Private radio system for delivering incoming calls to a mobile subscriber

• US 5,479,483 A
• Filed: 02/03/1993
• Issued: 12/26/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Furuya, Tsuneo, Ogawa, Yohichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): OEHLING, GEORGE J
• Application Number:
  US08/012,956
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/60, 379/61, 379/63, 455/33.1, 455/33.2, 455/54.1, 455/54.2, 455/56.1
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/16 WPBX [Wireless Private Branch Exchange]

Abstract

A private network system including mobile radio telephones is able to originate connection and terminate connection even when any of the mobile radio telephones are moved from one exchange where the position of the mobile radio telephone is registered to another exchange. In the private network system which comprises a plurality of exchanges for switching telephones, each of the exchanges includes one or more radio connection controllers for radio communicating with mobile radio telephones, and a plurality of mobile radio telephones connected through the radio connection controller to the exchange for switching, the radio connection controller has an area in which the controller can communicate with the mobile radio telephones. Each of the mobile radio telephones has detection means for detecting movement thereof from the area to a different area and position registration means, upon movement of the telephone to the different area, for reporting the position thereof to the home exchange through the radio connection controller, and each of the exchanges has determination means for determining whether or not a mobile radio telephone has moved from an area of radio connection controller contained in a different exchange and transfer means for transferring a terminating call to the different exchange when appropriate.

Claims

1. A private network system, comprising:

at least a first exchange, a second exchange; and

a third exchange for exchanging telephone calls, said first, second, and third exchanges being connected through a network;

a radio telephone, said first exchange being a home exchange of said radio telephone, said radio telephone including position registration request signal transmission means for transmitting a position registration request signal including an identification code of said radio telephone;

a first radio connection controller connected to said first exchange;

a second radio connection controller connected to said second exchange, said second radio connection controller transmits said position registration request signal, upon receipt of said position registration request signal from said radio telephone, to said second exchange;

said second exchange comprises;

second registration means for recording the identification code of said radio telephone and information indicating that said second exchange is a visitor exchange of said radio telephone, when said radio telephone is a visitor radio telephone of said second exchange, upon receipt of said position registration request signal through said second radio connection controller, and

terminal movement notification signal transmission means for transmitting a terminal movement notification signal to said network with the identification code of said radio telephone and an identification code of said second exchange when the identification code of said radio telephone is registered in said second registration means;

said first exchange comprises;

first registration means for registering the identification code of said radio telephone with information that said first exchange is the home exchange of said radio telephone, and further registering an identification code of said second exchange as a visitor exchange in correspondence with the identification code of said radio telephone upon receipt of said terminal movement notification signal including the identification code of the said radio telephone and the identification of the said second exchange from said second exchange through said network in the case where the identification code of said radio telephone added in said terminal movement notification signal corresponds to the identification code of said radio telephone recorded in said first registration means and the information that said first exchange is the home exchange of said radio telephone has been recorded therein,

visitor exchange registration determination means for determining whether the identification code of said second exchange has been registered or not as said visitor exchange in said first registration means in correspondence to said radio telephone by referring to said first registration means, upon receipt of an incoming call to said radio telephone,

transfer means for transferring the incoming call to said second exchange when the identification code of said second exchange has been registered as a visitor exchange in correspondence to said radio telephone as a result of the determination by said visitor exchange registration determination means, and

first connecting means for connecting the incoming call to said radio telephone through said first radio connection controller when the identification code of said second exchange has not been registered as a visitor exchange in correspondence to said radio telephone as a result of the determination by said visitor exchange registration determination means, and further that the identification code of said radio telephone has been recorded in said first registration means together with information that said first exchange is the home exchange of said radio telephone;

said second exchange further comprises;

second connecting means for connecting the incoming call to said radio telephone through said second radio connection controller, referring to said second registration means upon receipt of the incoming call transferred by said transfer means if the identification code of said radio telephone has been registered in said second registration means;

wherein said terminal movement notification signal transmission means transmits said terminal movement notification signal to said first and third exchanges through said network;

wherein said first exchange refers to said first registration means upon receipt of said terminal movement notification signals and transmits an answer signals including the identification code of said first exchange;

to said second exchange if the identification of said radio telephone has been registered as well as information indicating that it is the home exchange of said radio telephone; and

wherein said third exchange does not transmit said answer signal to said second exchange.

