WO2009135986A1 - Scalable wlan gateway - Google Patents
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- a broadband connection means a connection capable of transmitting traffic, in good network condi- tions, faster than a V.90 modem can, or faster than 64 kilobits per second.
- Wireless broadband modems can be used to couple personal computers or client terminals to the internet in places where wired internet connections or local-area networks are not available.
- Prior art wireless broadband modems exhibit certain problems. For instance, sharing a single wireless broadband connection among several users (client terminals) is awkward at best. Normally this requires setting up one of several client terminals as a master terminal that provides the internet connection to the remaining client terminals. This process consumes resources of the master terminal and the client terminals cannot operate without the master.
- the difficulty of sharing a single wireless broadband connection among several users is understandable in view of the fact that most wireless broadband modems are given or sold at a nominal cost by mobile network operators in connection with a network subscription.
- the network operators' obvious desire is to sell a subscription to each user instead of sharing a single connection among several users.
- Another problem of prior art wireless broadband modems is the fact that most of them are "wireless" only towards the mobile network and the connection to the client terminal takes place via a USB cable.
- the wired connection is actually a benefit in connection with fixed client terminals, such as home computers, because the wired connection can also supply power to the wireless broadband modem, but in connection with mobile client terminals, the wired nature of the USB connection is a definite handicap.
- Yet another problem is that the bandwidth provided by the mobile station and access network may be insufficient, particu- larly when several client terminals share a single wireless broadband connection.
- An object of the invention is to develop a method, an apparatus and software products so as to alleviate one or more of the problems identified above.
- the object is achieved by methods, apparatuses and software products as defined in the attached independent claims.
- the dependent claims and the drawings with their associated descriptions relate to specific embodiments.
- An aspect of the invention is a mobile station having an enhanced func- tionality for acting as a wireless local-area network (“WLAN”) gateway.
- WLAN wireless local-area network
- Such a gateway mobile station comprises a memory for storing applications and data; a processor for executing the stored applications; a user interface comprising an input section and an output section; reception/transmission circuitry for providing a communication interface to one or more access networks; authentica- tion means operable to authenticate a user of the mobile station; a radio transceiver operable to establish and maintain a broadband connection with a mobile communication network in response to a successful authentication of the user of the mobile station; and wireless WLAN means responsive to an activation or deactivation command according to a setting received via the input sec- tion of the user interface.
- the inventive mobile station comprises program code segments for instructing the processor to control the following operations:
- - activating the WLAN means as a WLAN base station capable of communicating with at least one WLAN client terminal over a WLAN network;
- DNS domain name service
- the tunnelling comprises establishing and managing multiple simultaneous transmission paths between the mobile station and the internet host, the multiple simultaneous transmission paths comprises a first transmission path via the reception/transmission circuitry of the mobile station and at least one second transmission path via the reception/transmission circuitry of the slave mo- bile station.
- aspects of the invention include a method for operating the above-specified mobile station and a software carrier comprising a software application for a mobile station, wherein the software application comprises the above-specified program code segments.
- aspects of the invention include a multiplexing/demultiplexing computer for multiplexing (combining) data packets from the above-specified multiple simultaneous transmission paths to an internet host, and for demultiplexing (splitting) data packets arriving from the internet host to the multiple simultaneous transmission paths. Later in this description the multiplex- ing/demultiplexing computer is colloquially called a "ShareMachine".
- the mobile station further comprises means for receiving, installing and executing downloadable programs and the inventive gateway application is a downloadable application.
- the inventive gateway application is a downloadable application.
- the gateway application further comprises a code portion to redirect a first HTTP page request from each mobile station during an internet session to a predetermined internet address. Redirecting the mobile station's first HTTP page request during an internet session provides the owner of the predetermined internet address with the benefit that the mobile station user must begin an internet session via the predetermined internet address. That address may contain useful information or advertise- ments, for example.
- Yet another specific embodiment is a gateway application for a mobile station, wherein the mobile station comprises a GPS receiver or other means for determining the mobile station's location, and the gateway application comprises a code portion for associating the determined location to the tunnelled internet traffic.
- the gateway application and/or some internet-based supple- mentary server(s) may use the determined location to produce one or more additional or supplementary services to the WLAN terminal.
- the gateway application may further comprise a code portion for collecting traffic statistics in respect of the tunnelled traffic and for transmitting at least some of the collected traffic statistics to an advertising server and/or billing server, so as to use the traffic statistics for advertising and/or billing.
- the gateway application may direct the mobile station's processor to set up timer functions, such that a sleep timer periodically activates the WLAN circuitry and a watchdog timer deacti- vates the WLAN circuitry in response to a detected absence of WLAN terminal activity for a predetermined period of time.
