Registration of a Mobiel Station in a Communication Network

• US 20080096555A1
• Filed: 09/23/2005
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Herrmann, Christoph
• Application Number:
  US11/575,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20080096555A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/265 for initial activation of new user

Abstract

Initial registration of a registration support system in a communication network requires complex signaling procedures, if the MSISDN remains unchanged for all mobile phones. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention an improved registration of a mobile station with PABX functionality in a communication network may be provided, wherein a group of users are enabled to share a common international mobile subscriber identity and mobile station ISDN number at different MSISDN extension numbers which are stored on the individuals SIM cards. Thus, core-network-internal signaling procedures may be considerably simplified.

Claims

1. A registration support system for initial registration of a first mobile station in a communication network, the registration support system comprising:

the first mobile station with a first data storage means;

a second mobile station with a second data storage means;

wherein the first data storage means is adapted for storing first information comprising a subscriber identity information and a first identifier;

wherein the second data storage means is adapted for storing second information comprising the subscriber identity information and a second identifier; and

wherein the first identifier is different from the second identifier.

2. The registration support system of claim 1,

wherein the first mobile station is adapted for transmitting the first identifier together with the subscriber identity information;

wherein the subscriber identity information corresponds to a group of data storage means comprising the first data storage means and the second data storage means; and

wherein the first identifier corresponds to the first data storage means.

3. The registration support system of claim 2,

wherein the first mobile station is adapted for transmitting the first identifier together with the subscriber identity information and a first equipment identity information to the communication network;

and

wherein the first equipment identity information corresponds to the first mobile station.

4. The registration support system of claim 1,

wherein the first data storage means comprises a first subscriber identity module;

and

wherein the first subscriber identity module is adapted for storing the first information.

5. The registration support system of claim 1,

wherein the registration support system is adapted for triggering a generation of the first identifier on the basis of a generation protocol when the first mobile station books in the network for the first time;

and

wherein, after generation of the first identifier, the first identifier is stored on the first data storage means.

6. The registration support system of claim 5, further comprising selection means;

wherein the selection means is adapted for selection of the first identifier by a user; and

wherein, after selection of the first identifier, the first identifier is stored on the first data storage means.

7. The registration support system of claim 1,

wherein the first mobile station comprises a first equipment identity information corresponding to the first mobile station;

and

wherein the registration support system is adapted for storing the first equipment identity information on the first data storage means.

8. The registration support system of claim 1,

wherein the registration support system is adapted for storing an assignment between the subscriber identity information and the first identifier in a register of the communication network.

9. The registration support system of claim 1,

wherein the registration support system is adapted for storing an assignment between the subscriber identity information, the equipment identity information and the first identifier in a register of the communication network.

10. The registration support system of claim 1,

wherein the registration support system is adapted for performing a manual removal of the first equipment identity information from the first data storage means.

11. A mobile station for initial registration in a communication network, the mobile station comprising a first data storage means;

wherein the first data storage means is adapted for storing first information comprising a subscriber identity information and a first identifier; and

wherein the first identifier is different from a second identifier stored together with the subscriber identity information by a second data storage means of a second mobile station.

12. A method of initial registration of a mobile station in a communication network,

wherein the mobile station comprises a first data storage means;

the method comprising the step of;

transmitting a first identifier and a subscriber identity information, both stored on the first data storage means, from the mobile station to the communication network;

wherein the subscriber identity information corresponds to a group of data storage means comprising the first data storage means; and

wherein the first identifier corresponds to the first data storage means.

13. The method of claim 12,

wherein an equipment identity information is transmitted together with the first identifier and the subscriber identity information;

wherein the equipment identity information corresponds to the mobile station;

wherein the first identifier is stored on the first data storage means by the following steps;

generating the first identifier by the registration support system on the basis of a generation protocol when the first mobile station books in the network for the first time; and

storing the first identifier on the first data storage means after generation of the first identifier.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of:

selecting the first identifier by a user;

wherein, after selection of the first identifier, the first identifier is stored on the first data storage means.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of:

storing an assignment between the subscriber identity information and the first identifier in a register of the communication network.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of:

storing an assignment between the subscriber identity information, the equipment identity information and the first identifier in a register of the communication network.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the method is applied for data transmission in UMTS.

18. A computer program for performing an initial registration of a mobile station in a communication network, wherein the computer program causes a processor to perform the following operation when the computer program is executed on the processor:

transmitting a first identifier stored on a first data storage means together with a subscriber identity information and an equipment identity information from the mobile station to the communication network;

wherein the mobile station comprises the first data storage means;

wherein the equipment identity information corresponds to the mobile station;

wherein the subscriber identity information corresponds to a group of data storage means comprising the first data storage means; and

wherein the first identifier corresponds to the first data storage means.