2. A private network system according to claim 1, further comprising:

third radio connection controller to be connected to said second exchange;

wherein said first registration means further recording an identification code of said first radio connection controller in correspondence to the identification code of said radio telephone when said radio telephone is communicable with said first connection controller;

wherein said second registration means further registering an identification code of said second radio connection controller in correspondence to the identification code of said radio telephone when said radio telephone is communicable with said second connection controller, and upon receipt of said position registration request signal from said radio telephone through said third radio connection controller, updating the identification code of said second radio connection controller which has been registered corresponding to said radio telephone, so that the identification code may correspond to that of said third radio connection controller; and

wherein said second connecting means connects the incoming call directed to said radio telephone, when the incoming call is transferred by said transfer means, to said radio telephone through one of said second radio connection controller and said third radio connection controller registered in said second registration means in correspondence to said radio telephone.

3. A private network system according to claim 1, wherein said radio telephone further includes:

first recording means for recording an identification code of said first exchange which is the home exchange of said radio telephone; and

home exchange notification signal transmission means for transmitting a home exchange notification signal including the identification code of the first exchange to be recorded in said first recording means, when said position registration request signal transmission means transmits said position registration request signal;

wherein said terminal movement notification signal transmission means in said second exchange transmits said terminal movement notification signal to said first exchange referring to the identification code of said first exchange added to said home exchange notification signal upon receipt of the home exchange notification signal from said radio telephone through said second radio connection controller; and

wherein said second registration means registers the identification code of said first exchange as the home exchange in correspondence to the identification code of said radio telephone upon receipt of the home exchange notification signal from said radio telephone through said second radio connection controller referring to the identification code of said first exchange added to said home exchange notification signal.

4. A private network system according to claim 3, wherein further said first exchange transmits a movement registration success signal indicating completion of the registration in said first registration means when said first registration means completes the registration of the identification code of the second exchange as the visitor exchange in correspondence to the identification code of the radio telephone;

and

wherein further still said second exchange transmits said movement registration success signal to said radio telephone through said second radio connection controller upon receipt of said movement registration success signal from said first exchange.

5. A private system according to claim 1, further comprising:

wherein said registration means refers to the identification code of said first exchange included in said answer signal upon receipt of said answer signal from said first exchange, and registers the identification code of said first exchange as the home exchange in correspondence to the identification code of said radio telephone.

6. A private network system according to claim 1, wherein said transfer means transmits a transfer connection request signal including the identification code of said radio telephone and the identification code of said second exchange to said second exchange for transferring the incoming call;

wherein said second connecting means refers to the identification code of said radio telephone included in said transfer connection request signal upon receipt of said transfer connection request signal from said transfer means, and transmits an incoming call request signal to said radio telephone, and upon receipt of a reply signal to said incoming call request signal from said radio telephone, transmits said reply signal to said first exchange;

wherein said transfer means transmits the incoming call upon receipt of said reply signal from said second exchange; and

wherein said second connection means connects said incoming call to said radio telephone through said second radio connection controller.

7. A private network system according to claim 1, wherein said second registration means preliminarily registers an extension number together with information indicating that it is the visitor exchange, and registers the identification code of said radio telephone in correspondence to said extension number.

8. A private network system according to claim 1, wherein said second radio connection controller comprises:

position registration instruction request signal transmission means for periodically transmitting a position registration instruction request signal including the identification of the second radio connection controller; and

said radio telephone further includes;

second recording means for recording an identification code of a radio connection controller to which the radio telephone is communicable;

comparing means for comparing the identification code of said second radio connection controller included in said position registration instruction request signal with the identification code of the radio connection controller previously recorded in said second recording means to determine whether or not these identification codes correspond; and

controlling means for controlling said position registration request signal transmission means to transmit said position registration request signal when the identification codes are found not to correspond with each other as a result of the comparison by said comparing means.

9. A private network system according to claim 1, wherein said radio telephone further includes:

input means for accepting an instruction to register the radio telephone in said second exchange; and

control means for controlling said position registration request signal transmission means to transmit said position registration request signal upon acceptance of the instruction to register the radio telephone by said input means.

10. A private network system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a common channel signaling line for communication of the terminal movement notification signal of the radio telephone between said first exchange and said second exchange,

wherein said terminal movement notification transmission means transmits said terminal movement notification signal through said common channel signaling line.

11. A private network system according to claim 1 further comprising:

a database memory which is accessible by said first and said second exchanges, said database memory storing the identification code of said radio telephone, the identification of the radio connection controller which is communicable with said radio telephone, and the identification code of the first exchange which is the home exchange of said radio telephone, in correspondence to one another;

wherein said terminal movement notification transmission means in said second exchange transmits said terminal movement notification signal to said first exchange by referring to said database memory to extract the identification code of said first exchange which is the home exchange of said radio telephone.

