CA2381672A1 - Method of and system for providing quality of service in ip telephony - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method and system (11) for providing quality of service in an IP telephony session between a calling party (21) and a called party (23) establishes a high quality of service ATM virtual circuit for the session between first and second devices (25, 27), each of the devices (25, 27) having ATM capability and IP capability. The first and second devices (25, 27) provide bidirectional translation between IP media and ATM media. The system (11) transports IP
media for the session between the calling party (21) and the first device (25), and between said called party (23) and a second device (27). The virtual circuit transports ATM media for the session between the first and second devices (25, 27). An intelligent control layer (13) provides IP and ATM
signaling to set up the session.
media for the session between the calling party (21) and the first device (25), and between said called party (23) and a second device (27). The virtual circuit transports ATM media for the session between the first and second devices (25, 27). An intelligent control layer (13) provides IP and ATM
signaling to set up the session.
Description
ME'TIlOU Oh ANU SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING QUALITY Ol' SERVICE 1N 1P TELEP1~ONY
The present invention relates generally to the field of Internet telephony, and more particularly to a method of and system for providing quality of se~.rice in an Internet telephony session.
Two trends are currently occurring in the telecommunications marketplace.
rirst, telephony services are being added to Internet protocol-based devices. Second, Asynctu-onous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks are being built with the ability to support user specified quality of service (QoS) on a l0 per connection basis, as part of the ATM switched virtual circuit service capability.
Each of these trends have problems. The primary problem with the introduction of telephony services to the IP network is one providing predictable QoS on a per call/connection basis. Although teclmologies are being developed in the Internet community to address this problem, there is currently no way to guarantee QoS on a per connection basis through an IP network. The primary problem with the second trend is not one of basic service capability, but is rather one of access to the service. Today virtually all desktop devices have access to an IP network through some sort of local area network technology, for example tti<ough Ethernet. The problem is that these desktop devices generally do not have access to ATM networks that provide the per calUconnection guarantee QoS.
The primary method of addressing QoS in the current IP-BASED networks is to over-provision the amount of bandwidth available in the network. Tlris approach will work as tong as the usage of the network stays wittun the bounds of the available bandwidth. If the usage of the network is not predictable, then it is difficult, for example, to prevent a low priority file transfer from interfering with a connection established to carry real-time voice or video data.
The primary method of providing ATM switched virrtual circuit services to devices that do not have native ATM support is to install routers between the IP network and the ATM network that have the ability to generate ATM switched virtual circuits on a per IP flow basis.
Tlre problems with this approach are: (I) possible destination IP addresses need to be provisioned in the router ahead of time, and (2) it is not possible to define, on an IP flow basis, which E' flow should get the ATM switched virtual circuit service and which should get 1P best efforts service. If a destination address is provisioned in the ATM interworking router, then all coru~ections to that destination address will require an ATM switched virtual circuit.
The present invention provides a method of arrd a system for providing duality of service in an 1P telephony session between a calling party client and a called party client.
The system of the present invention establishes a high quality of service ATM virtual circuit for the session between first and second devices, each of the devices having ATM capability and 1P capability.
The first and second devices provide bidirectional translation between Internet Protocol (LP) media and ATM media. The system transports IP media for the session between the calling party client and the first device, and between the called party client and the second device. The virtual circuit transports ATM media for the session between the first and second devices. An intelligent control layer provides IP and ATM
signaling to set up the session.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the first and second devices include access control managers that are bridges between an IP network and an ATM network. The intelligent control layer asscgns a temporary session IP proxy address for the called party at the first access control manager and a temporary session 1P proxy address for the calling party at the second access control manager.
The system establishes 3 switched virtual circuit through the ATM network for the session between the first access control m;u alter and the second access control manager by assigning a temporary session calling party nor, ~ber at the first access control manager and a temporary session called party number at the second access control manager.
During the session, the system routes IP media from the calling party to the temporary IP
proxy address of the called party at the first access control manager. The first access control manage packages the IP media in ATM cells for transport through the virtual circuit to the second access control manager. The system then routes IP media from the second access control manager to the called party. Similarly, the system routes 11' media from the called party to the temporary IP proxy address of the calling party at the second access control manager. The second access control manager packages the 1P media in ATM cells for transport through the virtual circuit to the first access control manager. The system then routes IP media from the first access control manager to the calling party.
In as alternative embodiment, the first and second devices include routers that have both IP and ATM capability. The calling party client obtains an authentication ticket and then initiates an IP
telephony session with a quality of service request. When the called parry client accepts the session, the calling party client initiates setup of a resource reservation protocol IP
media session with an ingress router. The ingress router then sets up the IP media session through an egress router to the z called party client. When the ll' media session is setup, the ingress router sets up an ATM switched virtual cormection with the egress router.
Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the system of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a call flow diagram illustrating the signaling and call setup according to the embodiment of Pig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of an alternative embodiment of the system of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a call flow diagram illustrating the signaling and call setup according to the embodiment of Fig. 3.
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Referring now to the drawings, and first to Fig. 1, a system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is designated generally by the numeral 11.
System 11 includes a media service control point (MSCP) 13. MSCP 13 includes an 1P telephony session establishment server, which in the preferred embodiment is a session initiation protocol (SIP) server 15, an ingress Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) MSCP 17, and an egress ATM MSCP 19. As will be explained in detail hereinafter, MSCP 13 provides an intelligent control layer for the establishment of an Internet Protocol (1P) telephony session between a first IP telephony user client 21 and a second IP telephony user client 23.