- Figure 1 is a schematic view of a general network architecture in which the invention can be used
- Figure 2 shows a mobile station configured for use in a scalable WLAN gateway
- Figure 3 shows a block diagram of a ShareMachine computer
- Figure 4 shows a block diagram of a SuperHead computer
- Figure 5 is a signalling diagram illustrating a gateway establishment in a scenario which comprises a WLAN client terminal, a mobile station configured as a gateway, a DNS server and an internet host
- Figure 6 is a signalling diagram illustrating IP address discovery and DHCP operation, which involves a WLAN client terminal, a master gateway and a slave gateway;
- Figure 7 is a signalling diagram illustrating a flow of data packets from a WLAN client terminal to an internet host via a master gateway, a slave gateway and a ShareMachine computer;
- FIG 8 is a more detailed signalling diagram illustrating data flow from a WLAN client terminal to an internet host via a master gateway, a slave gateway and a ShareMachine computer;
- Figure 9 discloses a procedure that the master mobile station may utilize to discover serving SuperHead and ShareMachine computers;
- Figure 10 shows an embodiment in which the gateway application in the mobile station is activated automatically in response to detection of a nearby WLAN client terminal;
- Figure 11 shows an embodiment in which the mobile station's location- determination functionality is used to enhance image uploading to an image hosting server.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a general network architecture in which the invention can be used.
- Reference documents 1 and 2 (commonly owned patent applications, unpublished at the filing date of the present application, which is why some key sections of their contents are repeated here) discloses a technique in which mobile station MS establishes an ad-hoc WLAN network WN and acts as a gateway for providing a single communication path between one or more a client terminals CT and an internet host HO.
- the communication path extends via an access network AN1 and a data network DN to the host HO.
- a gateway means an interface point between one or more WLAN client terminals on one hand and one or more mobile access networks on the other hand.
- a scalable gateway means a gateway arrangement which is capable of providing a dynamically varying number of simultaneous parallel transfer paths over one or more mobile access networks, such that data packets belonging to the same internet connection between a client ter- minal and the host are multiplexed (combined) and demultiplexed (divided) at the ends of the simultaneous parallel transfer paths.
- the scalable gateway is established and managed by a master mobile station MS1.
- the scalable gateway established by the master mobile station MS1 may be subsequently joined and sup- ported by zero or more slave mobile stations MS2.
- a slave mobile station MS2, when present, may join the WLAN network WN established by the master mobile station MS1 and support its operation by providing multiple radio interface paths, thus increasing bandwidth.
- Slave mobile stations MS2 may also detach from the gateway without causing any other harm than a corresponding reduc- tion in bandwidth.
- zero or more slave mobile stations means that the master mobile station MS1 can provide gateway operations by itself, but increased bandwidth may be provided by one or more slave mobile stations MS2.
- the master and slave mobile stations MS1 , MS2 can be identical in terms of hardware and software, and any mobile station in which the inventive scalable gateway application is executed first checks if an ad-hoc WLAN network is already established by another mobile station.
- WLAN networks offering the inventive gateway functionality can be detected on the basis of the WLAN SSID identifier. If the mobile station detects an already- established WLAN network, it assumes the role of a slave mobile station. If an already-established ad-hoc WLAN network is not detected, the inventive mobile station establishes the WLAN network itself and assumes the role of the master mobile station for that WLAN network.
- Figure 1 shows only one slave mobile station MS2, but the invention is not restricted to any particular number of mobile stations.
- the invention is ideally implemented such that the master mobile station MS1 and slave mobile station(s) MS2 are coupled to different base stations BS1 , BS2, ... Operation via multiple different base stations helps ensure that the cellular radio interfaces between mobile stations and base stations do not constitute bottlenecks. For instance, such coupling to different base sta- tions can be ensured by providing the various mobile stations MS1 , MS2 with SIM cards (Subscriber Identity Module) of different access network operators.
- the access networks AN1 , AN2 typically comprise gateway GPRS support nodes GGSN1 , GGSN2 for connecting to data networks DN, such as the internet.
- implementing the packet routing in the cli- ent terminal(s) requires modifications to the protocol stacks in the client termi- nal(s), which is why the present invention is based on the idea that packet routing via the multiple mobile stations MS1 , MS2 is performed in the mobile stations.
- Performing packet routing in the mobile stations provides the benefit that the scalable gateway is almost completely transparent to the client terminal(s), and - as seen from the client terminal(s) - the only change caused by the invention is increased bandwidth.
- FIG. 1 shows a simplified network architecture in the sense that only one specimen of most elements is displayed.
- ad-hoc WLAN networks WN each comprising one master mobile station MS1 and a varying number of slave mobile stations MS2.
- Each ad-hoc WLAN net- work WN supports a varying number of client terminals CT, each of which may have multiple internet connections to various internet hosts HO. This means that there is a many-to-many mapping among several of the network elements.
- the invention is implemented such that its operation is transparent to the ends of the connections, that is, to the client terminals and the hosts, and any multi- plexing and demultiplexing operations (necessitated by the scalability) are performed by the master mobile stations MS1 and multiplexing/demultiplexing computers, which are called ShareMachine computers SM.
- the primary task of the SuperHead computers is to keep track of available ShareMachine computers SM.
- Various measures may be taken to enhance data security and overall system robustness. For instance, virtual private network (VPN) technology may be utilized for some legs of the connections between the client terminals CT and the internet hosts HO.
- VPN virtual private network
- a VPN is established for each connection section between a mobile station MS1 , MS2 and a ShareMachine computer SM.
- the client terminals CT and the internet hosts HO do not need to establish the VPN and, apart from the increased bandwidth, the invention is transparent to them.
