixed wireless access system.
  • the establishment message is generated as a precurser to a request to establish the call between the subscriber station and another communication station. Detection is made at the network infrastructure of the call establishment message. Responsive thereto, determination is made of the communication resource availability in the communication system to establish an additional call, of indeterminate priority. A response indicating whether communication resources are available in the communication system to establish the call of indeterminate priority is returned to the subscriber station.
  • a response detector at the subscriber station is coupled to receive indications of the response to the call establishment message. Indication of whether communication resources are available to establish the call is detected thereat. If communication resources are unavailable, a call set-up emulator is operable to emulate at the subscriber station normal call set-up operations. To the user of the subscriber station at which the call is initiated, call set-up operations appear to be normally progressing.
  • Dialing digits associated with the 'terminating station with which the call is to be established are entered at the subscriber station.
  • a dialing digit signal is then sent to the network infrastructure. Determination is made at the network infrastructure of the priority to be associated with the call which is to be established. If the call is a priority call, such as a call to an emergency dispatch center, e.g., indicated by a pseudo-universal dialing code, such as 9-1-1, resource reallocations are effectuated to permit the establishment of the call. Thereafter, the call is established.
  • apparatus for a subscriber station operable in the FWA system.
  • a call set- up emulator is selectably operable to emulate normal call set-up operations at the subscriber station even when communication resources are not initially available to establish a call by the subscriber station.
  • a dial-tone generator generates a dial tone audibly detectable by the user of the subscriber station in which the call is originated. Dialing digits associated with the call originated at the subscriber station are also enterable in apparent normal fashion at the subscriber station.
  • the call establishment commences in normal manner.
  • apparatus for the network infrastructure of the FWA system, such as at an access processor or base transceiver station of the system.
  • a detector is coupled to detect a call establishment message transmitted to the network infrastructure. Responsive to receipt of the call establishment message, determinations are made of the availability of communication resources to establish a call in the communication system. A response is then sent to the originating subscriber station. Thereafter, indications of the identity of the terminating station to which a call is to be established are received at the network infrastructure. If the identify of the terminating station indicates that the call is a priority call, reallocation of communication resources is made, if necessary, to permit the establishment of the call. If communication resources are not otherwise available, an ongoing communication session is terminated to provide the communication resources to effectuate the call.
  • apparatus, and an associated method for a multi-user FWA (fixed wireless access) communication system in which a plurality of subscriber stations are operable to communicate by way of radio links with network infrastructure to which a correspondent node is coupled.
  • a call of a selected call-type is selectably originated at a selected subscriber station.
  • a call establishment message generator is coupled to receive an indication of initiation at the selected subscriber station of origination of the call.
  • the call establishment message generator generates a call establishment message for communication to the network infrastructure to initiate call set-up procedures which precurse a request to establish the call between the selected subscriber station and the correspondent node.
  • a response detector is coupled to receive an indication of a network-infrastructure generated to respond to the call establishment message generated by the call establishment message generator. The response detector detects whether the response to the call establishment indicates communication resources to be available to establish the call.
  • a call set-up emulator is coupled to the response detector. The call set-up emulator is operable to emulate at the selected subscriber station normal call ' set-up operations thereat. The normal call set-up operations are emulated for a selected period responsive to detection by the response detector of unavailability of the communication resources to establish the priority call.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a functional block diagram of an exemplary fixed wireless access (FWA) network in which an embodiment of the present invention is operable.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an exemplary data frame, as defined by the fixed wireless access network in Figure 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention;
  • Figure 3 illustrates a functional block diagram of portions of the fixed wireless access communication system shown in Figure 1.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a message sequence diagram exemplary of signaling generated during operation of the communication system shown in Figures 1 and 3 pursuant to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a communication system shown generally at 10, provides for communications with the subscriber stations, of which the subscriber station 12 is exemplary. Communications are effectuated with the subscriber station by way of radio links formed upon an air interface 14. Data originated at an appropriately- positioned subscriber station can be communicated to a correspondent node, 16 by way of a communication path by way of the radio links formed upon the air interface. Data originated at the correspondent node 16 can be communicated upon a communication path formed between a correspondent node and a subscriber station. Two-way communication between the subscriber station and the correspondent node is thereby possible.
