Mobile telecommunications network having integrated wireless office system

• US 5,890,064 A
• Filed: 03/13/1996
• Issued: 03/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Svensson, Marie, Thrysin, Sven Gunnar Ivar, Widergen, Ina
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEGREE, TRACY MICHELLE
• Application Number:
  US08/627,904
• Time in Patent Office: 1,112 Days
• Field of Search: 455/445, 455/554, 455/555, 455/426, 455/433, 455/436
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42229 Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location diverting calls from one subscriber to another subscriber, i.e. two different subscriptions H04M3/54; selecting arrangements in intelligent networks H04Q3/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42314 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/622 Circuit arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/16 WPBX [Wireless Private Branch Exchange]

Abstract

A mobile telecommunications network having an integrated wireless office system is disclosed. A wireless office system is integrated into both a private telephony network (PTN) and a public land mobile network (PLMN) which includes a public cellular system. The wireless office system provides mobile service to corporate mobile terminals (CMTs) that are part of a corporate group of terminals of the PTN. The CMTs of the wireless office system appear to the PTN as normal fixed extension terminals and PTN internal features such as call back, caller identification and operator assistance may be used at the CMTs.

Claims

1. A method of call routing in a telecommunications system combination having a private telephony network, PTN, including a plurality of nodes, each of said nodes assigned at least one personal number, PN, and at least one subscriber number, wherein said PTN provides private telephony service at each of said nodes, said telecommunications system combination further having a mobile network including a wireless system coupled to a selected node of said PTN over a first interface, said wireless system having at least one mobile terminal associated with a selected at least one PN and a selected at least one subscriber number, both assigned to said selected node, said mobile network further including a cellular system coupled to said wireless system, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a call in said PTN directed to the selected node;

routing said call over the first interface from said PTN to the wireless system;

determining, in the wireless system, whether said call was received over the first interface; and

in response to an affirmative determination;

sending a request for a roaming number from the wireless system to the cellular system;

receiving said roaming number in the wireless system; and

routing said call to a location within the mobile network indicated by said roaming number.

2. The method of claim 1, in which said step of receiving a call comprises the steps of:

receiving a call initiated within the wireless system, said call placed to the selected at least one PN;

routing said call from the wireless system to the PTN; and

directing said call to the selected node.

3. The method of claim 1, in which said cellular system is coupled to the PTN by an external network, and in which said step of receiving a call comprises the steps of:

receiving a call initiated within the cellular system, said call placed to the selected at least one PN;

determining that the selected at least one PN is valid;

determining the at least one subscriber number from the selected at least one PN;

routing said call to the PTN over said external network; and

directing said call to the selected node of said PTN.

4. The method of claim 1, in which said cellular system is coupled to the PTN through an external network, and in which the step of routing said call to a location within the mobile network comprises the steps of:

routing said call to the PTN for outgoing connection through the external network to the cellular system; and

completing said call to the at least one mobile terminal within the cellular system.

5. The method of claim 1, in which said step of routing said call to a location within the mobile network comprises:

completing said call to the at least one mobile terminal within the wireless system.

6. The method of claim 1, in which the cellular system is coupled to the wireless system through a trunk line, said step of receiving a call comprises the steps of:

receiving a call initiated within the cellular system, said call placed to the selected at least one PN;

determining that the at least one PN is valid;

routing said call from the cellular system to the wireless system over the trunk line; and

routing said call from the wireless system to the PTN.

7. The method of claim 1, in which the cellular system is coupled to the wireless system through a trunk line, and in which the step of routing comprises routing said call over the trunk line to a location in the cellular system.

8. The method of claim 1, in which the cellular system is coupled to the wireless system through a trunk line, and in which the step of receiving a call comprises:

receiving a call initiated within the cellular system, said call placed to the selected at least one subscriber number; and

routing said call from the cellular system to the PTN through the external network;

and, further in which the step of routing comprises routing said call over the trunk line to a location in the cellular system.

