Method for call establishment

• US 5,600,705 A
• Filed: 02/23/1995
• Issued: 02/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vringo Infrastructure, Inc. (XpresSpa Group, Inc. (f/k/a FORM Holdings Corp.))
• Original Assignee: Nokia Telecommunications Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Maenpaa, Sanna
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Maung, Nay Aung
• Application Number:
  US08/387,926
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/60, 455/33.1, 455/33.2
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/16 WPBX [Wireless Private Branch Exchange]

Abstract

The invention relates to methods for call establishment in a cellular radio system. In the inventive method, the visitor location register stores information (405) on whether the subscriber (CPP) is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange (PBX) indicated with a home location area identifier, in response to the location data request (106) placed by the mobile services switching center the visitor location register (VLR) checks the subscriber data of the subscriber and finds that the subscriber (CPP) is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange indicated with a home location area identifier, the visitor location register does not initiate the mobility management functions pertaining to normal connection establishment in the system.

Claims

1. A method for call establishment in a cellular radio system comprising a mobile services switching centre and a private branch exchange connected thereto, and a visitor location register for storing subscriber and location data on subscribers located within the service area of the mobile services switching centre in which method

the mobile services switching centre is requested to establish a call to a subscriber,

the mobile services switching centre requests the visitor location register to provide location data of the subscriber,

the visitor location register stores information on whether the subscriber is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange indicated with a home location area identifier,

in response to the location data request placed by the mobile services switching centre the visitor location register checks the subscriber data of the subscriber and finds that the subscriber is located within the service area of its home private branch exchange indicated with a home location area identifier,

the visitor location register does not initiate the mobility management functions pertaining to normal connection establishment in the system performed by the mobile services switching centre but sends to the mobile services switching centre an indication of the fact that the call can be switched,

the mobile services switching centre sends a connection establishment request to the private branch exchange of the home location area of the subscriber,

the home private branch exchange of the subscriber performs operations for establishing a connection and establishes a connection between the subscriber and the mobile services switching centre.

2. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein in connection with the location updating of the subscribers, information is transmitted to the visitor location register on the fact that the subscriber is located within the service area of its home PBX.

3. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein a home subscriber database specific to each home private branch exchange is formed in the visitor location register connected to said mobile services switching centre out of the identifiers of those subscribers whose home location area said home private branch exchange is.

4. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 2, wherein a home subscriber database specific to each home private branch exchange is formed in the visitor location register connected to said mobile services switching centre out of the identifiers of those subscribers whose home location area said home private branch exchange is.

5. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, as the subscriber arrives in the service area of the home private branch exchange and performs location updating, the visitor location register of the location area of the subscriber checks from the home PBX specific home subscriber database whether the identifier of said subscriber is found in the home subscriber database.

6. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identifier of the home location area of the subscriber is updated, if appropriate, in the visitor location register of the home location area of the subscriber.

7. A method for call establishment in a cellular radio system comprising a mobile services switching centre, a private branch exchange connected thereto, and a visitor location register and a home location register for storing subscriber and location data on subscribers, in which method

the mobile services switching centre requests, to establish a call to the subscriber, the home location register of the subscriber to provide subscriber and location data of the subscriber on the basis of the subscriber number,

the home location register of the subscriber maintains a PBX parameter,

if the subscriber and location data of the subscriber are not found in the home location register on the basis of the subscriber number of the subscriber, the home location register compares the subscriber number of the subscriber with said PBX parameter, and if the desired correspondence between the subscriber number of the subscriber and the PBX parameter exists,

the home location register forms a roaming number for the subscriber on the basis of the roaming parameter of the home PBX, said roaming number carrying information on the fact that the subscriber is located within the area of its home PBX, and sends it to the mobile services switching centre,

one mobile services switching centre requests the visitor location register of the location area of the subscriber to provide routing information for the subscriber by sending a subscriber and location data request message pertaining to the subscriber and containing said roaming number,

if the subscriber data of the subscriber are not found in the visitor location register on the basis of the roaming number, the visitor location register compares the roaming number with the subscriber home PBX roaming parameter that is stored by the visitor location register, and if the desired correspondence between these exists,

the visitor location register does not initiate the mobility management functions pertaining to normal connection establishment in the system but sends to the mobile services switching centre an indication of the fact that the call can be switched,

the mobile services switching centre sends a connection establishment request to the private branch exchange of the home location area of the subscriber,

the home private branch exchange of the subscriber performs operations for establishing a connection and establishes a connection between the subscriber and the mobile services switching centre.

8. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the correspondence between the subscriber number of the subscriber and the PBX parameter is such that part of the subscriber number of the subscriber corresponds to the PBX parameter.

9. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the desired correspondence between the roaming number and the subscriber home PBX roaming parameter is such that part of the roaming number corresponds to the roaming parameter of the home PBX.

10. A method for call establishment as claimed in claim 8, wherein the desired correspondence between the roaming number and the subscriber home PBX roaming parameter is such that part of the roaming number corresponds to the roaming parameter of the home PBX.