System 11 includes an ingress access control manager 25 and an egress access control manager 27. Access control managers 25 and 27 provide a media gateway between IP
telephony user clients 21 and 23 and an ATM network 27. Ingress access control manager 25 provides an ATM media and signaling interface to an ingress ATM switch 29 of ATM network 27. Similarly, egress access control manager 27 provides an ATM media and signaling interface to an egress ATM
switch 31 of ATM
network 27.
In Fig. 1, 1P signaling paths are indicated with dotted lines and ATM of signaling paths are indicated with dashed lines. IP media paths are indicated with solid lines and ATM media paths are indicated with bold solid lines.
In the embodiment of Fig. 1, a Quality of Service (QoS) connection is provided by routing traffic on the QoS capable backbone provided by ATM network 27. According to the present mvenlioy ale ATM connection is created for the IP telephony session between user clients 21 and 23.
QoS extensions to the data network applications part (DNAP) protocol perform the signaling between MSCP 13 arid access control managers 25 and 27. The access control managers 25 and 27 establish the ATM QoS capable connection. While in the preferred embodiment of present invention, the QoS
capable connection is provided by ATM switched virtual circuits, the present invention can also be implemented in a variety of other technologies, such as SONET, and wave division multiplexing.
As will be explained in detail hereinafter, the data path for the session is secured against unauthorized traffic by the use of proxy addressing. The proxy addressing requires translation by the access control managers 25 and 27 to route the media to its intended destination. During session I U establislunent, the addresses of the media stream endpoints are exchanged between user client 21 and user client 23. The signaling message containing the media address of user client 21 is changed to reflect a proxy address, which is an interface at egress excess control manager 27. The excess control manager interface is assigned on a per session basis. The per session interface uniqueness is accomplished by the allocation and deallocating of ephemeral ports at the access control managers.
Associated with the ephemeral ports are the addresses used to create and transit the ATM connection.
Likewise, the signaling message containing the media address for user client 23 is changed to reflect a proxy address at ingress access control manager 25.
The system of the present invention dynamically configures QoS connections and ensures their security in two ways. First, the QoS connection is dynamically configured by the use of ATM switched virtual connections. The switched virtual connections are created on a per session basis during call establislunent. MSCP 13 invokes the IP to ATM interface mechanisms of access control managers 25 and 27 with DNAP QoS messages. As will be explained in detail hereinafter, access control manager launches a user network interface (UNI) protocol setup. The ATM traffic sent to and received by access control managers 25 and 27 is intercepted by ATM switches 29 and 31, respectively, and 25 forwarded to their associated ATM MSCPs 17 and 19. The ATM MSCPs create the switched virtual circuit between ATM switches 29 and 31. Access control managers 25 and 27 map the media stream of the session to its switched virtual circuit and the session truffle transits their respective switch virtual circuit.
The second aspect of the real-time configuration solution is the dynamic securing of the access to the connections. This is done by dynamically allocating the proxy addresses during session establislunent from a pre-provisioned proxy address pool. The proxy addresses are returned to the user clients 21 and 23 in the signaling messages. The session proxy address mapping is created at the MSCP and communicated to access control managers 25 and 27 by the DNAP
protocol. The proxy addresses and the actual session addresses are held at the SIP server 15 and the access control managers 25 and 27 for the duration of the session. When the session is terminated, proxy addresses are deallocate.
ltelerring now to Fig. 2, there is shown a call flow diagram of session initiation according to the embodiment of Fig. 1. User client 21 initiates the session by sending a SIE' INVITE message 33 to user client 23. For purposes of illustratioy the IP address of user client 21 is A@XYZ.COM. The SIP
INVITE is addressed to user client 23 at a proxy address at MSCP SIP server 15, which for purposes to illustration is B@XYZ-S1P.COM. The SIP INVITE specifies the audio source as the real IP
address of user client 21, and specifies that QoS is requested. Upon receipt of invite 33, SIP server 15 sends an invite 35 to the real IP address of user client 23, at B@XYZ2000.COM.
Invite 35 specifies the audio source as a temporary LP proxy address allocated to user client 21 at egress access control manager 27, which for purposes of illustration is A@ACM-Y.COM. If user client 23 accepts the session, user client 23 sends a ZOOOK SIP response 37 back to SIP SERVER 15, specifying an audio destination as its real 1P address. While in the preferred embodiment, SIP 1P
telephony signaling is used, other IP signaling protocols, such as H.323 may be used.
Upon receipt of response 37, SIP server 15 allocates a call tag, and sends a reserve bandwidth message 39 to ingress ATM MSCP 17. Message 39 specifies the audio destination for the session of as a temporary 1P proxy address allocated to user client 23 at ingress access control manager 25. For purposes of illustration, the temporary IE' proxy address allocated user client 23 is B@ACM-X.COM. The bandwidth reservation message also identifies the call tag and specifies the called number for the ATM connection as egress access control manager 27.
Upon receipt of bandwidth reservation message 39, ingress ATM MSCP 17 sends a QoS setup request 41 to ingress access control manager 25. Setup request 41 identifies the real source address and proxy source address for user client 21. Setup request 41 also identifies the call tag and the called parry number. Ingress ATM MSCP 17 also sends a QoS setup indication message 43 to egress access control manager 27. Setup indication 43 identifies the real destination address and proxy destination address for user client 23, as well as the call tag and the called party number for the ATM session.
