Method for call establishment

• US 5,583,916 A
• Filed: 02/23/1995
• Issued: 12/10/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Telecommunications Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Maenpaa, Sanna
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Maung, Nay Aung
• Application Number:
  US08/387,925
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/60, 455/33.1, 455/33.2
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/16 WPBX [Wireless Private Branch Exchange]

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for call establishment, wherein the home location register (HLR) of a cellular radio system stores information on whether a subscriber (CPP) is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange (PBX), the call to the subscriber is routed to a first mobile services switching center (GMSC), the first mobile services switching center requests (101) the home location register (HLR) to provide routing information of the subscriber, if the subscriber (CPP) is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange, the home location register sends (202) to the first mobile services switching center for comparison a roaming number having a certain correspondence with the telephone number of the subscriber, if said correspondence between the roaming number and the telephone number of the subscriber exists, the first mobile services switching center sends (203) to a second mobile services switching center (MSC) an indication of the fact that a call is to be routed to the subscriber and that the subscriber is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange (PBX), the second mobile services switching center (MSC) does not perform the mobility management functions pertaining to normal connection establishment in the system and sends (204) a connection establishment request to the private branch exchange of the home location area of the subscriber, which performs the necessary mobility management functions (215, 216, 217, 218) and establishes (119) a connection between the subscriber (CPP) and the second mobile services switching center.

Claims

1. A method for call establishment in a cellular radio system comprising a first mobile services switching centre a cellular radio system home location register for storing subscriber and location data on subscribers in the cellular radio system, and a second mobile services switching centre, the method comprising the following steps:

a private branch exchange connected to the second mobile services switching centre is provided, subscribers being located within the service area of said private branch exchange;

the home location register of the cellular radio system stores information on whether the subscriber is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange indicated with a home location area identifier;

the call to the subscriber and the telephone number of the subscriber are routed to the first mobile services switching centre;

the first mobile services switching centre requests the home location register to provide routing information of the subscriber;

if the subscriber is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange, in response to the routing information request placed by the first mobile services switching centre the home location register sends to the first mobile services switching centre a roaming number containing the home location area identifier of the subscriber and having a certain correspondence with the telephone number of the subscriber;

the first mobile services switching centre compares the roaming number of said subscriber with the telephone number of the subscriber and, in consequence, if said correspondence between the roaming number and the telephone number of the subscriber exists, the first mobile services switching centre sends an indication of the fact that said call is to be routed to the subscriber and that the subscriber is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange to the second mobile services switching centre, which has connection with the home private branch exchange within the service area of which the subscriber is located;

in response to said indication of the subscriber being located within the service area of its home private branch exchange sent by the first mobile service switching centre, the second mobile services switching centre does not perform the mobility management functions pertaining to normal connection establishment in the system and sends a connection establishment request to the private branch exchange of the home location area of the subscriber;

in response to the connection establishment request it has received the home private branch exchange of the subscriber performs the necessary mobility management functions and establishes a connection between the subscriber and the second mobile services switching centre.

2. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said correspondence between the roaming number and the telephone number of the subscriber is such that the two or more last digits of the roaming number and the telephone number of the subscriber are the same.

3. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein in connection with the location updating of subscribers, an indication of the fact that a subscriber is located within the service area of its home PBX is transmitted to the home location register.

4. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 2, wherein in connection with the location updating of subscribers, an indication of the fact that a subscriber is located within the service area of its home PBX is transmitted to the home location register.

5. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein a home subscriber database is provided for each home private branch exchange in the visitor location register connected to said second mobile services switching centre, consisting of the identifiers of those subscribers which have said home private branch exchange as their home location area.

6. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 2, wherein a home subscriber database is provided for each home private branch exchange in the visitor location register connected to said second mobile services switching centre, consisting of the identifiers of those subscribers which have said home private branch exchange as their home location area.

7. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 3, wherein a home subscriber database is provided for each home private branch exchange in the visitor location register connected to said second mobile services switching centre, consisting of the identifiers of those subscribers which have said home private branch exchange as their home location area.

8. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 5, wherein when the subscriber arrives in its home private branch exchange and updates its location, the visitor location register of the location area of the subscriber checks in the subscriber home PBX-specific home subscriber database whether the identifier of said subscriber is found in the home subscriber database, and if the identifier of the subscriber is found in the home subscriber database, the visitor location register transmits an indication of the subscriber being located within its home location area to the home location register of the subscriber.

9. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the home location area identifier of the subscriber is updated when necessary in the subscriber home location register and the visitor location register of the home location area of the subscriber.

10. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roaming number sent by said home location register to the first mobile service switching centre comprises routing information for routing the call to the subscriber.

11. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the indication of the fact that the subscriber is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange is sent from the first mobile services switching centre to the second mobile services switching centre in an initial address message.

12. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 11, wherein the indication of the fact that the subscriber is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange is sent from the first mobile services switching centre to the second mobile services switching centre in the user-to-user field of the initial address message.