- System robustness may be enhanced by implementing the ShareMachine and SuperHead computers SM, SH in a distributed manner, as will be explained in detail in connection with Figure 9.
- Figure 2 shows a mobile station configured for use in a scalable WLAN gateway. The description of the mobile station begins by describing how a mobile station can act as a unitary (non-scalable) gateway. Such a gateway operation is described in reference documents 1 and 2 (commonly owned, unpublished applications).
- the mobile station MS For acting as a unitary (non-scalable) gateway, the mobile station MS comprises a central processing unit CP 205 and memory 210.
- the mobile station MS comprises or utilizes external input-output circuitry 215 which constitutes the mobile station's user interface and comprises an input circuitry 220 and an output circuitry 225.
- the input circuitry 220 comprises the mobile station's microphone and user-input device, such as a keypad and/or touch screen.
- the output circuitry 225 comprises the mobile station's display and earphone or loudspeaker.
- the mobile station MS further comprises reception/transmission circuitry 230 which comprises a transmission circuitry 235, reception circuitry 240 and antenna 245.
- a subscriber identity module, SIM, 250 is used by an authentication function 260 to authenticate the mobile station user and to identify the user's subscription to the access network.
- the mobile station also comprises WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) circuitry 255 whose normal mode of usage is acting as a WLAN client to a WLAN base station (not shown).
- WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
- the mobile station's memory MEM 210 may comprise routines for downloading installable program modules and for storing the installable program modules in the memory MEM for execution by the central processing unit CP.
- Figure 1 shows an arrangement in which the mobile station is configured to download installable program modules from a repository RP via a data network DN, an access network AN, the antenna 245 and reception circuitry 240, although other arrangements are equally possible, such as downloading the installable program modules via the data network DN to a client terminal CT, from which the installable program modules are transferred to the mobile station the WLAN circuitry 255 or via some other short-range connection, such as Bluetooth or Universal Serial Bus (USB, not shown separately).
- the access network AN is typically a broadband- capable mobile communication network
- the data network DN is typically the internet or some closed subnetwork implementing internet protocol (IP), commonly called intranets or extranets.
- IP internet protocol
- Figure 1 can be conventional as used in the rele- vant art.
- One or more external hosts are accessible via the access network AN and data network DN, as will be described in more detail below.
- reference numeral 280 denotes an area of the memory 210 used to store parameters and variables.
- the mobile station comprises the inventive gateway application 270, either as a factory-installed software application or as a downloadable application.
- the client terminals CT resemble laptop computers or smart telephones, but those skilled in the art will realize that the mobile station MS provided with the inventive gateway application 270 supports virtually any client terminal capable of acting as a WLAN client, personal digital assis- tants, home entertainment devices, digital cameras, etc., to name just a representative sample of applicable device types.
- reference numeral 272 collectively denotes program-implemented functions which are used to operate the mobile station as a non-scalable gateway which provides one radio interface to one or several client terminals.
- These functions include establishment of an ad-hoc WLAN network, generation of a beacon ID, IP address assignment and discovery (eg DHCP), domain name services (DNS) in cooperation with external domain name servers, multiprotocol support and roaming support.
- the multi-protocol support functionality may include a Network Address & Port Translation (NAPT) block which translates the source and destination addresses. Translation of port numbers may be used to identify various connections to or from the same IP address.
- NAPT Network Address & Port Translation
- Reference numeral 274 collectively denotes program-implemented functions which are used to operate the mobile station as a scalable gateway which coordinates provision of multiple radio interfaces to one or several client terminals.
- These functions include a multicasting function, which includes packet multicast transmission and signalling in the WLAN network, packet delivery and signalling between a master mobile station and a slave mobile station, and a com- munication function for communicating with SuperHead and ShareMachine computers.
- FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a multiplexing/demultiplexing computer which, in the context of the present invention, is called a ShareMachine computer SM. It comprises a central processing unit CP 305 and memory 310, as well as a network interface 330 for communicating with data networks DN, such as the internet.
- the ShareMachine computer SM also comprises or utilizes external input-output circuitry 315 which constitutes the ShareMachine computer's user interface and comprises an input circuitry 320 and an output circuitry 325.
- the nature of the user interface depends on which kind of computer is used to implement the ShareMachine computer SM.
- the ShareMachine computer is a dedicated computer, it may not need a local user interface, such as a keyboard and display, and the user interface may be a remote interface, wherein the ShareMachine computer is managed remotely, such as from a web browser over the internet, for example.
- the access network operators may display a hostile attitude to the present invention in general and the ShareMachine computers in particular, because the present invention makes it possible to share one or a few access network subscriptions among a larger number of client terminals.
- some network operators may attempt to block the operation of the ShareMachine computers.
- Conventional home computers are prime examples of potential ShareMachine computers.
- the user interface should be a local interface, including a display, keyboard and pointing device, although for the purposes of the present invention, the user interface is primarily needed to launch the software application 370 which makes an appropriate computer (hardware-wise) into the inventive ShareMachine computer. In addition, the user interface may be utilized for obtaining traffic statistics.
- Reference numeral 380 denotes an area of the memory 310 used to store parameters and variables.
- the ShareMachine computer's software application 370 comprises program code for instructing the processor to execute the following functions.
- a signalling function permits the ShareMachine computer to discover participating elements, such as gateway mobile stations.
