Method of registering position of mobile communication terminal, general calling method for mobile communication terminal and mobile communication system
First Claim
1. A mobile communication terminal location registration method for registering, with a mobile communication network, location registration area information indicating which location registration area a mobile communication terminal belongs to;
- wherein, in the event that said mobile communication terminal enters into a moving unit, said moving unit makes registration with said mobile communication network that said mobile communication terminal is subordinate to said moving unit;
and wherein in the event that there has been a change in the location registration area to which said moving unit belongs, said moving unit registers location registration area information indicating the location registration area to which said mobile communication terminal following the change belongs, in behalf of said mobile communication terminal contained therein.
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Abstract
A relay device installed in a moving unit can, by notifying an own identification number to a mobile communication network along with identification numbers of all mobile communication terminals subordinate to itself, perform en bloc updating of location registration area information of these mobile communication terminals. This relay device can receive an en bloc paging request wherein paging requests to plural subordinate mobile communication terminals are aggregated, reconstruct the received en bloc paging request, and transmit the paging requests to each of the mobile communication terminals subordinate to itself.
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49 Claims
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1. A mobile communication terminal location registration method for registering, with a mobile communication network, location registration area information indicating which location registration area a mobile communication terminal belongs to;
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wherein, in the event that said mobile communication terminal enters into a moving unit, said moving unit makes registration with said mobile communication network that said mobile communication terminal is subordinate to said moving unit;
and wherein in the event that there has been a change in the location registration area to which said moving unit belongs, said moving unit registers location registration area information indicating the location registration area to which said mobile communication terminal following the change belongs, in behalf of said mobile communication terminal contained therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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5. A mobile communication terminal location registration method for registering, with a mobile communication network, location registration area information indicating which location registration area a mobile communication terminal belongs to;
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wherein, in the event that said mobile communication terminal enters into a moving unit, registration is made with said moving unit that said mobile communication terminal is subordinate to said moving unit;
and wherein in the event that there has been a change in the location registration area to which said moving unit belongs, said moving unit registers location registration area information indicating the location registration area to which said mobile communication terminal following the change belongs, in behalf of said mobile communication terminal contained therein.
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10. A mobile communication terminal location registration method for registering, with a mobile communication network, location registration area information indicating which location registration area mobile communication terminals belong to;
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wherein plural mobile communication terminals are placed in a hierarchical subordination relation;
wherein a mobile communication terminal serving as a child notifies terminal identification numbers of mobile communication terminals at lower hierarchical levels than itself to a mobile communication terminal serving as a parent, along with own terminal identification number;
and wherein a mobile communication terminal at the highest order registers, with said mobile communication network, terminal identification numbers of mobile communication terminals at lower hierarchical levels than itself to said mobile communication network, along with own terminal identification number;
and wherein, in the event that there is a change in the location registration area, only the highest order mobile communication terminal registers the location registration area information with said mobile communication network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 15)
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11. A mobile communication terminal location registration method for registering, with a mobile communication network, location registration area information indicating which location registration area mobile communication terminals belong to;
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wherein plural mobile communication terminals are placed in a hierarchical subordination relation;
wherein a mobile communication terminal serving as a child notifies a mobile communication terminal, serving as a parent, of a terminal identification number;
and wherein a mobile communication terminal serving as a parent registers, with said mobile communication network, the terminal identification number of a mobile communication terminal serving as a child, along with own terminal identification number;
and wherein, in the event that there is a change in the location registration area, said mobile communication network updates the location registration area information for only the highest order mobile communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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13. A mobile communication terminal location registration method for registering, with a mobile communication network, location registration area information indicating which location registration area mobile communication terminals belong to;
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wherein plural mobile communication terminals are placed in a hierarchical subordination relation;
wherein a mobile communication terminal serving as a child registers, with said mobile communication network, the terminal identification number of a parent and own terminal identification number, upon receiving a terminal identification number from a mobile communication terminal serving as a parent;
and wherein, in the event that there is a change in the location registration area, said mobile communication network updates the location registration area information for only the highest order mobile communication terminal.
