Efficient location management strategies in a UMTS-based network

• US 6,859,653 B1
• Filed: 11/05/1999
• Issued: 02/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: S Aqua Semiconductor LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Telia AB (Government of Norway)
• Inventors: Andersin, Michael, Ayoub, Souhad
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US09/830,590
• Time in Patent Office: 1,936 Days
• Field of Search: 455/452.2, 455/435.1, 455/456.3, 455/405, 455/406, 455/414.3, 455/456.1, 455/456.6
• US Class Current: 455/435.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/04 multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data
• 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 mobile telecommunication system in which a plurality of different services can be used, and a method for the location management of mobile stations in a network which uses the mobile system. An efficient location management is achieved for the different services using location management strategies which are independent of each other, instead of associating the location management strategy to the carrier. A location management strategy includes a plurality of location management procedures which have been selected to adapt and optimize the strategy of a specific service, and which procedures that shall be used for the location management are decided by which service the user for the time being wants to utilize, or to which type of subscription the user subscribes.

Claims

1. A method of location management of mobile stations within a network of a mobile telecommunications system, comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of subscription services and a plurality of location management strategies, each location management strategy corresponding to one of the plurality of subscription services;

subscribing to one or more of the plurality of subscription services;

transmitting subscriber mobile location information according to a location management strategy corresponding to a subscribed service; and

fixing a price of a subscription dependent on the used location management strategy.

2. The method for location management of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of location management strategies comprise:

a corresponding location management procedure.

3. The method for location management of claim 1, wherein the mobile telecommunications system comprises:

a telecommunication system which uses a radio network as a transmission medium.

4. The method for location management of claim 1, where the plurality of subscription services comprise at least one of:

a real-time subscription service;

a non real-time subscription service;

an interactive subscription service; and

a non-interactive subscription service.

5. A mobile telecommunication system, comprising:

a network operator configured to provide a plurality of subscription services and a plurality of location management strategies, each location management strategy corresponding to one of the plurality of subscription services; and

a subscriber configured to subscribe to at least one of the subscription services, and to transmit subscriber location information according to a location management strategy corresponding to the subscribed service, wherein

the network operator is further configured to fix a price of a user subscription on the basis of the location management strategy corresponding to the subscribed service.

6. The mobile telecommunication system of claim 5, wherein the location management strategies comprise:

a corresponding location management procedure.

7. The mobile telecommunication system of claim 5, comprising:

a telecommunication system which uses a radio network as a transmission medium.

8. The mobile telecommunication system of claim 5, wherein the plurality of subscription services comprise at least one of

a real-time subscription service;

a non real-time subscription service;

an interactive subscription service; and

a non-interactive subscription service.