Ip.access Limited

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Attocore Limited

Ip.access Limted

David Neil

Neil Philip Piercy

Anton Okmyanskiy

Joshua B Littlefield

Archie Hensley

Edward Haynes

Alan Whitehead

Trevor Moore

Ian McPherson

John Yearsley Bromell

Nicholas Dougall Johnson

Akhilesh Pokhariyal

Jason Cooper

Yajian Liu

Ian Mcpherson

Edward Hayes

Joshua Littlefield

A discovery protocol for use in a mobile telecommunications network where the protocol is used to discover a target core network component of the network. The network comprises base station core network components having at least one Mobile Management Entity (MME), a Serving Gateway (SGW) a Packet Gateway (PGW), an HSS; and a discovery request distributor connected to all other network components. The protocol utilizes the steps of: sending a discovery request from a first core network component to a discovery request distributor, where the discovery request includes a target identifier of a target core network component to be discovered; forwarding the discovery request to all other core network components within the network; receiving a discovery response at the first network component, from an identified target core network component with the defined target identifier and no responses from the other target core network components.

Peer discovery in distributed EPC

An access point supports communication in a femto cell of a cellular communication network. The access point comprises transceiver circuitry arranged to enable communication with at least one wireless communication unit located within the femto cell, and a signal processing logic module comprising an access point controller interface logic module arranged to enable communication between the access point and an access point controller. The signal processing logic module further comprises a gateway logic module arranged to provide an interface between the at least one wireless communication unit located within the femto cell and a packet data network.

Method and apparatus for providing access to a packet data network

A network management system for managing communications in a cellular communication network comprising an access point operably coupled to an access controller. The network management system comprises an access controller configuration logic module arranged to configure the access controller with configuration information. The network management system further comprises an access point configuration logic module arranged to configure the access point with configuration information comprising, at least in part, configuration information intended for the access controller.

Method and apparatus for provisioning of information in a cellular communication network

A network element for a cellular communication network comprises gateway router logic. The gateway router logic is arranged to receive a request to create a packet data context for enabling a mobile communication device to access a packet data network; obtain an address for a gateway logic module for the packet data network, the gateway logic module being located within a femto radio network subsystem; and forward the request to create a packet data context to the obtained address for the gateway logic module.

Method and apparatus for enabling access to a packet data network

An access point for supporting communication in a femto cell of a cellular communication network. The access point comprises transceiver circuitry arranged to enable communication with at least one cell subscribed wireless communication unit located within the femto cell, and signal processing logic module. The signal processing logic is arranged to configure a transmit power level of a Common Pilot CHannel (CPICH) for transmission based at least on cell subscribed wireless communication unit information.

Method and apparatus for setting a transmit power level

A network element (), for providing access control to a core network () of a cellular communication network () for a wireless communication unit () operating within a communication cell supported by the network element (), comprises a receiver for receiving a message () from the wireless communication unit () comprising identity information. The network element further comprises logic (), operably coupled to the receiver, for determining whether to permit the mobile communication unit () access to the core network (), based at least in part on the received identity information.

Network element and method for providing access control for a cellular communciation network

Network element and method for providing access control for a cellular communication network

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

David Neil