System and method for controlling radio communication base on a stored schedule

• US 5,257,406 A
• Filed: 04/03/1991
• Issued: 10/26/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ito, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, CHI H
• Application Number:
  US07/680,234
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• Field of Search: 455/33.1, 455/33.2, 455/33.4, 455/53.1, 455/54.1, 455/54.2, 455/56.1, 379/59, 379/60, 379/63
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/04 multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data

Abstract

In a radio communication system which comprises a plurality of base units and at least one radio mobile terminal, for the purpose of connecting an incoming signal to the radio mobile terminal through a suitable one of the plurality of base units, there is provided a memory for storing schedule data containing data of radio zones of the base units where the radio mobile terminal is to be located and time periods during which the radio mobile terminal is to be located in the radio zones so that, when an incoming signal is transmitted from a wired communication system, one of the base units to be used for the connection of the incoming signal is selected on the basis of the schedule data stored in the memory to execute the connection of the incoming signal to the radio mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A radio communication system comprising:

a plurality of base stations each having a different radio zone and being connected through a wired line to a wired line network;

a plurality of groups of radio mobile terminals, each group of radio mobile terminals assigned to a different one of the base stations, the radio mobile terminals being movable among the radio zones;

a plurality of memory means each provided in one of the base stations, for storing schedule data including data on respective radio zones in which the respective groups of radio mobile terminals assigned to the respective base stations are to be located and time periods during which the respective groups of radio mobile terminals are to be located in the respective radio zones; and

call control means, when an incoming call is received through one wired line from the wired line network to one radio mobile terminal assigned to one base station connected to said one wired line, for checking whether said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means in said one base station, if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has not moved into another radio zone, for calling said one radio mobile terminal through said one base station and, if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone, for transferring the incoming call to a base station having a radio zone into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved and calling said one radio mobile terminal through the base station having the radio zone into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved.

2. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, wherein each base station includes a plurality of radio units for providing radio linkages with the plurality of radio mobile terminals present within the radio zone of each base station and a line controller for controlling the connections between the wired line connected to each base station and the radio units, and wherein the memory means is provided in the line controller.

3. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the line controller includes exchange connection means for exchanging the connections between the wired line and the radio units and control means for controlling the exchange connection means and concentratedly controlling the radio units.

4. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, further including registering means provided in each radio mobile terminal, for registering the schedule data of the radio mobile terminal through a radio link into the memory means of the base station to which the radio mobile terminal is assigned.

5. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 4, wherein said registering means includes:

schedule data storage means provided in each radio mobile terminal, for storing the schedule data input from the radio mobile terminal; and

transfer means, when registering the schedule data of the radio mobile terminal, for transferring the schedule data stored in the schedule data storage means to the base station to which the radio mobile terminal is assigned through the radio link.

6. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the registering means includes:

external storage means detachably connected to the radio mobile terminal, for previously storing the schedule data of the radio mobile terminal;

reading means provided in each radio mobile terminal, for reading out the schedule data from the external storage means when the external storage means is connected to the radio mobile terminal; and

transfer means, when registering the schedule data, for transferring the schedule data read out by the reading means to the base station to which the radio mobile terminal is assigned through the radio link.

7. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, further including:

a wired terminal connected to the wired line network through the wired line and provided in association with one of the base stations; and

registering means, when registering the schedule data into the memory means of the associated base station, for calling the associated base station through the wired line network and registering the schedule data of the radio mobile terminal assigned to the associated base station into the memory means of the associated base station.

8. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, further including display means provided in each radio mobile terminal, for receiving through a radio link the schedule data of the radio mobile terminal stored in the memory means of the base station to which the radio mobile terminal is assigned, and for displaying the schedule data to confirm the schedule data.

9. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the memory means stores as the schedule data an incoming call inhibiting time period during which a response to an incoming call is inhibited, and further includes call inhibiting means, when the incoming call is received from the wired line network through one wired line to one radio mobile terminal assigned to one base station connected to said one wired line, for inhibiting the calling of said one radio mobile terminal when said one radio mobile terminal is in the incoming call inhibiting time period by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means of said one base station.

