Method for the user-controlled release of wireless telecommunications connections in wireless telecommunications systems, especially DECT systems

• US 6,625,443 B1
• Filed: 03/02/2000
• Issued: 09/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gigaset Communications GmbH (Gigaset AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Beckers, Michael, Kamperschroer, Erich, Slonina, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ward, Ronald J.
• Application Number:
  US09/486,945
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: 455/462, 455/422, 455/411, 455/414, 455/456, 455/403, 455/434, 455/555, 455/563, 455/528, 379/88, 379/207.02, 379/207.03, 379/207.04, 379/207.06
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72505 Radio link set-up procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/08 home cordless telephone systems using the DECT standard
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/14 WLL [Wireless Local Loop]; RLL [Radio Local Loop]

Abstract

In order to trigger user-controlled release of wireless telecommunication connections in wireless telecommunication systems particularly DECT systems, in user-friendly and acceptable fashion, connections that have once been setup between telecommunication devices which are connectible by wireless telecommunication in wireless telecommunication systems—for example, DECT mobile parts and DECT base stations in DECT systems—are released in two stages by operating procedures differing from those for the connection setup.

Claims

1. A method for user-controlled release of wireless telecommunication connections in wireless telecommunication systems, comprising the steps of:

setting up wireless telecommunication connections between first telecommunication devices and second telecommunication devices of the telecommunication systems by first operating procedures at user interfaces of the first telecommunication devices and

releasing the wireless telecommunication connection by second operating procedures at the user interfaces of the first telecommunication devices, the first operating procedures trigger predetermined message flows from the first telecommunication devices to the second telecommunication devices that signal the connection setup and the second operating procedures trigger predetermined message flows from the first telecommunication devices to the second telecommunication devices that signal the connection release,

releasing the wireless telecommunication connections unconditionally in two stages by the second operating procedures without confirmation by the second telecommunication devices or before the expiration of time counters monitoring the connection release.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second operating procedures comprise actuation of keys.

3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of:

activating “

OFF HOOK”

keys in the first operating procedures.

4. A method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of:

actuating “

ON HOOK”

keys twice in succession in the second operating procedures.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second operating procedures comprise inputs of voice commands.

6. A method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of:

inputting first voice commands “

set up connection”

in the first operating procedures.

7. A method according to claim 6, further comprising:

inputting second voice commands “

release connection” and

inputting third voice commands “

abort connection”

in the second operating procedures.

8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

using DECT systems as the telecommunication systems, the telecommunication connections being setup and unconditionally released according to the DECT air interface protocol, DECT mobile parts or DECT network termination modules with allocated wire-bound terminal devices user interfaces being employed as the first telecommunication devices, and DECT base stations being employed as the second telecommunications devices.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the telecommunication connections are unconditionally released according to the DECT air interface protocol in that the DECT mobile parts or DECT network termination assemblies with allocated, wire-bound terminal devices include user interfaces transmit first Network Layer (NWK) messages “

CC-RELEASE” and

second messages “

CC-RELEASE-COM”

to the DECT base stations initiated by the second operating procedures.

10. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of:

initiating the telecommunication connection releases by the first NWK messages “

CC-RELEASE”

.

11. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of:

a initiating the telecommunication connection setups by third NWK messages “

CC-SETUP”

.

12. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

using GSM systems as the telecommunication systems, the telecommunication connections being setup and unconditionally released according to the GSM air interface protocol, GSM mobile parts being employed as the first telecommunication devices, and GSM base stations with allocated, central switching devices being employed as the second telecommunication devices.

13. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

using hybrid systems with respect to the CDMA/FDMA/TDMA multiple access methods are employed as the telecommunication systems, the telecommunication connections being setup and unconditionally released according to a hybrid air interface protocol, hybrid mobile parts with respect to the CDMA/FDMA/TDMA multiple access methods or hybrid network termination assemblies with respect to the CDMA/FDMA/TDMA multiple access methods with allocated, wire-bound terminal equipment having user interfaces being employed as the first telecommunication devices, and hybrid base stations with respect to the CDMA/FDMA/TDMA multiple access methods being employed as the second telecommunication devices.

14. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

initiating the telecommunication connection releases from the first telecommunication devices given disturbed telecommunication connections between the first telecommunication devices and the second telecommunication devices.

15. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

initiating the telecommunication connection setups from the first telecommunication devices given disturbed telecommunication connections between the first telecommunication devices and the second telecommunication devices.