9. A method of call routing in a telecommunications system combination having a private telephony network, PTN, including a plurality of nodes, each of said nodes assigned at least one personal number, PN, and at least one subscriber number, wherein said PTN provides private telephony service at each of said nodes, said telecommunications system combination further having a mobile network including a wireless system coupled to a selected node of said PTN over a first interface, said wireless system having a first at least one mobile terminal associated with a selected at least one PN and a selected at least one subscriber number, both assigned to said selected node, said mobile network further including a cellular system coupled to said wireless system over a trunk line, said cellular system having a second at least one mobile terminal, wherein said first and second mobile terminals may roam within said mobile network, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a call in the cellular system, said call directed from the first at least one mobile terminal to the second at least one mobile terminal, when the first and second at least one mobile terminals are located within the cellular system;

routing said call to the wireless system over the trunk line;

routing said call from the wireless system to the PTN; and

routing said call from the PTN to the cellular system through an external network.

10. A method of call routing in a telecommunciations system combination having a private telephony network, PTN, including a plurality of nodes, each of said nodes assigned at least one personal number, PN, and at least one subscriber number, wherein said PTN provides private telephony service at each of said nodes, said telecommunications system combination further having a mobile network including a wireless system coupled to a selected node of said PTN over a first interface, said wireless system having at first at least one mobile terminal associated with a selected at least one PN and a selected at least one subscriber number, both assigned to said selected node, said mobile network further including a cellular system coupled to said wireless system over a trunk line, said cellular system having a second at least one mobile terminal, wherein said first and second mobile terminals may roam within said mobile network, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a call within the wireless system;

determining whether said call was initiated from the first at least one mobile terminal or the second at least one mobile terminal;

routing, responsive to a determination in the step of determining that said call was initiated from the first at least one mobile terminal, said call from the wireless system to the PTN;

routing said call to the cellular system through the external network; and

routing said call from the cellular system to the wireless system over the trunk line.

11. A telecommunications system combination comprising:

a private telephony network, PTN, having a plurality of nodes, each of said nodes assigned at least one personal number, PN, wherein said private telephony network provides private telephony service at each of said nodes; and

a mobile network including;

a wireless system coupled to a selected node of said PTN, said wireless system having at least one mobile terminal associated with a first at least one PN assigned to said selected node, said wireless system comprising a gateway function for routing calls placed to and from said first at least one PN, initiated from within said wireless system, through said PTN when said at least one mobile terminal is located within the coverage area of said wireless system; and

a cellular system coupled to said gateway function, said cellular system including a service controller for translating said first at least one PN into a selected at least one mobile identification number, MIN, said cellular system further comprising a home location register for storing a roaming number associated with said at least one MIN, said roaming number indicative of a location of said at least one mobile terminal within said mobile network, and calls received in said PTN for said first at least one PN are routed within said mobile network according to said roaming number.

12. The telecommunications system combination of claim 11, wherein said gateway function is coupled to said PTN over a first interface and said PTN further comprises a PTN controller for routing calls directed to said first at least one PN over said first interface to said gateway function.

13. The telecommunications system combination of claim 12, wherein said gateway function further comprises a call controller for receiving a call, directed to said first at least one PN over said first interface from said PTN, requesting location information on said first at least mobile terminal from said HLR, receiving said roaming number from said HLR, and, routing said call to said roaming number.

14. The telecommunications system combination of claim 13, wherein said gateway function further comprises a RAN linker coupled to said call controller and said first interface, said RAN linker for processing calls originating from said at least one mobile terminal in the coverage area of said wireless system and transferring the called number to said PTN over said first interface, and, said RAN linker, further for performing call setup to said at least one mobile terminal when said at least one mobile terminal is identified by a roaming number received from said HLR in said call controller when a call to said at least one mobile terminal is received in said wireless system.

15. The telecommunications system combination of claim 14, wherein said first interface further comprises a digital subscriber signaler for coupling said RAN link and said call controller to said PTN, and wherein said digital subscriber signaler emulates a PTN node.

16. The telecommunications system combination of claim 14, wherein said first interface further comprises a digital subscriber signaler for coupling said RAN link and said call controller to said PTN, and wherein said digital subscriber signaler emulates a ISDN primary rate interface.