10. A radio communication system comprising:

a plurality of base stations each having a different radio zone and each being connected through a wired line to a wired line network;

a plurality of groups of radio mobile terminals, each group of radio mobile terminals assigned to a different one of the base stations, the radio mobile terminals being movable among the radio zones; and

a wired terminal connected to the wired line network through the wired line and being provided in association with one of the base stations, the wired terminal being set as a transfer designation for a group of radio mobile terminals assigned to the one associated base station,

wherein the wired terminal includes;

memory means provided in the wired terminal, for storing schedule data including radio zones in which the radio mobile terminals assigned to the one associated base station are to be located and time periods during which the radio mobile terminals assigned to the one associated base station are to be located in the radio zones; and

call control means, when an incoming call is received from said wired line network to one radio mobile terminal assigned to the one associated base station, for receiving the incoming call at the wired terminal as the transfer designation for said one radio mobile terminal, for checking whether said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means of the wired terminal, if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has not moved into another radio zone, for transferring the incoming call to the one associated base station to call said one radio mobile terminal through the one associated base station and, if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone, for transferring the incoming call to one of the base stations having a radio zone into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved to call said one radio mobile terminal through said one of the base stations having the radio zone into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved.

11. A radio communication system comprising:

a plurality of first base stations each having a different radio zone and being connected through a wired line to a wired line network;

a plurality of groups of first radio mobile terminals, each group of first radio mobile terminals assigned to a different one of the first base stations, the first radio mobile terminals being movable among the radio zones;

a second base station connected to the wired line network through the wired line and being provided in association with one of the first base stations;

a second radio mobile terminal connected to the second base station through a radio link;

memory means provided in the second base station, for storing schedule data including data on the radio zones in which the second radio mobile terminal is to be located and time periods during which the second radio mobile terminal is to be located in the radio zones; and

call control means, when an incoming call is received from the wired line network to the second radio mobile terminal, for checking whether the second radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means of the second base station, if it is judged that the second radio mobile terminal has not moved into another radio zone, for calling the second radio mobile terminal through the second base station and, if it is judged that the second radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone, for transferring the incoming call to one of the first base stations having a radio zone into which the second radio mobile terminal has moved and calling the second radio mobile terminal through said one of the first base stations having the radio zone into which the second radio mobile terminal has moved.

12. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 11, further including registering means provided in the second radio mobile terminal, for registering the schedule data of the second radio mobile terminal in the memory means of the second base station through a radio link.

13. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 11, further including display means provided in the second radio mobile terminal, for receiving through a radio link the schedule data of the second radio mobile terminal stored in the memory means of the second base station and for displaying the schedule data to confirm the schedule data.

14. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the memory means stores as the schedule data an incoming call inhibiting time period during which a response to an incoming call is inhibited, and wherein the second base station includes automatic response means, when the incoming call is received from the wired line network to the second radio mobile terminal, for inhibiting the calling of the second radio mobile terminal when the second radio mobile terminal is in the incoming call inhibiting time period by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means of the second base station, and for sending a predetermined message to a caller and automatically storing a message from the caller.

15. A radio communication system comprising:

a radio control station connected to a wired line network;

a plurality of base stations each having a different radio zone and being connected through a wired line to the radio control station;

a plurality of groups of radio mobile terminals, each group of radio mobile terminals assigned to a different one of the base stations, the radio mobile terminals being movable among the radio zones;

memory means provided in the radio control station, for storing schedule data including data on the radio zones in which the radio mobile terminals are to be located and time periods during which the radio mobile terminals are to be located in the radio zones; and

call control means, when an incoming call is received from the wired line network to one of the radio mobile terminals, for checking in which radio zone the one radio mobile terminal is located at the time the incoming call is received by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means of the radio control station, and for calling the one radio mobile terminal through the base station having the radio zone in which the one radio mobile terminal is located.