Egress access control manager 27 responds to setup indication 23 with a setup indication acknowledgment 45 back to ingress ATM MSCP 17. Upon receipt of the QoS setup request 41, ingress access control manager 25 sends a user network interface (UNI) protocol setup message 47 to ingress ATM switch 29. Upon receipt of UNI setup message 47, ingress ATM
switch 29 sends a DNAP setup 49 to ingress ATM MSCP 17. When ingress ATM MSCP 17 responds, as indicated at l, ingress ATM switch 29 sends a setup message 53 to egress ATM switch 31.
Upon receipt of setup 5 message 53, egress ATM switch 31 sends a DNAP setup message 55 to egress ATM
MSCP 19.
When egress ATM MSCP 19 responds, as indicated at 57, egress ATM switch 31 sends a UNI setup message 59 to egress access control manager 27.
Upon receipt of setup message 59, egress access control manager 27 sends a CONNECT
message 61 to ingress access control manager 25. Upon receipt of CONNECT
message 61, ingress access control manager 25 responds to QoS setup request 41 with a QoS setup request acknowledgment 63 back to ingress ATM MSCP 17. Upon receipt of setup request acknowledgment 61, ingress ATM MSCP 17 responds to the reserve bandwidth message 39 with a reserve bandwidth acknowledgment message 65 back to MSCP SIP server 15. Upon receipt of reserve bandwidth acknowledgment 65, SIP server 15 deallocate the call tag and sends a SIP 200 OK response 67 back to l5 user client 21. The OK response identifies the audio destination as the temporary IP proxy address allocated to user ;;uer: t 23 at ingress access control manager 25. Then, user client 21 sends IP media packets addres°. d to user client 23 at the temporary proxy address at access control manager 25.
Similarly, user ;,lient 23 sends 1P media packet addressed to user client 21 at the temporary proxy address at egress access control manager 27.
From the foregoing, it may be seen that the embodiment of Fig. 1 provides QoS
for IP
telephony sessions between IP user clients. Through the use of temporary proxies, user clients 21 and 23 are unaware that their session is carried on an ATM switched virtual circuit. User clients Z 1 and 23 use standard SIP messaging and standard proxying for call setup and no special intelligence is required on the part of the user clients 21 and 23. An intelligent network layer makes the system of the present invention transparent to user clients 21 and 23.
Referring now to Fig. 3, an alternative embodiment of the system of the present invention is designated generally by the numeral 71. System 71 includes MSCP indicated generally at 73. MSCP
73 includes an MSCP SIP server 75, an ingress ATM MSCP 77, and an egress ATM
MSCP 79.
Additionally, MSCP 73 includes a policy server 81. MSCP 73 is adapted to establish a QoS IP
telephony session between a calling user client 83 and a called user client 85.
An ingress router 87 provides an interface between IY user client 83 and an ATM network 89.
An egress router 91 provides interface between user client 85 and ATM network 89. Ingress router 87 provides an interface to an ingress ATM switch 93 of ATM network 89.
Similarly, egress router 91 provides an interface to an egress ATM switch 95 of ATM network 89.
Referring now to Fig. 4, tliere is show a call flow diagram of session initiation according to the embodiment of Fig. 3. User client 83 initiates the session with a Diameter protocol session authentication request 97 addressed to MSCP SIP server 75. Server 75 responds with a Diameter session authentication response (ticket), as indicated at 99. Then, user client 83 sends a SIP INVITE
message 101 to user client 85. For purposes of illustration, the IP address of user client 85 is A@XYZ.COM. The S1P INVITE 101 is addressed to user client 85 at a proxy address at MSCP S1P
server 75, which for purposes to illustration is B@XYZ-Sll'.COM. The SIP
INVITE 101 specifies the audio source as the real 1P address of user client 83, and specifies that QoS
is requested. 'fhe SIP
INVITE 101 also includes the authentication ticket received in response to Diameter session authentication request 97. Upon receipt of the SIP INVITE 101, SIP server 75 sends an INVITE 103 to the real 1P address of user client 85, at B@XYZ2000.COM. INVITE 103 specifies the audio l 5 source as the IP address of user client 83. if user client 85 accepts the session, user client 85 sends a 2000K Sll' response 105 back to SIP Server 75, specifying an audio destination as its real IP address.
Upon receipt of 2000K SIP response 105, SIP server 75 sends a reserve bandwidth message 107 to MSCP policy server 81. Message 107 specifies the audio source for the session of as the real IP
address of user client 83, and the audio destination for the session as the real IP address of user client 85. The message 107 also includes the authentication ticket. Upon receipt of the message 107, MSCP
policy server 81 sends a response 109 back to MSCP SIP server 81. Then, SIP
server 75 sends a SIP
2000K response 111 to user client 83.
Upon receipt of 2000K response 111, user client 83 sends a resource reservation protocol (RSVP) path message 113 to ingress router 87. Then, ingress router 87 sends a COPS request handle message 115 to MSCP policy server 81. When MSCP policy server 81 responds, as indicated at 117, ingress router 87 sends an RSVP path message 119 to egress router 91. Then, egress router 91 sends an RSVP path message 121 to user client 85. User client 85 responds with an RSVP reservation response 123 back to egress router 91. Egress router 91 then responds with an RSVP reservation response 125 back to ingress router 87.