- a SuperHead communication function enables communication with a SuperHead computer (in XML over HTTPS, for example).
- An optional configuration/reporting function enables configuration of the ShareMachine computer and traffic statistics reporting via a user interface, which may be a local user interface or a remote user interface.
- a packet management function performs packet packing/unpacking and multiplexing/demultiplexing as well as NAT/NAPT (Network Address (and Port) Translation) operations.
- a DNS function permits the ShareMachine computer to participate in DNS operations with pre-existing internet-based DNS servers.
- Figure 4 shows a block diagram of a service coordination server, colloquially called a SuperHead computer and denoted by reference sign SH. The purpose of the SuperHead computers is to coordinate the services of the ShareMachine computers SM.
- the SuperHead computer SH can be similar to the ShareMachine computer SM shown in Figure 3, and the description of the hardware elements will not be repeated. It is the SuperHead software application 370 that makes the SuperHead computer SH perform the following inventive functions.
- a ShareMachine communication function enables communication with ShareMachine computers (in XML over HTTPS, for example).
- a ShareMachine management function enables keeping track of ShareMachine computers and prioritisation of them according to various operating parameters and IP ad- dresses, which are to be communicated to Gateway Mobile Stations.
- An optional configuration/reporting function enables configuration of the SuperHead computer and traffic statistics reporting via a user interface, which may be a local user interface or a remote user interface.
- Figure 5 is a signalling diagram illustrating a gateway establishment in a scenario which comprises a WLAN client terminal, a mobile station configured as a gateway, a DNS server and an internet host.
- FIG. 5 depicts an illustra- tive scenario involving a client terminal CT and a mobile station which supports a gateway application according to the present invention.
- the inventive gateway application is executed in the mobile station.
- the execution of the gateway application is typically started in response to a user instruction via the mobile station's user interface.
- the mobile station receives user interface navigation instructions to "Applications" from which the inventive gateway application is selected for execution.
- One of the acts performed by the mobile station's processor, under control of the inventive gateway application, is to ensure that the WLAN circuitry of the mobile station is operational.
- step 5-0 the gateway application instructs the mobile station's proc- essor to prepare an ad-hoc WLAN network around the mobile station, by acting as a WLAN base station (as opposed to the mobile station's more conventional usage as a WLAN client).
- step 5-4 the gateway application instructs the mobile station to initiate broadcasting of a beacon ID message, which typically is an IBSSID message as defined in standard IEEE 802.11x. Step 5-4 is depicted as an arrow, but in practice the broadcasting of the beacon ID message should be repeated until step 5-40 in which the execution of the gateway application is terminated.
- step 5-6 the client terminal CT searches for available WLAN networks and detects the broadcasted beacon ID and selects the WLAN network created by the mobile station MS.
- step 5-8 the client terminal CT, as part of a conventional WLAN attach procedure, requests an IP address from the mobile station's WLAN base station, which returns the requested IP address in step 5-10.
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is typically used for steps 5-8 and 5-10.
- DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- the client terminal CT tries to retrieve a web page from the internet host (item 190 in Figure 1 ).
- step 5-12 the client terminal CT sends a domain name service (DNS) query for the IP address of the host's web page to the DNS server of the mobile station's gateway application.
- step 5-14 the mobile station's gateway application forwards the DNS query to internet's domain name service and obtains the host's IP address in step 5-16.
- step 5-18 the mobile station's gateway application returns the host's IP address to the client terminal CT.
- step 5-20 the client terminal CT requests a web page from the host's IP address.
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP is typically used for this pur- pose.
- This request like any communication between the client terminal CT and any internet hosts, takes place via the inventive gateway application being executed in the mobile station.
- Step 5-22 is an optional step which may be omitted in some embodiments.
- step 5-22 comprises redirecting the first HTTP page request from client terminal CT to another internet host, called Host'.
- Host' another internet host
- the gateway application forces the client terminal's first HTTP page request to a forced home page at the IP address of Host'.
- the operator of the site Host' may display advertisements in exchange of sponsoring communication costs over the access network AN.
- step 5-26 the web site Host' returns the requested web page, which the gateway application relays to the client terminal CT in step 5-28.
- step 5-30 the client terminal CT again requests the web page from the host's IP address. Since this the second (or further) page request from the client terminal, the gateway application no longer redirects the HTTP request but relays it to the Host in step 5-32. In steps 5-34 and 5-36 the requested web page from the Host is transmitted to the client terminal. As shown by arrow 50, the process can return from step 5-36 to step 5-20 when future web pages are requested. The loops 5-30 through 5-36 can be repeated until the gateway application is terminated in step 5-40. If the forced home page feature (step 5-22) is not implemented, the first HTTP request (step 5-20) is processed similarly to the subsequent HTTP requests (step 5-30).
- FIG. 5 shows an additional client terminal, denoted CT. Steps 5- 6 through 5-36 will be repeated for each additional client terminal.
- CT additional client terminal
- the inventive gateway application which instructs the mobile station MS to act as a WLAN base station (as opposed to a WLAN client)
- the mobile station MS can support an arbitrary number of client terminals which act as WLAN client terminals and which, by virtue of the authentication performed by the mobile station, can share a single subscription to the access network.
