Connection control method and system for mobile communication system

• US 6,615,048 B1
• Filed: 04/26/2000
• Issued: 09/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Hayashi, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thanh Cong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Harry, Andrew T
• Application Number:
  US09/558,806
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422, 455/456, 455/88, 455/12.1, 455/403, 340/3.5, 342/357.1
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A connection control system for a mobile communication network comprising means for (a) classifying services of base stations according to service levels and (b) for storing, in each of the base stations, identification information corresponding to one or a plurality of providable service levels in a memory part, and (c) for comparing a service level requested by a mobile station with the one or plurality of providable service levels based on the identification information stored in the memory part. Then selecting, in each base station, a service to be provided on the basis of the comparison described in step (c), so that services of service levels independently established for every area can be provided to the mobile stations each registered in a respective one of the base stations.

Claims

1. A connection control method for a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

(a) classifying services of base stations according to service levels;

(b) storing, in each of the base stations, identification information corresponding to one or a plurality of providable service levels in a memory part;

(c) comparing a service level requested by a mobile station with the one or plurality of providable service levels based on the identification information stored in the memory part; and

(d) selecting, in each base station, a service to be provided on the basis of a result of the step (c), so that services of service levels independently established for every area can be provided to the mobile stations each registered in a respective one of the base stations.

2. The connection control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

(e) notifying a calling mobile station which initiates a call of a providable service based on the identification information when the result of the step (c) shows that a connection based on the service level requested by said calling mobile station cannot be made; and

(f) making a connection with a called mobile station when the calling mobile station selects the providable service notified by the step (e).

3. The connection control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

(e) notifying a calling mobile station which initiates a call of a providable service based on the identification information when the result of the step (c) shows that a connection based on the service level requested by said calling mobile station cannot be made; and

(f) requesting the calling mobile station to initiate a call again.

4. The connection control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of accessing the memory part and rewriting the identification information stored therein.

5. A connection control method for a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

(a) classifying services of base stations according to service levels;

(b) storing, in each of the base stations, identification information corresponding to one or a plurality of providable service levels in a memory part;

(c) registering, at the time of registering location information concerning a mobile station in a management center, the identification information stored in the memory part of a base station having an area in which said mobile station is located so that the location information is related to the identification information;

(d) comparing, in a communication network, a service level requested by a calling mobile station with the one or plurality of providable service levels based on the identification information stored in the memory part together with registered location information concerning a called mobile station; and

(e) selecting, in each base station, a service to be provided on the basis of a result of the step (d), so that services of service levels independently established for every area can be provided to the mobile stations each registered in a respective one of the base stations.

6. The connection control method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

(f) notifying a calling mobile station which initiates a call of a providable service based on the identification information when the result of the step (d) shows that a connection based on the service level requested by said calling mobile station cannot be made; and

(g) making a connection with a called mobile station when the calling mobile station selects the providable service notified by the step (f).

7. The connection control method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

(f) notifying a calling mobile station which initiates a call of a providable service based on the identification information when the result of the step (d) shows that a connection based on the service level requested by said calling mobile station cannot be made; and

(g) requesting the calling mobile station to initiate a call again.

8. The connection control method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the step of accessing the memory part and rewriting the identification information stored therein.

9. The connection control method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

(f) periodically sending a request to register the location information to the mobile stations from the base stations, so that a mobile station located in a use-limited area in which a limitation on use of service is placed can certainly register the location information together with the identification information.

10. The connection control method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

(f) registering in the management center, when a mobile station located in a particular-service providable area performs location registration via a radio repeat-dedicated station, location information on said mobile station and identification information based on a service level in the particular-service providable area registered in the radio repeat-dedicated station, which is not directly connected to the communication network but is directly connected to one of the base stations; and

(g) selecting a particular service to be provided to the mobile station located in the particular-service providable area on the basis of the identification information concerning the particular-service providable area, so that a radio repeat-dedicated station can independently provide particular service.

11. A connection control system for a mobile communication system, comprising:

a memory part, provided in each of base stations providing services classified according to service levels, storing identification information corresponding to one or a plurality of providable service levels;

a comparing part, provided in each of the base stations, comparing a service level requested by a mobile station with the one or plurality of providable service levels based on the identification information stored in the memory part;

wherein a service to be provided is selected, in each of the base stations, on the basis of a result of comparing, so that services of service levels independently established for every area can be provided to the mobile stations each registered in a respective one of the base stations.

12. The connection control system as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

a notifying part notifying a calling mobile station which initiates a call of a providable service based on the identification information when the result of comparing shows that a connection based on the service level requested by said calling mobile station cannot be made; and

a connection making part making a connection with a called mobile station when the calling mobile station selects the providable service notified by the notifying part.

13. The connection control system as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

a notifying part notifying a calling mobile station which initiates a call of a providable service based on the identification information when the result of comparing shows that a connection based on the service level requested by said calling mobile station cannot be made; and

a requesting part requesting the calling mobile station to initiate a call again.

14. The connection control system as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the base stations accesses the memory part and rewrites the identification information stored therein.

15. A connection control system for a mobile communication system, comprising:

a memory part, provided in each of the base stations providing services classified according to service levels, storing identification information corresponding to one or a plurality of providable service levels;

a registering part causing, at the time of registering location information concerning a mobile station in a management center, the identification information stored in the memory part of a base station having an area in which said mobile station is located to be registered in the management center so that the location information is related to the identification information; and

a comparing part, provided in a communication network, comparing a service level requested by a calling mobile station with the one or plurality of providable service levels based on the identification information stored in the memory part together with registered location information concerning a called mobile station; and

wherein a service to be provided is selected, in each of the base stations, on the basis of a result of comparing, so that services of service levels independently established for every area can be provided to the mobile stations each registered in a respective one of the base stations.