Upon receipt of response 125, ingress router 87 sends a UNI setup message 127 to ingress ATM~switch 93. Upon receipt of UNI setup message 127, ingress ATM switch 93 sends a DNAP
setup 129 to ingress ATM MSCP 77. When ingress ATM MSCP 77 responds, as indicated at 131, ingress ATM switch 93 sends a setup message 133 to egress ATM switch 95. Upon receipt of setup message 133, egress ATM switch 95 sends a DNAP setup message 135 to egress ATM
MSCP 79.
When egress ATM MSCP 79 responds, as indicated at 137, egress ATM switch 95 sends a UNI setup message 139 to egress router 91.
Upon receipt of setup message 139, egress router 91 sends a CONNECT message 141 to ingress router 87. Upon receipt of CONNECT message 141, ingress router 87 responds to RSVP
path message I 13 with an RSVP reserve response 143 back to user client 83.
Then, the LP telephony session is established between user client 83 and user client 85.
l0 The embodiment of Figs. 3 and 4, distributes a certain amount of system intelligence to user clients 83 and 85. User clients 83 and 85 are responsible for a greater part of call setup than are user clients 21 and 23 of the embodiment of Figs. I and 2. User clients 83 acid 85 process signaling in Diameter and RSVP protocols in addition to signaling in SIP protocol.
From the foregoing it may be seen that the present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art. The present invention dynamically establishes and secures QoS
IP telephony sessions by routing traffic on a high QoS backbone, which is preferably an ATM backbone.
Those skilled in the art will recognize alternative embodiments, given the benefit of this disclosure.
Accordingly, the foregoing disclosure is intended for purposes of illustration and not limitation.
The present invention relates generally to the field of Internet telephony, and more particularly to a method of and system for providing quality of se~.rice in an Internet telephony session.
Two trends are currently occurring in the telecommunications marketplace.
rirst, telephony services are being added to Internet protocol-based devices. Second, Asynctu-onous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks are being built with the ability to support user specified quality of service (QoS) on a l0 per connection basis, as part of the ATM switched virtual circuit service capability.
Each of these trends have problems. The primary problem with the introduction of telephony services to the IP network is one providing predictable QoS on a per call/connection basis. Although teclmologies are being developed in the Internet community to address this problem, there is currently no way to guarantee QoS on a per connection basis through an IP network. The primary problem with the second trend is not one of basic service capability, but is rather one of access to the service. Today virtually all desktop devices have access to an IP network through some sort of local area network technology, for example tti<ough Ethernet. The problem is that these desktop devices generally do not have access to ATM networks that provide the per calUconnection guarantee QoS.
The primary method of addressing QoS in the current IP-BASED networks is to over-provision the amount of bandwidth available in the network. Tlris approach will work as tong as the usage of the network stays wittun the bounds of the available bandwidth. If the usage of the network is not predictable, then it is difficult, for example, to prevent a low priority file transfer from interfering with a connection established to carry real-time voice or video data.
The primary method of providing ATM switched virrtual circuit services to devices that do not have native ATM support is to install routers between the IP network and the ATM network that have the ability to generate ATM switched virtual circuits on a per IP flow basis.
Tlre problems with this approach are: (I) possible destination IP addresses need to be provisioned in the router ahead of time, and (2) it is not possible to define, on an IP flow basis, which E' flow should get the ATM switched virtual circuit service and which should get 1P best efforts service. If a destination address is provisioned in the ATM interworking router, then all coru~ections to that destination address will require an ATM switched virtual circuit.
The present invention provides a method of arrd a system for providing duality of service in an 1P telephony session between a calling party client and a called party client.
The system of the present invention establishes a high quality of service ATM virtual circuit for the session between first and second devices, each of the devices having ATM capability and 1P capability.
The first and second devices provide bidirectional translation between Internet Protocol (LP) media and ATM media. The system transports IP media for the session between the calling party client and the first device, and between the called party client and the second device. The virtual circuit transports ATM media for the session between the first and second devices. An intelligent control layer provides IP and ATM
signaling to set up the session.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the first and second devices include access control managers that are bridges between an IP network and an ATM network. The intelligent control layer asscgns a temporary session IP proxy address for the called party at the first access control manager and a temporary session 1P proxy address for the calling party at the second access control manager.
The system establishes 3 switched virtual circuit through the ATM network for the session between the first access control m;u alter and the second access control manager by assigning a temporary session calling party nor, ~ber at the first access control manager and a temporary session called party number at the second access control manager.
During the session, the system routes IP media from the calling party to the temporary IP
proxy address of the called party at the first access control manager. The first access control manage packages the IP media in ATM cells for transport through the virtual circuit to the second access control manager. The system then routes IP media from the second access control manager to the called party. Similarly, the system routes 11' media from the called party to the temporary IP proxy address of the calling party at the second access control manager. The second access control manager packages the 1P media in ATM cells for transport through the virtual circuit to the first access control manager. The system then routes IP media from the first access control manager to the calling party.
In as alternative embodiment, the first and second devices include routers that have both IP and ATM capability. The calling party client obtains an authentication ticket and then initiates an IP
telephony session with a quality of service request. When the called parry client accepts the session, the calling party client initiates setup of a resource reservation protocol IP
media session with an ingress router. The ingress router then sets up the IP media session through an egress router to the z called party client. When the ll' media session is setup, the ingress router sets up an ATM switched virtual cormection with the egress router.
Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the system of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a call flow diagram illustrating the signaling and call setup according to the embodiment of Pig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of an alternative embodiment of the system of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a call flow diagram illustrating the signaling and call setup according to the embodiment of Fig. 3.
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Referring now to the drawings, and first to Fig. 1, a system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is designated generally by the numeral 11.
System 11 includes a media service control point (MSCP) 13. MSCP 13 includes an 1P telephony session establishment server, which in the preferred embodiment is a session initiation protocol (SIP) server 15, an ingress Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) MSCP 17, and an egress ATM MSCP 19. As will be explained in detail hereinafter, MSCP 13 provides an intelligent control layer for the establishment of an Internet Protocol (1P) telephony session between a first IP telephony user client 21 and a second IP telephony user client 23.
System 11 includes an ingress access control manager 25 and an egress access control manager 27. Access control managers 25 and 27 provide a media gateway between IP
telephony user clients 21 and 23 and an ATM network 27. Ingress access control manager 25 provides an ATM media and signaling interface to an ingress ATM switch 29 of ATM network 27. Similarly, egress access control manager 27 provides an ATM media and signaling interface to an egress ATM
switch 31 of ATM
network 27.
In Fig. 1, 1P signaling paths are indicated with dotted lines and ATM of signaling paths are indicated with dashed lines. IP media paths are indicated with solid lines and ATM media paths are indicated with bold solid lines.
In the embodiment of Fig. 1, a Quality of Service (QoS) connection is provided by routing traffic on the QoS capable backbone provided by ATM network 27. According to the present mvenlioy ale ATM connection is created for the IP telephony session between user clients 21 and 23.
QoS extensions to the data network applications part (DNAP) protocol perform the signaling between MSCP 13 arid access control managers 25 and 27. The access control managers 25 and 27 establish the ATM QoS capable connection. While in the preferred embodiment of present invention, the QoS
capable connection is provided by ATM switched virtual circuits, the present invention can also be implemented in a variety of other technologies, such as SONET, and wave division multiplexing.
As will be explained in detail hereinafter, the data path for the session is secured against unauthorized traffic by the use of proxy addressing. The proxy addressing requires translation by the access control managers 25 and 27 to route the media to its intended destination. During session I U establislunent, the addresses of the media stream endpoints are exchanged between user client 21 and user client 23. The signaling message containing the media address of user client 21 is changed to reflect a proxy address, which is an interface at egress excess control manager 27. The excess control manager interface is assigned on a per session basis. The per session interface uniqueness is accomplished by the allocation and deallocating of ephemeral ports at the access control managers.
Associated with the ephemeral ports are the addresses used to create and transit the ATM connection.
Likewise, the signaling message containing the media address for user client 23 is changed to reflect a proxy address at ingress access control manager 25.
The system of the present invention dynamically configures QoS connections and ensures their security in two ways. First, the QoS connection is dynamically configured by the use of ATM switched virtual connections. The switched virtual connections are created on a per session basis during call establislunent. MSCP 13 invokes the IP to ATM interface mechanisms of access control managers 25 and 27 with DNAP QoS messages. As will be explained in detail hereinafter, access control manager launches a user network interface (UNI) protocol setup. The ATM traffic sent to and received by access control managers 25 and 27 is intercepted by ATM switches 29 and 31, respectively, and 25 forwarded to their associated ATM MSCPs 17 and 19. The ATM MSCPs create the switched virtual circuit between ATM switches 29 and 31. Access control managers 25 and 27 map the media stream of the session to its switched virtual circuit and the session truffle transits their respective switch virtual circuit.
The second aspect of the real-time configuration solution is the dynamic securing of the access to the connections. This is done by dynamically allocating the proxy addresses during session establislunent from a pre-provisioned proxy address pool. The proxy addresses are returned to the user clients 21 and 23 in the signaling messages. The session proxy address mapping is created at the MSCP and communicated to access control managers 25 and 27 by the DNAP
protocol. The proxy addresses and the actual session addresses are held at the SIP server 15 and the access control managers 25 and 27 for the duration of the session. When the session is terminated, proxy addresses are deallocate.
ltelerring now to Fig. 2, there is shown a call flow diagram of session initiation according to the embodiment of Fig. 1. User client 21 initiates the session by sending a SIE' INVITE message 33 to user client 23. For purposes of illustratioy the IP address of user client 21 is A@XYZ.COM. The SIP
INVITE is addressed to user client 23 at a proxy address at MSCP SIP server 15, which for purposes to illustration is B@XYZ-S1P.COM. The SIP INVITE specifies the audio source as the real IP
address of user client 21, and specifies that QoS is requested. Upon receipt of invite 33, SIP server 15 sends an invite 35 to the real IP address of user client 23, at B@XYZ2000.COM.
Invite 35 specifies the audio source as a temporary LP proxy address allocated to user client 21 at egress access control manager 27, which for purposes of illustration is A@ACM-Y.COM. If user client 23 accepts the session, user client 23 sends a ZOOOK SIP response 37 back to SIP SERVER 15, specifying an audio destination as its real 1P address. While in the preferred embodiment, SIP 1P
telephony signaling is used, other IP signaling protocols, such as H.323 may be used.