  • the communication system 10 forms a fixed wireless access (FWA) system coupled to a network backbone, of which the combined path data network (PDN) and public-switched telephonic network
  • FWA fixed wireless access
  • PDN path data network
  • PSTN 18 is representative in the figure.
  • the fixed wireless access system includes a plurality of base transceiver stations of which the base transceiver/remote modem (BTS/RM) 22 shown in the figure is exemplary.
  • Each base transceiver station defines a cell.
  • the base transceiver station 22 defines a cell 24.
  • the subscriber station 12 is here positioned at a location encompassed by the cell 24.
  • a plurality of other subscriber stations are also positionable at locations encompassed by the cell 24.
  • other subscriber stations positioned in other cells defined by other base transceiver stations typically form parts of a fixed wireless access communication system.
  • Concentration techniques are used in system construction. That is to say, system construction permits a high ratio of subscriber stations to base transceiver stations such that, if all of the subscriber stations simultaneously attempt to effectuate communication sessions, the communication capacity of the base transceiver stations would be exceeded.
  • concentration techniques a statistical, or other, determination is made of an appropriate number of subscriber stations to be permitted to be associated with a particular base transceiver station. Not all of the subscriber stations are likely to attempt to effectuate simultaneous communication sessions, thereby permitting the number of permitted subscriber stations to be increased.
  • a telephonic station 26 is here shown to be located at the subscriber station 12.
  • communications by the subscriber station and by the telephonic station shall be used, at times, interchangeably below to indicate communications by the telephonic station with the correspondent node 16.
  • a telephonic station 26 is shown to be positioned at the subscriber station, other types of communication devices such as computer stations and consumer-electronic devices, can also be represented at the subscriber station.
  • An integrated access device (IAD) 28 is also shown to be positioned at the subscriber station.
  • the integrated access device (IAD) unit includes transceiver circuitry capable of communicating by way of the air interface with the base transceiver station 22.
  • the telephonic station 26 is coupled to the integrated access device 28 and communications are effectuated with the subscriber station by way of the integrated access device.
  • the base transceiver station 22 forms a portion of the network infrastructure of the fixed wireless access system.
  • Groups of base transceiver stations are coupled to an access processor (AP) 32. And, in turn, the access process is coupled to the network 18.
  • AP access processor
  • the access process is coupled to the network 18.
  • communication resources required to establish a call between the telephonic station 26 and the correspondent node 16 are selectably provided. Communication resources both at the air interface 14 and through the network 18 must be available to establish the call between the telephonic station 26 and the correspondent node 16.
  • Figure 2 illustrates portions of the communication system 10 to illustrate operation of an embodiment of the present invention. Operation .of an embodiment of the present invention permits a user of the telephonic station 26 positioned at the subscriber station 12 to originate a call to an emergency dispatch center 34 at- which the correspondent node 16 is located. Elements shown in the figure are functional representations, portions of which are implemented, in exemplary implementation, as algorithms executable at processing devices. Additionally, functional operation of the various elements, or portions thereof, can be distributed at several locations or elements of the communication system. Here, for instance, the transmit and receive circuitry portions 36 and 38 are implemented at the integrated access device 28, at the telephonic station 26, or at other portions of the subscriber stations. When a call is placed to the emergency dispatch center, a pseudo-universal dialing code, such as a 9-1-1 dialing code is entered at the telephonic station of the subscriber station.
  • a pseudo-universal dialing code such as a 9-1-1 dialing code is entered at the telephonic station of the subscriber station.
  • a user interface 42 is also positioned at the subscriber station.
  • the user interface includes, for instance, an actuation key pad located on the telephonic station which permits user actuation thereof to enter dialing digits associated with a terminating station such as the correspondent node 16 at the emergency dispatch center 34.
