System for providing a mobile telephone service on board a vehicle

• US 20020132593A1
• Filed: 12/04/2001
• Published: 09/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Auvray, Gerard, Charpentier, Jean
• Application Number:
  US10/000,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20020132593A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/99
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18508 with satellite system used as relay, i.e. aeronautical mobile satellite service

Abstract

A system for providing a mobile telephone service on board a vehicle is connected to a public land mobile network via a satellite and can set up at least one transport connection between the vehicle and the public land mobile network before receiving a call request and then use the transport connection for a call as soon as a request to set up a call is received.

Claims

1. A system for providing a mobile telephone service on board a vehicle, said system being connected to a public land mobile network via a satellite and including means for setting up at least one transport connection between said vehicle and said public land mobile network before receiving a call request and for then using said transport connection for a call as soon as a request to set up a call is received.

2. The system claimed in claim 1 wherein said transport connection remains in a standby state.

3. The system claimed in claim 1 wherein the duration of said transport connection is limited and reactivated in accordance with a time-delay.

4. The system claimed in claim 1 wherein said vehicles are aircraft.