16. A radio communication system as set forth in claim 16, further including:

a wired terminal connected to the wired line network through a wired line; and

registering means, when registering the schedule data into the memory means of the radio control station, for calling the radio control station from the wired terminal through the wired line network, and registering the schedule data of the plurality of radio mobile terminals into the memory means of the radio control station.

17. A radio communication system comprising:

a plurality of groups of base stations, each base station being connected through a wired line to a wired line network, each group of base stations having a different group of radio zones;

a plurality of groups of radio mobile terminals, each group of radio mobile terminals assigned to a different one of the groups of base stations, the radio mobile terminals being movable among the radio zones;

memory means provided in each base station, for storing schedule data including data on the radio zone groups in which the respective groups of radio mobile terminals assigned to the respective groups of base stations are to be located and time periods during which the radio mobile terminals are to be located in the radio zone groups; and

call control means, when an incoming call is received from the wired line network through one wired line to one radio mobile terminal assigned to the base station connected to said one wired line, for checking whether said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone group at the time the incoming call is received by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means of the base station connected to said one wired line, if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has not moved into another radio zone group, for calling said one radio mobile terminal through each of the base stations one by one to which said one radio mobile terminal is assigned and, if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone group, for transferring the incoming call to the plurality of base stations having the radio zone group into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved and calling said one radio mobile terminal through each of the base stations one by one having the radio zone group into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved.

18. A method of controlling a radio communication system including:

a plurality of base stations each having a different radio zone and being connected through a wired line to a wired line network;

a plurality of groups of radio mobile terminals, each group of radio mobile terminals assigned to a different one of the base stations, the radio mobile terminals being movable among the radio zones; and

a plurality of memory means each provided in one of the base stations, for storing schedule data including data on the respective radio zones in which the respective groups of radio mobile terminals assigned to the respective base stations are to be located and time periods during which the respective groups of radio mobile terminals are to be located in the radio zones, the method comprising the steps of;

registering the schedule data of the radio mobile terminals into the memory means;

when an incoming call is received through one wired line from the wired line network to one radio mobile terminal assigned to one base station connected to said one wired line, checking whether said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means in said one base station;

if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has not moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received, calling said one radio mobile terminal through said one base station; and

if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received, transferring the incoming call to a base station having a radio zone into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved and calling said one radio mobile terminal through the base station having the radio zone into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved.

19. A method of controlling a radio communication system as set forth in claim 18, wherein the registering step includes the steps of:

storing the schedule data of the radio mobile terminals input from the radio mobile terminals; and

sending the stored schedule data to the memory means of the base station to which the radio mobile terminal is assigned through a radio link.

20. A method of controlling a radio communication system including:

a plurality of base stations each having a different radio zone and being connected through a wired line to a wired line network;

a plurality of groups of radio mobile terminals, each group of radio mobile terminals assigned to a different one of the base stations, the radio mobile terminals being movable among the radio zones;

a wired terminal connected to the wired line network through the wired line, the wired terminal being provided in association with one of the base stations and being provided as a transfer designation for the group of radio mobile terminals assigned to the one associated base station; and

memory means provided in the wired terminal, for storing schedule data including data on the radio zones in which the radio mobile terminals assigned to the one associated base station are to be located and time periods during which the radio mobile terminals assigned to the one associated base stations are to be located in the radio zones, the method comprising the steps of;

registering the schedule data of the radio mobile terminals into the memory means;

when an incoming call is received from the wired line network to one radio mobile terminal assigned to the one associated base station, receiving the incoming call at the wired terminal provided as the transfer designation for the radio mobile terminals assigned to the one associated base station;

checking whether said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received by referencing the schedule data stored in the memory means;

if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has not moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received, transferring the incoming call to the one associated base station to call said one radio mobile terminal through the one associated base station; and

if it is judged that said one radio mobile terminal has moved into another radio zone at the time the incoming call is received, transferring the incoming call to one of the base stations having a radio zone into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved and calling said one radio mobile terminal through said one of the base stations having the radio zone into which said one radio mobile terminal has moved.