Upon receipt of response 37, SIP server 15 allocates a call tag, and sends a reserve bandwidth message 39 to ingress ATM MSCP 17. Message 39 specifies the audio destination for the session of as a temporary 1P proxy address allocated to user client 23 at ingress access control manager 25. For purposes of illustration, the temporary IE' proxy address allocated user client 23 is B@ACM-X.COM. The bandwidth reservation message also identifies the call tag and specifies the called number for the ATM connection as egress access control manager 27.
Upon receipt of bandwidth reservation message 39, ingress ATM MSCP 17 sends a QoS setup request 41 to ingress access control manager 25. Setup request 41 identifies the real source address and proxy source address for user client 21. Setup request 41 also identifies the call tag and the called parry number. Ingress ATM MSCP 17 also sends a QoS setup indication message 43 to egress access control manager 27. Setup indication 43 identifies the real destination address and proxy destination address for user client 23, as well as the call tag and the called party number for the ATM session.
Egress access control manager 27 responds to setup indication 23 with a setup indication acknowledgment 45 back to ingress ATM MSCP 17. Upon receipt of the QoS setup request 41, ingress access control manager 25 sends a user network interface (UNI) protocol setup message 47 to ingress ATM switch 29. Upon receipt of UNI setup message 47, ingress ATM
switch 29 sends a DNAP setup 49 to ingress ATM MSCP 17. When ingress ATM MSCP 17 responds, as indicated at l, ingress ATM switch 29 sends a setup message 53 to egress ATM switch 31.
Upon receipt of setup 5 message 53, egress ATM switch 31 sends a DNAP setup message 55 to egress ATM
MSCP 19.
When egress ATM MSCP 19 responds, as indicated at 57, egress ATM switch 31 sends a UNI setup message 59 to egress access control manager 27.
Upon receipt of setup message 59, egress access control manager 27 sends a CONNECT
message 61 to ingress access control manager 25. Upon receipt of CONNECT
message 61, ingress access control manager 25 responds to QoS setup request 41 with a QoS setup request acknowledgment 63 back to ingress ATM MSCP 17. Upon receipt of setup request acknowledgment 61, ingress ATM MSCP 17 responds to the reserve bandwidth message 39 with a reserve bandwidth acknowledgment message 65 back to MSCP SIP server 15. Upon receipt of reserve bandwidth acknowledgment 65, SIP server 15 deallocate the call tag and sends a SIP 200 OK response 67 back to l5 user client 21. The OK response identifies the audio destination as the temporary IP proxy address allocated to user ;;uer: t 23 at ingress access control manager 25. Then, user client 21 sends IP media packets addres°. d to user client 23 at the temporary proxy address at access control manager 25.
Similarly, user ;,lient 23 sends 1P media packet addressed to user client 21 at the temporary proxy address at egress access control manager 27.
From the foregoing, it may be seen that the embodiment of Fig. 1 provides QoS
for IP
telephony sessions between IP user clients. Through the use of temporary proxies, user clients 21 and 23 are unaware that their session is carried on an ATM switched virtual circuit. User clients Z 1 and 23 use standard SIP messaging and standard proxying for call setup and no special intelligence is required on the part of the user clients 21 and 23. An intelligent network layer makes the system of the present invention transparent to user clients 21 and 23.
Referring now to Fig. 3, an alternative embodiment of the system of the present invention is designated generally by the numeral 71. System 71 includes MSCP indicated generally at 73. MSCP
73 includes an MSCP SIP server 75, an ingress ATM MSCP 77, and an egress ATM
MSCP 79.
Additionally, MSCP 73 includes a policy server 81. MSCP 73 is adapted to establish a QoS IP
telephony session between a calling user client 83 and a called user client 85.
An ingress router 87 provides an interface between IY user client 83 and an ATM network 89.
An egress router 91 provides interface between user client 85 and ATM network 89. Ingress router 87 provides an interface to an ingress ATM switch 93 of ATM network 89.
Similarly, egress router 91 provides an interface to an egress ATM switch 95 of ATM network 89.
Referring now to Fig. 4, tliere is show a call flow diagram of session initiation according to the embodiment of Fig. 3. User client 83 initiates the session with a Diameter protocol session authentication request 97 addressed to MSCP SIP server 75. Server 75 responds with a Diameter session authentication response (ticket), as indicated at 99. Then, user client 83 sends a SIP INVITE
message 101 to user client 85. For purposes of illustration, the IP address of user client 85 is A@XYZ.COM. The S1P INVITE 101 is addressed to user client 85 at a proxy address at MSCP S1P
server 75, which for purposes to illustration is B@XYZ-Sll'.COM. The SIP
INVITE 101 specifies the audio source as the real 1P address of user client 83, and specifies that QoS
is requested. 'fhe SIP
INVITE 101 also includes the authentication ticket received in response to Diameter session authentication request 97. Upon receipt of the SIP INVITE 101, SIP server 75 sends an INVITE 103 to the real 1P address of user client 85, at B@XYZ2000.COM. INVITE 103 specifies the audio l 5 source as the IP address of user client 83. if user client 85 accepts the session, user client 85 sends a 2000K Sll' response 105 back to SIP Server 75, specifying an audio destination as its real IP address.