  • the user interface is also representative of a hook switch associated with the telephonic station upon which a telephonic handset is conventionally positioned, to be removed therefrom when a call is to be initiated.
  • the user interface is coupled to apparatus 44 of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the apparatus 44 is formed of functional elements implemented, for instance, by algorithms executable by control circuitry.
  • a call establishment message generator 46 is coupled to the user interface' to receive indications of off-hook indications indicated thereat.
  • An off-hook indication is indicated when a telephonic station is taken off the hook switch when a user intends to initiate a call with a terminating station.
  • the call establishment message generator generates a call establishment message when the off-hook indication is provided thereto.
  • the call establishment message is provided to the transmit circuitry 36 to be transmitted to the network infrastructure to inform the network infrastructure of the imminent request for establishment of a call with a terminating station.
  • the network infrastructure here formed of both the base transceiver station 22 and access processor 32 is also shown to include both transmit circuitry and receive circuitry portions 52 and 54, respectively.
  • the transmit and receive circuitry portions are implemented, for example, at the base transceiver station 22.
  • the call establishment message transmitted by the subscriber station to the network infrastructure is detected at the receive circuitry 52.
  • Apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention, here referenced at 56 is coupled to the receive and transmit circuitry 52 and 54.
  • Elements forming the apparatus 56 are also functionally represented and can be implemented in any of various manners, including by algorithms executable by control circuitry. And, the elements forming the apparatus 56 can be distributed at different locations of the network infrastructure or coupled thereto.
  • a call establishment message detector 58 When a call establishment message is received at the receive circuitry, detection is made of its reception by a call establishment message detector 58.
  • the call establishment message detector is coupled to a communication resource availability determiner 62.
  • the communication resource availability determiner is operable at least responsive to detection of reception of the call establishment message at the network infrastructure.
  • the communication resource availability determiner is operable to determine the availability of communication resources, both in the network 18 and upon the air interface 14, of communication resources to establish a call of indeterminate priority. Determinations are made, for instance, responsive to indications of other ongoing communication sessions with other subscriber stations as well as ongoing communication sessions making use of the network 18.
  • Determinations made by the determiner 62 are provided to a response generator 64.
  • the response generator generates a response signal which is provide to the transmit circuitry 54.
  • the response signal is transmitted by way of the air interface 14 to the subscriber station 12.
  • the response serves to acknowledge reception at the network infrastructure of the call establishment message and also to provide an indication to the subscriber station of the availability of communication resources to establish a call originated at the subscriber station.
  • a response detector 68 detects reception at the subscriber station of the response. If the response indicates that communication resources are unavailable to establish a call, originated at the subscriber station, an indication is provided to a call set-up emulator 72.
  • the call set-up emulator is operable to emulate normal operation of call set-up procedures even though the response indicates the communication resources to be unavailable to establish the call.
  • the call set-up emulator includes, for instance, a dial tone generator which generates a conventional telephonic dial tone audibly detectable by a user of the telephonic station.
  • the oscillator 74 is representative of an oscillating signal used in the generation of a dial tone.
  • the emulator is also coupled to the user interface 42 to receive indications of dialing digits or other actuator inputs input by way of the user interface. For instance when dialing digits are entered, the generated dial tone is terminated and appropriate audibly-detectable tones are generated responsive to the entry of the dialing digits or other input actuations.
  • Indications of the entered dialing digits are also provided to a dialing digit signal generator 76.
  • the dialing signal generator generates a dialing digit signal which is provided to the transmit circuitry 36 to be transmitted to the network infrastructure .
  • a dialing digit indication detector 82 detects the values of the dialing digits. Detection is at least made as to whether the values of the dialing digits are those corresponding to the emergency dispatch center, or other priority location.
  • a resource reallocator 84 When detection is made of dialing digits corresponding to the emergency dispatch center, or other priority location, an indication of such is given to a resource reallocator 84.
  • the resource reallocator is operable to reallocate the allocation of communication resources in the communication system to permit the establishment of the call between the subscriber station and the emergency dispatch center.