- Figure 5 and the foregoing description of it illustrate use of HTTP protocol.
- the inventive gateway application supports other protocols in an analogous manner and assigns a specific port number to each supported protocol. For instance, the gateway application can instruct the mobile station to convey encrypted HTTPS traffic by utilizing the Proxy Configuration field of HTTPS protocol.
- FIG. 6 is a signalling diagram illustrating IP address discovery and DHCP operation, which involves a WLAN client terminal CT, a master mobile station MS1 and a slave mobile station MS2. Both mobile stations MS1 and MS2 execute the inventive gateway application 270 (see Figure 2), including the functions 272 and 274. In a typical implementation, the mobile stations MS1 and MS2 and their gateway applications are identical.
- Figures 6 through 8 only show one slave mobile station MS2, but the invention and its embodiments are scalable to any reasonable number of mobile stations.
- the words “mobile station” may be omitted and the mas- ter and slave mobile stations may be referred to as "master” and "slave”.
- step 6-2 the client terminal CT requests an IP address from the master MS1 in an DCHP DiscoverQ procedure.
- step 6-4 the master MS1 sends the client terminal CT the requested IP address.
- the master MS1 whose own IP address of is 192.168.1.1 , offers the client terminal the next available IP address, which is 192.168.1.2.
- step 6-6 the mobile station MS2, having detected that an ad-hoc WLAN network already exists, requests an IP address from the master MS1.
- the master MS1 grants in step 6-8 the slave MS2 an IP address of 192.168.2.1 , which in this example is derived from the masters' own IP address by setting the third octet to the next available number.
- the slave mobile station MS2 is assigned a subnet of its own.
- This implementation provides certain benefits as regards optimization of resource utilization.
- the slave mobile station MS2 may act as a WLAN gateway to some of the client terminals, whereby it is not necessary to route all traffic via the master mobile sta- tion MSL [0045]
- the IP address lease time cannot be very long because the ad-hoc network does not indicate when a slave mobile station leaves the network. After a mobile station leaves the network, the gateway and subnet addresses should be renewed quickly.
- the IP lease time is preferably no more than a few minutes.
- FIG. 7 is a signalling diagram illustrating a flow of data packets from a WLAN client terminal CT to an internet host via a master mobile station/gateway MS1 , a slave mobile station/gateway MS2 and a ShareMachine computer SM.
- an ad-hoc WLAN network (item WN in Figure 1 ) has been established and a DHCP discovery procedure has been performed, as described in connection with the preceding Figures 5 and 6.
- the ad-hoc WLAN network comprises a master gateway mobile station MS1 and a slave gateway mobile station MS2, but the client terminal CT only communicates with the master MS1.
- the client terminal CT sends two IP packets IP1 and IP2 to the master MS1.
- the ultimate destination of the IP packets is the internet Host HO.
- the master MS1 thus acts as the client terminal's only access point to the internet.
- the master MS1 sends the first IP packet IP1 as an UDP packet to the ShareMachine computer SM. Any intervening access networks are omitted for clarity, but they are shown in Figure 1.
- the master MS1 multicasts the second IP packet IP2 as an UDP packet, and the slave MS2 captures the multicast transmission.
- the slave MS2 sends the second IP packet IP2 as an UDP packet to the ShareMachine computer SM.
- the ShareMachine computer SM sends the IP packets IP1 and IP2 to the Host.
- IP1 and IP2 In the example described herein, UDP packets were used for efficiency's sake. If better robustness is desired and some efficiency can be sacrificed, TCP protocol may be used instead.
- the master gateway mobile station MS1 somehow knows or obtains the address of the ShareMachine computer SM. For instance, in a simple implementation the master MS1 or its user may utilize an internet search engine to discover addresses of available ShareMachine computers. An enhanced procedure for obtaining the ShareMachine computer's address from a SuperHead computer will be described in connection with Figure 9.
- the overhead due to multitasking is reduced by setting a flag in the first (master) mobile station/gateway, such that the slave mobile stations/gateways do not have to unpack each packet to see its destination.
- the multitasking operation also compensates for the fact that packet loss is a definite handicap in mobile access networks.
- packet loss is a definite handicap in mobile access networks.
- the multitasking op- eration increases robustness of the ad-hoc WLAN network. If one of the slave mobile stations/gateways disappears from the WLAN network, the packets may still survive.
- the master MS1 sends the first IP packet IP1 to the ShareMachine computer SM directly, while the second IP packet IP2 is sent via the slave MS2.
- the next IP packet (not shown) will be sent directly again, and so on, in order to achieve load balancing among the gateways MS1 , MS2 and the access networks AN1 , AN2 (see Figure 1 ).
- the ShareMachine computer SM receives some packets out of sequence, and packet IPn will be received after packet IPn+1.
- the ShareMachine computer SM should be able to buffer packets coming out of sequence until it has received all the packets it needs to forward them to the Host in the correct sequence.
- the ShareMachine computer SM may employ a protocol watchdog timer that raises an alert if some packet is not received for a predetermined period of time, in which case the ShareMachine computer SM may request retransmission of the packets starting from the last properly received packet.
- steps 7-16 through 7-28 two internet packets IP3 and IP4 are sent from the Host, via the ShareMachine computer SM and the gateways MS1 , MS2, to the client terminal CT.