16. The connection control system as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

a notifying part notifying a calling mobile station which initiates a call of a providable service based on the identification information when the result of comparing shows that a connection based on the service level requested by said calling mobile station cannot be made; and

a connection making part making a connection with a called mobile station when the calling mobile station selects the providable service notified.

17. The connection control system as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

a notifying part notifying a calling mobile station which initiates a call of a providable service based on the identification information when the result of comparing shows that a connection based on the service level requested by said calling mobile station cannot be made; and

a requesting part requesting the calling mobile station to initiate a call again.

18. The connection control system as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a part accessing the memory part and rewriting the identification information stored therein.

19. The connection control system as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

a part periodically sending a request to register the location information to the mobile stations from the base stations, so that a mobile station located in a use-limited area in which a limitation on use of service is placed can certainly register the location information together with the identification information.

20. The connection control system as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

a registering part causing, when a mobile station located in a particular-service providable area performs location registration via a radio repeat-dedicated station, location information on said mobile station and identification information based on a service level in the particular-service providable area registered in the radio repeat-dedicated station to be registered in the management center, the radio repeat-dedicated station being not directly connected to the communication network but being directly connected to one of the base stations; and

a selecting part selecting a particular service to be provided to the mobile station located in the particular-service providable area on the basis of the identification information concerning the particular-service providable area, so that radio repeat-dedicated stations can independently provide particular services.

21. A base station for a mobile communication system comprising:

a memory part storing identification information corresponding to one or a plurality of providable service levels, services providable in the mobile communication system being classified according to the service levels; and

a comparing part comparing a service level requested by a mobile station with the one or plurality of providable service levels based on the identification information stored in the memory part,

a service to be provided to the mobile station being selected on the basis of a result of comparing.

22. A base station for a mobile communication system, comprising:

a memory part storing identification information corresponding to one or a plurality of providable service levels, services providable in the mobile communication system being classified according to the service levels;

a registering part causing, at the time of registering location information concerning a mobile station located in its own area, the identification information stored in the memory part to be registered in a management center so that the location information is related to the identification information; and

a comparing part comparing a service level requested by the mobile station with the one or plurality of providable service levels based on the identification information stored in the memory part,

a service to be provided to the mobile station being selected on the basis of a result of comparing.

23. The base station as claimed in claim 22, further comprising:

a registering part causing, when a mobile station located in a particular-service providable area performs location registration via a radio repeat-dedicated station, location information on said mobile station and identification information based on a service level in the particular-service providable area registered in the radio repeat-dedicated station to be registered in the management center, the radio repeat-dedicated station being not directly connected to the communication network but being directly connected to one of the base stations; and

a selecting part selecting a particular service to be provided to the mobile station located in the particular-service providable area on the basis of the identification information concerning the particular-service providable area, so that radio repeat-dedicated stations can independently provide particular services.

24. A management center provided in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a first part managing the mobile communication system, and

a second part storing location information concerning a mobile station located in an area of a base station, and identification information concerning providable service levels, services providable in the mobile communication system being classified to the service levels,

the location information and the identification information being stored so that the location information is related to the identification information.

25. The management center as claimed in claim 24, wherein:

the second part stores, when a mobile station located in a particular-service providable area performs location registration via a radio repeat-dedicated station, location information on said mobile station and identification information based on a service level in the particular-service providable area registered in the radio repeat-dedicated station, the radio repeat-dedicated station being not directly connected to the communication network but being directly connected to one of the base stations; and

a particular service to be provided to the mobile station located in the particular-service providable area is selected on the basis of the identification information concerning the particular-service providable area, so that radio repeat-dedicated stations can independently provide particular services.

26. A mobile communication system comprising:

base stations;

a management center; and

a communication network to which the base stations and the management center are coupled,

the base stations providing services classified according to service levels,

each of the base stations including;

a memory part storing identification information corresponding to one or a plurality of providable service levels;

a registering part registering, at the time of registering location information in the management center so that the location information of a mobile station located in its own area is related to the identification information,

the communication network including a comparing part comparing a service level requested by a calling mobile station with the one or plurality of providable service levels based on the identification information stored together with registered location information concerning a called mobile station,

wherein a service to be provided is selected, in each base station, on the basis of a result of comparing, so that services of service levels independently established for every area can be provided to the mobile stations each registered in a respective one of the base stations.

27. The mobile communication system as claimed in claim 26, wherein each of the base stations comprises:

a registering part causing, when a mobile station located in a particular-service providable area performs location registration via a radio repeat-dedicated station, location information on said mobile station and identification information based on a service level in the particular-service providable area registered in the radio repeat-dedicated station to be registered in the management center, the radio repeat-dedicated station being not directly connected to the communication network but being directly connected to one of the base stations; and

a selecting part selecting a particular service to be provided to the mobile station located in the particular-service providable area on the basis of the identification information concerning the particular-service providable area, so that radio repeat-dedicated stations can independently provide particular services.

28. The mobile communication system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the management center comprises a memory part stores, when a mobile station located in a particular-service providable area performs location registration via a radio repeat-dedicated station, location information on said mobile station and identification information based on a service level in the particular-service providable area registered in the radio repeat-dedicated station, the radio repeat-dedicated station being not directly connected to the communication network but being directly connected to one of the base stations,

wherein a particular service to be provided to the mobile station located in the particular-service providable area is selected on the basis of the identification information concerning the particular-service providable area, so that radio repeat-dedicated stations can independently provide particular services.