Method for increasing standby time using access history to 1x ev-do network with access terminal and device thereof

• US 20040243661A1
• Filed: 04/22/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Ki-Hong, Ahn, Byung-Ik
• Granted Patent: US 7,536,451 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for increasing standby time of mobile terminal and device thereof, and more particularly in a mobile terminal that performs voice and/or data communication by switching between at least two networks using different protocols, and method for increasing standby time using an access history and the device thereof. According to the present invention, the minimized hybrid operation can increase the standby time of the mobile terminal. Also, by minimizing hybrid operation of a plurality of IS-856 mobile terminals, the resource efficiency EV-DO) network can be maximized.

Claims

1. A method for increasing standby time of a mobile terminal that performs voice and/or data communication by switching between at least two networks using different protocols, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving information for identifying the existence of a second network from a first network;

identifying the existence of the second network by information received from the first network;

referring an access history of a user to the second network if the second network exists; and

converting a mode of the mobile terminal to a first network exclusive mode if there is no access history to the second network.

2. The method as stated in claim 1, wherein the first network is for voice only or low-speed voice/data, and the second network is for high-speed data only, wherein the first network and the second network can coexist complementary to each other.

3. The method as stated in claim 1, wherein the step of receiving information for identifying the existence of a second network from a first network comprises the steps of:

synchronizing the mobile terminal with the nearest base station using a pilot channel transmitted from the nearest base station; and

obtaining sync channel information required to communicate with the base station from a sync channel transmitted from the base station.

4. The method as stated in claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the existence of the second network by information received from the first network is the step of identifying the existence of the second network by using an indicator, which indicates that the second network overlaps the first network, received from the first network.

5. The method as stated in claim 4, wherein the indicator is included in the sync channel information transmitted through the sync channel and indicates the existence of the second network.

6. The method as stated in claim 1, wherein the step of referring an access history of a user to the second network if the second network exists is the step of determining whether or not the user has used the second network by using a second network usage time stored in a memory of the mobile terminal.

7. The method as stated in claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

converting the mode of the mobile terminal to a first network exclusive mode if the second network does not exist; and

converting the mode of the mobile terminal to a hybrid switching mode if the access history of the second network exists,

wherein the mobile terminal connected to the second network periodically monitors the first network in the hybrid switching mode.

8. The method as stated in claim 1, wherein the data communication, which should be performed through the second network, is performed through the first network in the first network exclusive mode.

9. A computer-readable medium including a program containing computer-executable instructions for performing the method for increasing standby time of a mobile terminal that performs voice and/or data communication, wherein the program practices the method as stated in one of claims 1-8.

10. A device for increasing standby time of a mobile terminal that performs voice and/or data communication by switching between at least two networks using different protocols, said apparatus comprising:

means for receiving information for identifying the existence of a second network from a first network;

means for identifying the existence of the second network by information received from the first network;

means for referring an access history of a user to the second network if the second network exists; and

means for converting a mode of the mobile terminal to a first network exclusive mode if there is no access history to the second network.