Method for call control of communication terminal equipment wirelessly connected to communication networks

• US 7,139,577 B1
• Filed: 09/18/1997
• Issued: 11/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Morper, Hans-Jochen
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ewart, James D.
• Application Number:
  US08/932,704
• Time in Patent Office: 3,351 Days
• Field of Search: 375219-220, 455/426, 455/414, 455/417, 455/436, 455/445, 455/465, 455/74.1, 455/427, 455/428, 455/414.1, 455/426.1, 455/432.1, 455/433, 455/435.11, 455444-446, 455461-462, 379/211.01, 379/212.01, 709/238, 370/238, 370/338, 370/349, 370/352, 370/353, 370/389, 370/392, 370/395.52
• US Class Current: 455/445
• 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 11/0428 Integrated services digital network, i.e. systems for transmission of different types of digitised signals, e.g. speech, data, telecentral, television signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13209 ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13282 Call forward, follow-me, call diversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13292 Time division multiplexing, TDM
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13299 Bus
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels

Abstract

Calls (ar) directed to wireless communication terminal equipment (KE) wirelessly connected to base stations (BS-H) of a home area (H) and to a communication network (KN) are switched to the appertaining base station (BS-H) in the home area (H) using the communication network (KN). The availability of the called wireless communication terminal equipment (KE) is determined using the base station. Given non-availability of the called wireless communication terminal equipment (KE), the calls (ar) are rerouted to the communication network (KN) using the performance feature of “call deflection” provided in the base station (BS-H) in the home area (H). The method can be integrated into existing communication networks (KN) with minimal outlay.

Claims

1. A method for controlling calls in a communication network, comprising the sequential steps of:

calling, using a telephone number, wireless communication terminal equipment wirelessly connected to base stations of a home area, the base stations being connected to communication terminals of the communication network, and the wireless communication terminal equipment being additionally wirelessly connected to a sub-communication network of the communication network;

switching calls directed to a called wireless communication terminal equipment always and automatically to an appertaining base station in the home area using the communication network;

determining an availability of the called wireless communication terminal equipment using a paging procedure by said appertaining base station in the home area in response to said switching of calls;

rerouting the call, given non-availability of the called wireless communication terminal equipment, to the sub-communication network using the appertaining base station; and

initiating a call setup for a rerouted call in the sub-communication network using a mobile telephone number of the called wireless communication terminal equipment, the rerouted call being initiated for the respective wireless communication terminal equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the paging procedure is implemented according to a DECT standard.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the communication network and the sub-communication network is a public ISDN communication network.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the rerouting of the call is realized using an ISDN performance feature of “

call deflection”

.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal is realized by one of an SO access and UKO-ISDN basic access.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein wireless connection of wireless communication terminal equipment to the base stations in the home area is realized according to one of DECT standard.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein wireless connection of wireless communication terminal equipment to basic stations is realized according to one of a DECT standard and a CAP standard.

8. A method for controlling calls in a public ISDN communication network, comprising the sequential steps of:

calling, using a telephone number, wireless communication terminal equipment wirelessly connected to base stations of a home area, the base stations being connected to communication terminals of the communication network, and the wireless communication terminal equipment being additionally wirelessly connected to an ISDN sub-communication network of the ISDN communication network;

switching calls directed to a called wireless communication terminal equipment always and automatically to an appertaining base station in the home area using the communication network;

determining an availability of the called wireless communication terminal equipment being determined using a paging procedure by said appertaining base station in the home area in response to said switching of calls;

initiating a call setup for a rerouted call in the sub-communication network using a mobile telephone number of the called wireless communication terminal equipment, the rerouted call being initiated for the respective wireless communication terminal equipment; and

rerouting the call, given non-availability of the called wireless communication terminal equipment, to the sub-communication network using the appertaining base station and using an ISDN performance feature of “

call deflection”

.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the paging procedure is implemented according to a DECT standard.