Mobile station with two communication interfaces

• US 20030045294A1
• Filed: 08/16/2002
• Published: 03/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Kumar, Vinod, Coupechoux, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US10/219,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20030045294A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/444
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile station having two communication interfaces and to a method of providing a location dependent service to said mobile station utilising said two communication interfaces. For providing a highly flexible mobile station it is suggested that both communication interfaces can be used simultaneously, and that said mobile station comprises a gateway module for forwarding data from said first communication interface to said second communication interface and vice versa.

Claims

1. Mobile station having a first communication interface and a second communication interface, wherein both communication interfaces can be used simultaneously, and wherein said mobile station comprises a gateway module for forwarding data from said first communication interface to said second communication interface and vice versa.

2. Mobile station according to claim 1, wherein said first communication interface is able to communicate with a first, preferably a micro-cellular network, and wherein said second communication interface is able to communicate with a second, preferably a macro-cellular network.

3. Mobile station according to one of the preceding claims, wherein said first communication interface is able to handle packet switched and/or circuit switched traffic, wherein said second communication interface is able to handle packet switched and/or circuit switched traffic.

4. Method of operating a mobile station having a first communication interface and a second communication interface, wherein both communication interfaces are used simultaneously, and wherein data from said first communication interface are forwarded to said second communication interface and vice versa by means of a gateway.

5. Method according to claim 4, comprising the steps of:

communicating via said first communication interface with a first, preferably a micro-cellular network, and

communicating via said second communication interface with a second, preferably a macro-cellular network.

6. Method according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising the steps of:

handling packet switched and/or circuit switched traffic by means of said first communication interface, and

handling packet switched and/or circuit switched traffic by means of said second communication interface.

7. Method of providing a location dependent service to a mobile station, said mobile station having a first communication interface for communicating with a first, preferably a micro-cellular network, and a second communication interface for communicating with a second, preferably a macro-cellular network, wherein both communication interfaces are used simultaneously, and wherein said mobile station comprises a gateway module which forwards data from said first communication interface to said second communication interface and vice versa, comprising the steps of:

receiving over said first communication interface position related information of said mobile station from said micro-cellular network,

forwarding said position related information from said first communication interface to said second communication interface by means of said gateway module,

transmitting said position related information from said second communication interface to said macro-cellular network,

providing over said macro-cellular network and said second communication interface to said mobile station a service associated to said position related information.