12. A private network system according to claim 11, wherein said database memory further stores at least one of information entries of a service class and origination call restriction which are predetermined in said first exchange of said radio telephone;

and

said second exchange controls said radio telephone in a manner preliminarily determined by said service class by referring said database memory.

13. A private network system, comprising:

a plurality of exchanges for exchanging telephone calls;

a plurality of radio telephones, whose home exchanges are respectively selected from said plurality of exchanges, said plurality of radio telephones each comprising position registration request signal transmission means for transmitting a position registration request signal including an identification code of each of said plurality of radio telephones, respectively; and

a plurality of radio connection controllers, each of which are respectively connected to any one of said plurality of exchanges, said plurality of radio connection controllers each transmitting said position registration request signal to one of said plurality of exchanges connected thereto respectively, upon receipt of said position registration request signal from each of said plurality of radio telephones,

each of said plurality of exchanges comprises;

home recording means for recording an identification code of a radio telephone whose home exchange is one of said plurality of exchanges;

visitor recording means for recording an identification code of a radio telephone whose visitor exchange is one of said plurality of exchanges;

visitor registration means for registering an identification code of said radio telephone included in said position registration request signal in said visitor recording means when the identification code included in said position registration request signal is not recorded in said home recording means upon receipt of said position registration request signal through the radio connection controller connected to one of said plurality of exchanges,

terminal movement notification signal transmission means for transmitting a terminal movement notification signal including the identification code of said radio telephone and the identification code of the visited exchange, the identification code of said radio telephone included in said position registration request signal is not recorded in said home recording means upon receipt of said position registration request signal through the radio connection controller connected to one of said plurality of exchanges,

exchange registration means for registering the identification code of the visited exchange included in said terminal movement notification signal in said home recording means in correspondence to the identification code of said radio telephone upon receipt of a terminal movement notification signal from the visited exchange, said terminal movement notification signal including the identification code of said radio telephone whose home exchange is one said plurality of exchanges,

home switching means for connecting an incoming call upon receipt thereof which is directed to said radio telephone whose identification code is recorded in said home recording means and no exchange is registered in correspondence to the identification code of said radio connection controller connected to one of said plurality of exchanges,

transfer means for transferring the incoming call upon receipt thereof to the visited exchange, when the incoming call is directed to a radio telephone, whose identification code is recorded in said home recording means and the identification code for the visited exchange is registered in correspondence to the identification code of said radio telephone in said home recording means, the visited exchange being registered in said home recording means in correspondence to the identification code of said radio telephone, and

visitor switching means for connecting an incoming call which is transferred from the home exchange and which is directed to a radio telephone whose identification code is recorded in said visitor recording means, to said radio telephone through a radio connection controller connected to the visited exchange;

wherein said terminal movement notification signal transmission means transmits said terminal movement notification signal to each of the plurality of exchanges;

wherein said home exchange refers to said home recording means upon receipt of said terminal movement notification signal, and transmits an answer signal;

including the identification code of said home exchange;

to said visited exchange if the identification of said radio telephone has been registered as well as information indicating that it is the home exchange of said radio telephone; and

wherein all the plurality of exchanges do not transmit said answer signal to said visited exchange except for said home exchange.

14. A private network system according to claim 13, further comprising:

home position registration means for registering an identification code of the radio connection controller when said one of the plurality of exchanges receives said position registration request signal through the radio connection controller connected to said one of the plurality of exchanges, in said home recording means in correspondence to the identification code of a radio telephone, when the identification code of said radio telephone included in said position registration request signal has been recorded in said home recording means; and

visitor position registration means for registering an identification code of the radio connection controller when said one of the plurality of exchanges receives said position registration request signal through the radio connection controller connected to said one of the plurality of exchanges, in said visitor recording means in correspondence to the identification code of a radio telephone, when the identification code of said radio telephone included in said position registration request signal has not been recorded in said home recording means,

wherein said terminal movement notification signal transmission means inhibits the transmission of said terminal movement notification signal upon receipt of said position registration request signal through the radio connection controller connected to itself and when the identification code included in said position registration request signal has not been recorded in said home recording means, and said visitor recording means has the identification code of said radio connection controller recorded in correspondence to the identification code of said radio telephone,

wherein said home exchange performs switching through the radio connection controller which corresponds to the radio telephone to which the incoming call is directed and which is recorded in said home recording means, and

wherein said visitor exchange means performs switching through the radio connection controller which corresponds to the radio telephone to which the incoming call is directed and which is recorded in said visitor recording means.