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14. A mobile communication terminal location registration method for registering, with a mobile communication network, location registration area information indicating which location registration area mobile communication terminals belong to;
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wherein plural mobile communication terminals are placed in a hierarchical subordination relation;
wherein a mobile communication terminal serving as a child notifies a mobile communication terminal, serving as a parent, of a terminal identification number;
and wherein a mobile communication terminal serving as a parent stores the terminal identification number of a mobile communication terminal serving as a child;
and wherein, in the event that there is a change in the location registration area, said mobile communication terminal serving as a parent registers the location registration area information with the mobile communication network.
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19. An en bloc paging method for mobile communication terminals, wherein a plurality of mobile communication terminals are aggregated to form a group, and one of the mobile communication terminals belonging to said group is set as a representative mobile communication terminal, said mobile communication terminals performing communication with a mobile communication network which stores which location registration area said representative mobile communication terminal belongs to as well as the correlation between other mobile communication terminals belonging to said group and said representative mobile communication terminal;
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wherein termination requests occurring within a predetermined time are stored;
and wherein, of said termination requests, those with said mobile communication terminals correlated to the same said representative mobile communication terminal as the termination destinations thereof are specified;
and wherein an en bloc paging request for specifying all of said mobile communication terminals correlating to the specified plurality of termination requests is generated;
and wherein said en bloc paging request is transmitted to the location registration area where said representative mobile communication terminal exists.
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27. A relay device which is installed in a moving unit and which registers location registration area information indicating which location registration area that mobile communication terminals contained within said moving unit belong to, with a mobile communication network;
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a transmission/reception unit for performing transmission/reception of signals with an external device;
a first storing unit which, upon said transmission/reception unit receiving, from said mobile communication terminal, a hierarchy request containing a terminal identification number for identifying said mobile communication terminal, stores said terminal identification number that has been received;
a second storing unit for storing, beforehand, a moving unit identification number for identifying said moving unit;
a third storing unit for storing location registration area information indicating a location registration area; and
a control unit which, in the event of detecting a change in said location registration area upon comparing location registration area information received from said mobile communication network via said transmission/reception unit with location registration area information stored in said third storing unit, stores the received location registration area information in said third storing unit, but which, on the other hand, in the event of detecting change in first location registration area following reception of said hierarchy request, transmits a hierarchy location registration request containing said moving unit identification number, said terminal identification numbers, and said new location registration area information, to said mobile communication network, using said transmission/reception unit.
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28. A relay device for performing communication with a mobile communication network wherein a plurality of mobile communication terminals are aggregated and registered as a group, and wherein in the event that there are termination requests within a predetermined time to a plurality of mobile communication terminals belonging to said group, an en bloc paging request which is a compilation of the paging requests corresponding to the termination requests is transmitted, said relay device comprising:
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a reception unit for receiving said en bloc paging request;
a processing unit for dividing said en bloc paging request that has been received and generating said paging requests; and
a transmitting unit for transmitting said generated paging requests to the mobile communication terminals belonging to said group.
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33. A mobile communication terminal which, upon being contained in a moving unit to which a relay device is disposed, registers location registration area information indicating which location registration area it belongs to, with a mobile communication network, using said relay device, said mobile communication terminal comprising:
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a transmission/reception unit for performing transmission/reception of signals with an external device;
an advertisement information monitoring unit for detecting whether or not said mobile communication terminal is subordinate to said relay device, based on advertisement information transmitted from said relay device using said transmission/reception unit; and
a control unit for, in the event that the state of said mobile communication terminal changes from a state of non-subordination to said relay device to a state of subordination, transmitting a hierarchical registration request for registering the subordination relation to said relay device or said mobile communication network, using said transmission/reception unit. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 37, 38, 39)
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36. A mobile communication terminal which performs communication with a mobile communication network, and autonomously constructs hierarchical relations with other mobile communication terminals, said mobile communication terminal comprising:
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a first storing unit for storing own terminal identification number for identifying said mobile communication terminal;
an advertisement unit for performing advertisement of terminal advertisement information containing said own terminal identification number;
a hierarchy unit wherein, in the event of receiving said terminal advertisement information advertised from another mobile communication terminal, one of said mobile communication terminal and the other mobile communication terminal becomes a parent and the other becomes a child, following predetermined rules;
a second storing unit for storing a child terminal identification number for identifying the mobile communication terminal to be a child, in the event that said mobile communication terminal becomes a parent; and
a third storing unit for storing a parent terminal identification number for identifying the mobile communication terminal to be a parent, in the event that said mobile communication terminal becomes a child.