- the packet transmission from the Host to the client terminal CT is mostly self-explanatory and a detailed description is omitted.
- the slave MS2 must send the packet IP4 over multicast transmission to the master MS1 , and it is the task of the master MS1 to assemble the packets in the correct sequence, by requesting retransmission if necessary.
- the embodiment described herein provides the benefit that the operation of the inventive scalable gateway is completely transparent to the client terminal CT and the Host, which need no modifications whatsoever and which can only detect an increased transmission speed.
- FIG. 8 is a more detailed signalling diagram illustrating data flow from a WLAN client terminal CT to an internet host HO via a master gateway mobile station MS1 , a slave gateway mobile station MS2 and a ShareMachine computer SM.
- the ShareMachine computer comprises a Network Address Translation block, which is also capable of Port Translation, as well as the corresponding reverse translations.
- this block is called a Network Address & Port Translation block NAPT.
- NAPT Network Address & Port Translation block
- the NAPT block may utilize the packets' port numbers to identify the source and destination addresses and to separate the packets based on the addresses.
- the primary IP address assigned to the network elements CT, MS1 , MS2, SM and HO are denoted by a suffix "IP" after the reference sign of the respective network element.
- CT IP is the IP address assigned to the client terminal CT.
- the master and slave gateway mobile stations MS1 and MS2 also employ a secondary IP address each, and these are denoted with a prime after the "IP" suffix.
- MS1 IP' is the secondary IP address assigned to the master gateway mobile station MS1.
- the secondary IP addresses of the mobile stations are used for the communication between the mobile stations MS1 , MS2 and the ShareMachine computer SM.
- the mobile stations' primary IP addresses MS1 IP and MS2 IP are assigned from the subnetwork of the master mobile station MS1 , while the secondary IP addresses MS1 IP' and MS2 IP' are public IP addresses assigned by the mobile stations' respective access network operators.
- an ad-hoc WLAN network has been established and a DHCP procedure has been performed.
- the remaining steps of Figure 8 constitute four major phases, which are transmitting a first packet 1 U and a second packet 2U from the client terminal CT to the host HO (called uplink transmission) and transmitting a first packet 1 D and a second packet 2D from the host HO to the client terminal CT. Addressing details of the messages and operations shown in Figure 8 are compiled into table 1.
- Steps 8-11 through 8-17 relate to the transmission of the first uplink packet 1 U from the client terminal CT to the host HO.
- the client terminal CT sends the packet 1 U to the master mobile station MS1.
- the packet 1 U is an Ethernet packet over the WLAN network estab- lished by the master mobile station MS1.
- the source and destination addresses of the packet 1 U are the MAC addresses of the master mobile station MS1.
- the packet's payload contains IP Data, as transmitted by the client terminal.
- Table 1 also contains a second row entry for the step 8-11 , and this means that there is an IP packet encapsulated within the Ethernet packet.
- the IP packet's source and destination addresses are the IP addresses of the client terminal CT and host HO, respectively.
- Step 8-12 is an optional header packing step, the purpose of which is to optimize the use of the radio interface bandwidth.
- the master mobile station MS1 does not send the first packet 1 U directly to the ShareMachine computer SM but via the slave mobile station MS2.
- step 8-13 comprises sending the packet 1 U as a multicast transmission, which involves sending from the MAC address of MS1 an Ethernet packet into which is encapsulated an UDP packet.
- the UDP packet contains the actual IP packet, as shown in Table 1.
- the slave mobile station MS2 having received the multicast trans- mission, sends the UDP packet to the IP address of the ShareMachine computer SM in step 8-14.
- the header unpacking step 8-15 reverses the effect of the header packing step 8-12.
- step 8-16 the NAPT block of the ShareMachine computer SM performs Network Address Translation on the packet 1 U. After the Network Address Translation, in step 8-17, the ShareMachine computer SM sends the first uplink packet 1 U to the host HO.
- Steps 8-21 through 8-27 relate to the transmission of the second uplink packet 2U from the client terminal CT to the host HO.
- the transmission of the second uplink packet 2U is simpler than the transmission of the first uplink packet 1 U in that the packet 2U is sent directly from the master mobile station MS1 to the ShareMachine computer SM, and the multicast transmission over the WLAN is omitted.
- Steps 8-31 through 8-37 relate to the transmission of the first downlink packet 1 D from the host HO to the client terminal CT.
- steps 8-41 through 8-47 relate to the transmission of the second downlink packet 2D from the host HO to the client terminal CT.
- a detailed description of the various transmissions is omitted as the downlink transmission is analogous with the uplink transmission, and the necessary addressing details are indicated in Table 1.
- the mobile stations' public (operator-assigned) IP addresses are used for communicating with the ShareMachine computer SM, while private IP addresses, ie, those assigned by the master mobile station MS1 , are used for communicating between the mo- bile stations.
- the expressions "unique source/destination port” means that the ShareMachine computer SM may identify various connections to the same host HO by means of port numbers. For instance, the ShareMachine computer SM may identify a connection from an exemplary client terminal CT to the host HO by port number 5555, while the next connection will be identified by port number 5556 (or any other unique value). When the host HO sends packets downstream, the ShareMachine computer SM can use the port number to determine which connection the downstream packets belong to.