17. The telecommunications system combination of claim 11, wherein said cellular system further comprises a mobile switching center, MSC, coupled to said service controller and said HLR, said MSC further coupled to said gateway function of said wireless system over a trunk line wherein said selected at least one mobile terminal is provided with said private telephony service while located in the coverage area of said cellular system.

18. The telecommunications system combination of claim 17, wherein said MSC further comprises a first router for routing calls initiated from said at least one mobile terminal for a second at least one PN of said PTN while said at least one mobile terminal is located within the coverage area of said cellular system, to said gateway function over said trunk line for termination in the PTN.

19. The telecommunications system combination of claim 17, wherein said gateway function further comprises a second router for routing calls originating in the PTN to said first at least one PN over said trunk line to said MSC, when said at least one mobile terminal is located in the coverage area of said cellular system.

20. The telecommunications system combination of claim 17, wherein said at least one mobile terminal comprises a first at least one terminal and, said cellular system has a second at least one terminal and said gateway function further comprises:

a VLR for retrieving subscriber information from said HLR over said trunk line when said first at least one mobile terminal or said second at least one mobile terminal registers within said wireless system;

a RAN linker coupled to said VLR, said RAN linker for performing calling number analysis and retrieving calling subscriber information indicative of whether said call is initiated from said first or second at least one mobile terminal when a call is initiated from said first or second at least one mobile terminals within the coverage area of said wireless system; and

a call controller coupled to said RAN linker, said call controller for requesting a roaming number from said HLR if said call is initiated by said second at least one mobile terminal and routing said call to said roaming number, or, for routing said call to said PTN if said call is initiated by said first at least one mobile terminal.

21. The telecommunications system combination of claim 17, further comprising an intelligent network, IN, and wherein said gateway further comprises a computer supported telephony, CST, function for providing a CST interface between said PTN and said mobile network, and, further, wherein said at least one mobile terminal is provided CST services.

22. The telecommunications system combination of claim 21, wherein said PTN further comprises a CST supporter, coupled to said CST function, wherein all calls received in said PTN for said first at least one PN are routed to said CST supporter.

23. The telecommunications system combination of claim 17, wherein said at least one mobile terminal comprises a first at least one terminal and, said cellular system has second at least one terminal and, wherein said gateway is coupled to said PTN over a first and a second interface, and, further, said gateway function further comprises:

a VLR for retrieving subscriber information from said HLR over said trunk line when said first at least one mobile terminal and said second at least one mobile terminal register within said wireless system;

a RAN linker coupled to said VLR, said RAN linker for performing calling number analysis and retrieving calling subscriber information indicative of whether said call is initiated from said first or second at least one mobile terminal when a call is initiated from said first or second at least one mobile terminal from within the coverage area of said wireless system; and

a call controller, coupled to said RAN linker, said call controller for routing a selected call initiated from said second at least one mobile terminal to said first at least one PN over said second interface to said PTN, and, wherein said PTN further comprises a PTN controller for routing said selected call over said first interface to said gateway function.

24. The telecommunications system combination of claim 23, said second interface comprises a digital system signaler, said digital system signaler for emulating an external switch, wherein said selected call from said second at least one mobile terminal to said first at least one PN appears as a call from an external switching network to said PTN.

25. A method of call routing in a telecommunications system combination having a private telephony network, PTN, including a plurality of nodes, each of said nodes assigned at least one personal number, PN, and at least one subscriber number, wherein said PTN provides private telephony service at each of said nodes, said telecommunications system combination further having a mobile network including a wireless system coupled to a selected node of said PTN over a first interface, said wireless system having at first at least one mobile terminal associated with a selected at least one PN and a selected at least one subscriber number, both assigned to said selected node, said mobile network further including a cellular system coupled to said wireless system over a trunk line, said cellular system having a second at least one mobile terminal, wherein said first and second mobile terminals may roam within said mobile network, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a call within the wireless office system;

determining whether said call was initiated from the first at least one mobile terminal or the second at least one mobile terminal;

routing, responsive to a determination in the step of determining that said call was initiated from the second at least one mobile terminal, said call from the wireless system to the cellular system through the external network; and

routing said call from the cellular system to the PTN over the trunk line.