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40. A location information managing device which is used with a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of base stations which perform communication with mobile communication terminals and a plurality of switches which perform communication with the base stations, for performing communication with said plurality of switches and managing location registration area information indicating which location registration area said mobile communication terminals belong to, said location information managing device comprising:
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a moving unit table for storing, in a correlated manner, a terminal identification number for identifying a mobile communication terminal, and a moving unit identification number corresponding to a moving unit to which mobile communication terminal having said terminal identification number belongs; and
a location table for storing, in a correlated manner, said terminal identification number and said moving unit identification number, and said location registration area information.
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41. A location information managing device which is used with a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of base stations which perform communication with mobile communication terminals and a plurality of switches which perform communication with the base stations, for performing communication with said plurality of switches and managing location registration area information indicating which location registration area said mobile communication terminals belong to, said location information managing device comprising:
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a hierarchical table for storing, in a correlated manner, a terminal identification number for identifying a mobile communication terminal to be a parent, and a terminal identification number of a mobile communication terminal to be a child; and
a location table for storing, in a correlated manner, said terminal identification number and said location registration area information.
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42. A location information managing device which is used with a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of base stations which perform communication with mobile communication terminals and a plurality of switches which perform communication with the base stations, for performing communication with said plurality of switches and managing location registration area information indicating which location registration area said mobile communication terminals belong to, said location information managing device comprising:
an extended location table for storing, in a correlated manner, a terminal identification number for identifying said mobile communication terminal and a moving unit identification number for identifying a moving unit, location registration area information of said mobile communication terminal, and a moving unit identification number of a moving unit to which said mobile communication terminal is subordinate.
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43. A location information managing device which is used with a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of base stations which perform communication with mobile communication terminals and a plurality of switches which perform communication with the base stations, for performing communication with said plurality of switches, said location information managing device comprising:
an extended location table for storing, in a correlated manner, a terminal identification number for identifying said mobile communication terminal, location registration area information of said mobile communication terminal, and a terminal identification number of a mobile communication terminal to which said mobile communication terminal is subordinate.
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44. An en bloc paging request generating device, used with a mobile communication system comprising a plurality of switches and a plurality of base stations, wherein a plurality of mobile communication terminals are aggregated to form a group, and wherein one mobile communication terminal belonging to said group is handled as a representative mobile communication terminal, said en bloc paging request generating device comprising:
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a table for storing which location registration area said representative mobile communication terminal belongs to, along with storing the correlation between other mobile communication terminals belonging to said group and said representative mobile communication terminal;
a storing unit for storing termination requests; and
a control unit for reading out said termination requests from said storing unit once every predetermined time, determining, of the termination requests read out, those having said mobile communication terminals correlated with same said representative mobile communication terminal as the termination destinations thereof, by making reference to said table, and generating an en bloc paging request for specifying all of said mobile communication terminals corresponding to the determined plurality of termination requests. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A switch, used with a mobile communication system wherein a plurality of mobile communication terminals are aggregated to form a group, and one of the mobile communication terminals belonging to said group receives the paging responses from other mobile communication terminals belonging to said group and generates an en bloc paging response wherein said paging responses are aggregated, and transmits said en bloc paging response to a base station;
wherein, upon receiving said en bloc paging response from said base station, said switch reconfigures said en bloc paging response into individual said paging responses, which said switch outputs.
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47. A mobile communication network, comprising:
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a plurality of switches;
a plurality of base stations; and
an en bloc paging request generating device, used with a mobile communication system comprising a plurality of switches and a plurality of base stations, wherein a plurality of mobile communication terminals are aggregated to form a group, and wherein one of the mobile communication terminals belonging to said group is handled as a representative mobile communication terminal, said en bloc paging request generating device comprising a table for storing which location registration area said representative mobile communication terminal belongs to, along with storing the correlation between other mobile communication terminals belonging to said group and said representative mobile communication terminal, a storing unit for storing termination requests, and a control unit for reading out said termination requests from said storing unit once every predetermined time, determining, of the termination requests read out, those having said mobile communication terminals correlated with the same representative mobile communication terminal as the termination destinations thereof, by making reference to said table, and generating an en bloc paging request for specifying all of said mobile communication terminals corresponding to the determined plurality of termination requests.