- Figure 9 discloses a procedure that the master mobile station may utilize to discover a serving SuperHead and ShareMachine computers.
- Step 9-2 comprises initialization of the gateway application in the master gateway mobile station MS1 , as described in connection with Figures 1 , 2, 5 and 6.
- the master MS1 retrieves a list of SuperHead computers from its memory. The installation of the gateway application into the master MS1 may store a default SuperHead list, and this list will be updated on subsequent executions of the gateway application.
- the master MS1 selects the first SuperHead computer address from the list.
- step 9-8 the master MS1 sends an inquiry to the selected SuperHead computer address.
- Step 9-10 involves a test as to whether a response to the inquiry was received from the selected SuperHead computer address. If the test is successful, the process proceeds to step 9-12, in which the master MS1 begins to use one or more of the ob- tained ShareMachine addresses. In step 9-14 the master MS1 stores the list of SuperHead addresses.
- step 9-10 determines whether the test in step 9-10 fails. If the test in step 9-10 fails, the process proceeds to steps 9-16 and 9-18, in which the next SuperHead address from the list is tried. If the list of SuperHead addresses is exhausted, the process proceeds to step 9-20 and 9-22, which involve various user alerting steps and/or error recovery procedures. For instance, the master mobile station MS1 or its user may employ an internet search engine to obtain more SuperHead addresses.
- a proper response from the SuperHead computer to the master MS1 should include a list of IP addresses of one or more available ShareMachine computers and, preferably, an updated list of available SuperHead computers.
- such lists are sent in XML (eXtendible Markup Language) format. Reception of the list of available ShareMachine computers permits the master MS1 to know computers have reported themselves to the SuperHead computer as potential ShareMachine computers.
- XML eXtendible Markup Language
- each connection is served by one ShareMachine computer, but one master MS1 may serve several connections from one or more client terminals, and each connection may be served by a different ShareMachine computer. Also, it is beneficial if the master MS1 obtains and stores a list of several ShareMachine addresses, in case the active ShareMachine computer detaches itself from service or otherwise ceases to serve the connection.
- the SuperHead and ShareMachine computers are implemented in a distributed manner. Such distributed implementation proves certain advantages, in addition to capacity considerations. For instance, many internet services or servers are threatened by network vandalism or sabotage, such as denial-of-service attacks.
- the inventive distribution of the access network subscriptions among several client terminals may result in access network traffic which is heavier than average, and the network operators may be tempted to prevent or ob- struct the operation of the inventive gateway applications in the mobile stations.
- a distributed implementation of the SuperHead and ShareMachine computers makes them less vulnerable to such network-based vandalism by hackers or obstructions by access network operators. Robustness may be further improved by utilizing dynamic IP addresses for the SuperHead and/or ShareMachine computers.
- the lists of SuperHead and ShareMachine computers are updated regularly, via inquiries to a SuperHead computer.
- Frequent updating of the SuperHead and ShareMachine addresses provide further robustness, particularly in cases wherein the SuperHead and/or ShareMachine computers are conventional home computers whose spare time is being utilized to serve connection in the manner described herein. When such home computers are turned off or used for other purposes, they stop operating as SuperHead and/or ShareMachine computers. Accordingly, the address updating frequency should be dimen- sioned based on representative operating patterns of typical home computers, with 10 minutes being a good starting value.
- the functions of the SuperHead and ShareMachine computers are combined in such a manner that the ShareMachine computers keep track of one another.
- the ShareMachine computers also act as SuperHead computers.
- the previously described embodiments relate to provision of a scalable gateway functionality.
- One of the key elements of the invention is establishment of a WLAN base station in a mobile station. By establishing a WLAN base station in the mobile station, it will be possible to utilize some of the en- hanced functionality of modern mobile stations.
- the inventive gateway application can, in some specific embodiments, provide additional or supplementary services which utilize some of the functionality of modern mobile stations.
- supplementary services are provided by an arrangement in which a supplementary server enhances the service(s) provided by a primary server.
- a supplementary server can be part of the functionality of the inventive WLAN gateway application, or it can be implemented as a network element distinct from the primary server.
- One exemplary implementation of such additional services involves utilization of GPS (Global Positioning System) devices incorporated into some mobile stations.
- the inventive gateway application may be enhanced to associate GPS-provided geographical coordinates to the traffic originated by the client terminal, or to some of that traffic.
- the gateway application can tag still or video image data with geographical coordinates and/or use some additional service (not shown separately) that maps the with geographical coordinates to a plaintext name of the relevant location.
- the gateway application associates GPS-provided coordinates to the traffic, or some of it, while the actual tagging of the images with the coordinates is provided by some additional server, such as an image sharing server (not shown separately).
- some additional server such as an image sharing server (not shown separately).
- the gateway application can provide additional services on the basis of the geographical coordinates. For instance, the gateway application can recognize various queries initiated by the client terminal and/or responses to those queries by internet servers and en- hance the query responses by relevant map or photography information. For instance, the gateway application can detect a query to "post" and provide the query response with a map and/or photograph of the post office closest to the mobile station's GPS-provided geographical coordinates. In order to obtain the map and/or photograph, the gateway application may query a supplementary server which provides the requested functionality. [0072] Another example of such additional services relates to traffic statistics which the gateway application collects and transmits to some internet-based supplementary server (not shown separately).