  • Resource reallocation caused to be effectuated by the resource reallocator includes, for instance, termination of ongoing communication sessions to make available the communication resources to permit the call to the emergency dispatch center, or other priority location, to be established. Selection of which of the ongoing communication session, or sessions, to be terminated is made, for instance, upon random selection, or based upon subscription service levels to which the different subscriber stations have subscribed.
  • a call is able to be established between the subscriber station and the emergency dispatch center, even when the communication resources are not initially available to permit the establishment of the call. And, through the use of the call set-up emulator at the subscriber station, the originator of the call is not made aware of the initial unavailability of the communication resources.
  • FIG. 3 again shows portions of the fixed wireless network, here shown at 300 of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the Fixed wireless network is here show to include a subscriber integrated access device (SIAD) 304 located at a subscriber premises.
  • the SIAD 304 includes radio circuitry 306 capable of transceiving radio signals. With a transceiver base station 308.
  • the radio circuitry 306 of the SIAD 304 is here capable ' of generating both voice and data packets, here represented by the blocks 312 and 314.
  • the voice packets are representative of voice packets generated during operation of a telephony handset which is operable in convention manner but connected to the radio circuitry of the SIAD.
  • the transceiver base station is coupled to an access processor shelf 322 which here functionally is shown to include a table 324 at which active call information is stored, and a resource allocator 326 which allocates communication resources in the fixed wireless network.
  • the access processor communicates traffic and signaling information by way of the element 328 on the lines 332 with a network interface 334.
  • the network interface 334 is coupled to the PSTN/IP network 336.
  • the network 336 is, in tern, connected to a communication station, here located at an emergency dispatch center 338.
  • a telephony handset located at the SIAD 304 can be used, for instance, to phone an emergency request for emergency assistance to personnel at the emergency dispatch center.
  • the call when established, permits a call originator who places the call to request emergency assistance . Due to the potentially emergency nature of the call, it is essential that the call be established. Due to the use of concentration techniques in system construction, there is a possibility that system capacity would not permit establishment of the call, and the request for emergency assistance at the emergency dispatch center would not be completed.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a message sequence diagram, shown generally at 400, representative of operation of a fixed wireless network shown in Figure 3.
  • Signaling is initiated at the SIAD 304 when a telephony handset is taken off-hook.
  • a call establishment message is generated, indicated by the segment 404, and sent to the access processor 322.
  • a determination is made as to whether resources are available to establish a call. In the exemplary scenario, resources are not available to establish a call, and an indication of the unavailability of the resources, indicated by the segment 406, is returned to the SIAD.
  • emulation procedures include, for instance, generation of a dial tone which is local to the SIAD but otherwise appearing to be normal operation of the telephony handset to a user thereof.
  • the user upon detecting the dial tone, dials, or otherwise enters, digits associated with the emergency dispatch center, such as the emergency digits 9-1-1 forming a pseudo universal emergency number in the United States.
  • the entered digits of the dialing code are captured, indicated at the block 410, and a digit message is generated and transmitted by the segment 412 to the access processor 322.
  • a nonpriority call is terminated, indicated by the block 416.
  • a non priority call is terminated, such as by randomly terminating an active call selected from the table 324, (shown in Figure 3) .
  • a priority might also be associated with the act of calls, and a lowest-priority act of call is first-terminated. Or, a random termination of a lowest- priority call is performed. Thereby, resources are made available to establish the call between the telephony handset and the emergency dispatch center.

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La présente invention concerne un appareil et un procédé associé, destinés à un système (10) de communication à accès sans fil fixe, qui permettent de lancer un appel à un centre (338) de répartition des urgences ou un autre appel prioritaire destiné à une zone prioritaire. Lorsque des ressources de communication sont non disponibles au départ, pour permettre d'établir l'appel, des procédures d'établissement des communications normales sont émulées (408) au niveau d'une station (304) d'abonné d'où l'appel doit être lancé au départ. Les ressources de communication sont réattribuées dans le système (10) de communication pour permettre d'établir l'appel et l'appel est établi ensuite.
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