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48. A mobile communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of base stations, and one or a plurality of switches;
a location information managing device which is used with a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of base stations which perform communication with mobile communication terminals and a plurality of switches which perform communication with the base stations, for performing communication with said plurality of switches and managing location registration area information indicating which location registration area said mobile communication terminals belong to, said location information managing device comprising a moving unit table for storing, in a correlated manner, a terminal identification number for identifying a mobile communication terminal, and a moving unit identification number corresponding to a moving unit to which mobile communication terminal having said terminal identification number belongs, and a location table for storing, in a correlated manner, said terminal identification number and said moving unit identification number, and said location registration area information;
a relay device which is installed in a moving unit and which registers location registration area information indicating which location registration area that mobile communication terminals contained within said moving unit belong to, with a mobile communication network, said relay device comprising a transmission/reception unit for performing transmission/reception of signals with an external device, a first storing unit which, upon said transmission/reception unit receiving, from said mobile communication terminals, a hierarchy request containing a terminal identification number for identifying said mobile communication terminal, stores said terminal identification number that has been received, a second storing unit for storing, beforehand, a moving unit identification number for identifying said moving unit, a third storing unit for storing location registration area information indicating a location registration area, and a control unit which, in the event of detecting a change in said location registration area upon comparing location registration area information received from said mobile communication network via said transmission/reception unit with location registration area information stored in said third storing unit, stores the received location registration area information in said third storing unit, but which, on the other hand, in the event of detecting change in said first location registration area following reception of said hierarchy request, transmits a hierarchy location registration request containing said moving unit identification number, said terminal identification numbers, and said new location registration area information, to said mobile communication network, using said transmission/reception unit; and
a mobile communication terminal which, upon being contained in a moving unit to which a relay device is disposed, registers location registration area information indicating which location registration area it belongs to, with a mobile communication network, using said relay device, said mobile communication terminal comprising a transmission/reception unit for performing transmission/reception of signals with an external device, an advertisement information monitoring unit for detecting whether or not said mobile communication terminal is subordinate to said relay device, based on advertisement information transmitted from said relay device using said transmission/reception unit, and a control unit for, in the event that the state of said mobile communication terminal changes from a state non-subordination to said relay device to a state of subordination, transmitting a hierarchical registration request for registering the subordination relation to said relay device or said mobile communication network, using said transmission/reception unit.
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49. A mobile communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of base stations, and one or a plurality of switches;
a location information managing device which is used with a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of base stations which perform communication with mobile communication terminals and a plurality of switches which perform communication with the base stations, for performing communication with said plurality of switches and managing location registration area information indicating which location registration area said mobile communication terminals belong to, said location information managing device comprising a hierarchical table for storing, in a correlated manner, an terminal identification number for identifying a mobile communication terminal to be a parent, and a terminal identification number of a mobile communication terminal to be a child, and a location table for storing, in a correlated manner, said terminal identification number and said location registration area information; and
a mobile communication terminal which performs communication with a mobile communication network, and autonomously constructs hierarchical relations with other mobile communication terminals, said mobile communication terminal comprising a first storing unit for storing own terminal identification number for identifying said mobile communication terminal, an advertisement unit for performing advertisement of terminal advertisement information containing said own terminal identification number, a hierarchy unit wherein, in the event of receiving said terminal advertisement information advertised from another mobile communication terminal, one of said mobile communication terminal and the other mobile communication terminal becomes a parent and the other becomes a child, following predetermined rules, a second storing unit for storing a child terminal identification number for identifying the mobile communication terminal to be a child, in the event that said mobile communication terminal becomes a parent, and a third storing unit for storing a parent terminal identification number for identifying the mobile communication terminal to be a parent, in the event that said mobile communication terminal becomes a child.
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