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Handover method (roaming) for mobile terminal devices

  • US 6,937,860 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2000
  • Issued: 08/30/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for controlling a switching device that can be used to establish wire-free connections with mobile terminal devices through coupled base stations, which comprises:

  • when a mobile terminal device logs on at a base station, communicating a terminal equipment identifier from the mobile terminal device to the base station that identifies the mobile terminal device to the base station;

    communicating, from the base station to a switching device, the terminal equipment identifier and a control information item for activating a forwarding feature in the switching device; and

    if a connection request is directed to the mobile terminal device, initiating a connection setup to be routed through the base station as a result of the communication.

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