Upon receipt of 2000K SIP response 105, SIP server 75 sends a reserve bandwidth message 107 to MSCP policy server 81. Message 107 specifies the audio source for the session of as the real IP
address of user client 83, and the audio destination for the session as the real IP address of user client 85. The message 107 also includes the authentication ticket. Upon receipt of the message 107, MSCP
policy server 81 sends a response 109 back to MSCP SIP server 81. Then, SIP
server 75 sends a SIP
2000K response 111 to user client 83.
Upon receipt of 2000K response 111, user client 83 sends a resource reservation protocol (RSVP) path message 113 to ingress router 87. Then, ingress router 87 sends a COPS request handle message 115 to MSCP policy server 81. When MSCP policy server 81 responds, as indicated at 117, ingress router 87 sends an RSVP path message 119 to egress router 91. Then, egress router 91 sends an RSVP path message 121 to user client 85. User client 85 responds with an RSVP reservation response 123 back to egress router 91. Egress router 91 then responds with an RSVP reservation response 125 back to ingress router 87.
Upon receipt of response 125, ingress router 87 sends a UNI setup message 127 to ingress ATM~switch 93. Upon receipt of UNI setup message 127, ingress ATM switch 93 sends a DNAP
setup 129 to ingress ATM MSCP 77. When ingress ATM MSCP 77 responds, as indicated at 131, ingress ATM switch 93 sends a setup message 133 to egress ATM switch 95. Upon receipt of setup message 133, egress ATM switch 95 sends a DNAP setup message 135 to egress ATM
MSCP 79.
When egress ATM MSCP 79 responds, as indicated at 137, egress ATM switch 95 sends a UNI setup message 139 to egress router 91.
Upon receipt of setup message 139, egress router 91 sends a CONNECT message 141 to ingress router 87. Upon receipt of CONNECT message 141, ingress router 87 responds to RSVP
path message I 13 with an RSVP reserve response 143 back to user client 83.
Then, the LP telephony session is established between user client 83 and user client 85.
l0 The embodiment of Figs. 3 and 4, distributes a certain amount of system intelligence to user clients 83 and 85. User clients 83 and 85 are responsible for a greater part of call setup than are user clients 21 and 23 of the embodiment of Figs. I and 2. User clients 83 acid 85 process signaling in Diameter and RSVP protocols in addition to signaling in SIP protocol.
From the foregoing it may be seen that the present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art. The present invention dynamically establishes and secures QoS
IP telephony sessions by routing traffic on a high QoS backbone, which is preferably an ATM backbone.
Those skilled in the art will recognize alternative embodiments, given the benefit of this disclosure.
Accordingly, the foregoing disclosure is intended for purposes of illustration and not limitation.
Claims (24)
1. A method of providing quality of service in an Internet Protocol (IP) telephony session between a calling party and a called party, which comprises the steps of:
transporting IP media for said session between said calling party and a first device having IP
capability and ATM capability;
transporting IP media for said session between said called party and a second device having IP
capability and ATM capability; and establishing an ATM virtual circuit for said session between said first device and said second device.
transporting IP media for said session between said calling party and a first device having IP
capability and ATM capability;
transporting IP media for said session between said called party and a second device having IP
capability and ATM capability; and establishing an ATM virtual circuit for said session between said first device and said second device.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second devices are routers.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
said first device is identified by a temporary session IP proxy address for said called party; and said second device is identified by a temporary session IP proxy address for said calling party.
said first device is identified by a temporary session IP proxy address for said called party; and said second device is identified by a temporary session IP proxy address for said calling party.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said step of establishing an ATM
virtual circuit between said first and second devices comprises the steps of:
assigning a calling party number for said session at said first device; and assigning a called party number for said session at said second device.
virtual circuit between said first and second devices comprises the steps of:
assigning a calling party number for said session at said first device; and assigning a called party number for said session at said second device.
5. A method of providing quality of service in an IP telephony session between a calling party and a called party, which comprises the steps of:
assigning a temporary IP proxy address for said called party for said session at a first access control manager;
assigning a temporary IP proxy address for said calling party for said session at a second access control manager; and establishing a switched virtual circuit for said session between said first access control manager and said second access control manager.
assigning a temporary IP proxy address for said called party for said session at a first access control manager;
assigning a temporary IP proxy address for said calling party for said session at a second access control manager; and establishing a switched virtual circuit for said session between said first access control manager and said second access control manager.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said step of establishing said virtual circuit comprises the steps of:
assigning a temporary calling party address for said session at said first access control manager;
and assigning a temporary called party address for said session at said first access control manager.
assigning a temporary calling party address for said session at said first access control manager;
and assigning a temporary called party address for said session at said first access control manager.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said step of assigning a temporary calling party address comprises the step of selecting a calling party address from a pool of calling party addresses allocated to said first access manager.
8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said step of assigning a temporary called party address comprises the step of selecting a called party address from a pool of called party addresses allocated to said second access manager.
9. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
routing IP med a traffic from said calling party to said called party IP proxy address at said first access control manager; and routing IP media traffic from said called party to said calling party IP proxy address at said second access control manager.
routing IP med a traffic from said calling party to said called party IP proxy address at said first access control manager; and routing IP media traffic from said called party to said calling party IP proxy address at said second access control manager.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
translating IP media traffic received at said called party IP proxy address to ATM traffic for transport through said virtual circuit from said first access control manager to said second access control manager; and translating IP media traffic received at said calling party IP proxy address to ATM traffic for transport through said virtual circuit from said second access control manager to said first access control manager.
translating IP media traffic received at said called party IP proxy address to ATM traffic for transport through said virtual circuit from said first access control manager to said second access control manager; and translating IP media traffic received at said calling party IP proxy address to ATM traffic for transport through said virtual circuit from said second access control manager to said first access control manager.