- such a supplementary server may use the traffic statistics to monitor Quality of Service (QoS) parameters, which can be used to maintain the QoS at a specified level and/or to optimize resource usage in the access network.
- QoS Quality of Service
- the supplementary server is an advertising server.
- the advertising server may utilize the traffic statistics for targeted or tailored advertising to the client terminal CT.
- traffic statistics may include, for example, user identi- fication, usage (amount of traffic, usage times, internet addresses visited, query parameters, or the like).
- the gateway application can transmit traffic statistics to a billing server which participates in charging the client terminal's subscriber.
- the advertising server and the billing server may cooperate in such a manner that the advertising server's operator sells advertisement space or time and the advertising server credits the client terminal's subscriber for any advertisements received. The credits are then relayed to and used by the billing server in order to reduce the client terminal's subscriber's invoice, generate additional services, extend pre-paid subscription time, to name just a few examples.
- the gateway application may be configured to convey the mobile station's location, or some derivative it, to the advertising server for targeted or tailored advertising on the basis of the mobile station's location. For instance, targeted advertising for some goods or service may include sending an advertisement to a client terminal only if the mobile station's location indi- cates that the client terminal is reasonably close to the outlet of the goods or service.
- FIGs 10 and 11 illustrate some exemplary embodiments in which the present invention benefits from the functionality of modern mobile stations, such that the resulting WLAN gateway is functionally superior to dedicated WLAN base stations.
- Figure 10 shows an embodiment in which the WLAN circuitry, and optionally the WLAN gateway application, in the mobile station MS is activated periodically to detect possible WLAN client terminals CT nearby.
- a WLAN-capable digital camera acts as a WLAN client terminal.
- the mobile station MS employs two timers which may be realized by means of software-implemented tick counters, as is well known to those skilled in the art.
- the sleep timer's function is to periodically wake up the mobile station's WLAN circuitry, and optionally the WLAN gateway application.
- the watchdog timer is used to detect non-activity periods of predetermined length in the WLAN network so that the WLAN circuitry can be powered off in order to optimise battery resources.
- step 10-1 the WLAN circuitry of the mobile station MS is powered off and the execution of the WLAN gateway application may be suspended or terminated.
- Step 10-1 terminates when the sleep timer expires. For instance, the sleep timer may generate a processor interrupt which directs the mobile station's processor to perform program routines for activating the WLAN circuitry and starting or resuming execution of the WLAN gateway application.
- step 10-2 the mobile station has established a WLAN network.
- step 10- 3 the mobile station checks if any client terminal(s), such as the exemplary digital camera, attempt(s) to attach to the WLAN network. If not, the process proceeds to step 10-8, in which the WLAN network and circuitry are deactivated and the process begins anew at step 10-1.
- Step 10-6 includes a test to detect client terminal activity. If client terminal activity is detected, the process returns to step 10-4 in which the watchdog timer is restarted. Naturally, any client-related requests are served as well, as part of the basic functionality of the WLAN gateway application.
- step 10- 7 is a test as to whether the watchdog timer has expired. If not, the process returns to step 10-5 in which the WLAN network is maintained without restarting the watchdog timer. Eventually, a moment occurs when no client activity has been detected and the watchdog timer expires, and this is detected in step 10-7. Then, in step 10-8, the WLAN network and circuitry are deactivated and the process begins anew at step 10-1.
- the WLAN gateway application may terminate its own execution and power off the mobile station's WLAN circuitry.
- the automatic execution of the gateway appli- cation and the accompanying automatic activation of the mobile station's WLAN circuitry provides certain benefits. For instance, both digital cameras and mobile stations are handicapped by small user interfaces and relatively short battery life, particularly when their liquid-crystal displays (LCD) are illuminated.
- LCD liquid-crystal displays
- the automation described in connection with the present embodiment alleviates such handicaps.
- Figure 11 shows an embodiment in which the mobile station's location- determination functionality is used to enhance image uploading to an image hosting server.
- step 11 -0 a WLAN connection is established between the gateway application being executed in the mobile station MS and the WLAN- equipped digital camera CAM acting as a client terminal CT.
- the camera CAM/CT initiates a DNS inquiry to obtain the internet address of the image hosting server.
- an embodiment of the gateway application being executed in the mobile station MS detects that the camera/client terminal CAM/CT executes a location-aware application. Accordingly, the gateway application uses the mobile station's location-determination functionality to determine the mobile station's location.
- the mobile station's location may be determined on the basis of the mobile station's built- in satellite-positioning device (GPS) or on the basis of cell ID determination in the access networks.
- the gateway application sends the mobile station's location to an embodiment of the supplementary server SS, which in this scenario receives the mobile station's location and returns a plaintext-formatted location description.
- the geographical coordinates or cell ID of Piccadilly Circus might be converted to a plaintext description of "Piccadilly Circus, London”.
- the camera/client terminal CAM/CT begins uploading of image data to the image hosting server.
- the gateway application complements the image data with the mobile station's location.
- the location data is placed in a metadata field of the image(s).
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