11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the steps of:
translating ATM traffic received at said temporary called party address to IP
media traffic for transport to said called party; and translating ATM traffic received at said temporary calling party address to IP
media traffic for transport to said calling party.
translating ATM traffic received at said temporary called party address to IP
media traffic for transport to said called party; and translating ATM traffic received at said temporary calling party address to IP
media traffic for transport to said calling party.
12. A method of providing quality of service in an IP telephony session between a calling party and a called party, which comprises the steps of:
assigning a temporary IP proxy address for said called party for said session at a first access control manager;
assigning a temporary IP proxy address for said calling party for said session a second access control manager;
assigning a temporary second network calling party address for said session at said first access control manager; and assigning a temporary second network called parry address for said session at said first access control manager.
assigning a temporary IP proxy address for said called party for said session at a first access control manager;
assigning a temporary IP proxy address for said calling party for said session a second access control manager;
assigning a temporary second network calling party address for said session at said first access control manager; and assigning a temporary second network called parry address for said session at said first access control manager.
13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said step of assigning a temporary second network calling party address comprises the step of selecting a calling party address from a pool of second network calling party addresses allocated to said first access manager.
14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said step of assigning a temporary second network called party address comprises the step of selecting a called party address from a pool of second network called party addresses allocated to said second access manager.
15. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising the steps of:
routing IP media traffic from said calling party to said called party IP proxy address at said first access control manager; and routing IP media traffic from said called party to said calling party IP proxy address at said second access control manager.
routing IP media traffic from said calling party to said called party IP proxy address at said first access control manager; and routing IP media traffic from said called party to said calling party IP proxy address at said second access control manager.
16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein:
said second network includes an ATM network;
said temporary second network calling party address includes a temporary calling party number; and said temporary second network called party address includes a temporary called party number.
said second network includes an ATM network;
said temporary second network calling party address includes a temporary calling party number; and said temporary second network called party address includes a temporary called party number.
17. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the step of establishing a switched virtual connection through said ATM network between said temporary called party number and said temporary calling party number.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising the steps of:
translating IP media traffic received at said called party IP proxy address to ATM traffic for transport through said virtual circuit from said first access control manager to said second access control manager; and translating IP media traffic received at said calling party IP proxy address to ATM traffic for transport through said virtual circuit from said second access control manager to said first access control manager.
translating IP media traffic received at said called party IP proxy address to ATM traffic for transport through said virtual circuit from said first access control manager to said second access control manager; and translating IP media traffic received at said calling party IP proxy address to ATM traffic for transport through said virtual circuit from said second access control manager to said first access control manager.
19. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising the steps of:
translating ATM traffic received at said temporary called party number to IP
media traffic for transport to said called party; and translating ATM traffic received at said temporary calling party number to IP
media traffic for transport to said calling party.
translating ATM traffic received at said temporary called party number to IP
media traffic for transport to said called party; and translating ATM traffic received at said temporary calling party number to IP
media traffic for transport to said calling party.
20. A system for providing a quality of service IP telephony session between a calling party and a called party, which comprises:
an IP network, said IP network providing IP access to the calling party and to the called party;
an ATM network;
a first device connected between said IP network and said ATM network, said first device providing bidirectional translation between IP media traffic and ATM traffic;
a second device connected between said IP network and said ATM network, said second device providing bidirectional translation between ATM traffic and IP media traffic; and an intelligent control layer for establishing a virtual circuit through said ATM network for an 1P
telephony session between the calling party and the called party;
an IP network, said IP network providing IP access to the calling party and to the called party;
an ATM network;
a first device connected between said IP network and said ATM network, said first device providing bidirectional translation between IP media traffic and ATM traffic;
a second device connected between said IP network and said ATM network, said second device providing bidirectional translation between ATM traffic and IP media traffic; and an intelligent control layer for establishing a virtual circuit through said ATM network for an 1P
telephony session between the calling party and the called party;
21. The system as claimed in claim 20, wherein:
said first device is operably connected to an ingress switch of said ATM
network; and said second device is operably connected to an egress switch of said ATM
network.
said first device is operably connected to an ingress switch of said ATM
network; and said second device is operably connected to an egress switch of said ATM
network.
22. The system as claimed in claim 20, wherein said intelligent control layer comprises:
an ATM intelligent controller, said ATM intelligent controller providing session setup signaling to said first and second devices; and an IP intelligent controller, said IP intelligent controller providing call setup signaling to said ATM intelligent controller.
an ATM intelligent controller, said ATM intelligent controller providing session setup signaling to said first and second devices; and an IP intelligent controller, said IP intelligent controller providing call setup signaling to said ATM intelligent controller.
23. The system as claimed in claim 20, wherein in said first and second devices each comprise a router.
24. The system as claimed in claim 20, wherein said intelligent control means comprises:
means for assigning a temporary IP session proxy address for said called party at said first device; and means for assigning a temporary IP session proxy address for said calling party at said second device.
means for assigning a temporary IP session proxy address for said called party at said first device; and means for assigning a temporary IP session proxy address for said calling party at said second device.
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