Method and system for saving dropped calls
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1. A method for reconnecting dropped calls in a mobile telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a neighboring cell list identifying a plurality of cells at a mobile station;
measuring a signal quality of at least one signal transmitted from at least one of the cells identified in the neighboring cell list;
detecting at the mobile station a radio path loss of a call involving the mobile station;
selecting a target cell based on said signal quality measurement;
transmitting a call reconnect request from the mobile station to the target cell;
requesting an identification of a serving switching node involved in the call from a remote database in response to the call reconnect request; and
reconnecting the mobile station to the call in response to the call reconnect request.
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Abstract
A method and system for reconnecting dropped calls in a mobile telecommunications network. Upon detecting a call drop of an ongoing call, a mobile station involved in the call transmits a call reconnect request to a target cell in the network. The target cell can be selected from a neighboring cell list received from a serving cell during the call. In response to the call reconnect request, a target switching node associated with the target cell locates the call and reconnects the mobile station to the call using a traffic channel in the target cell.
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1. A method for reconnecting dropped calls in a mobile telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a neighboring cell list identifying a plurality of cells at a mobile station;
measuring a signal quality of at least one signal transmitted from at least one of the cells identified in the neighboring cell list;
detecting at the mobile station a radio path loss of a call involving the mobile station;
selecting a target cell based on said signal quality measurement;
transmitting a call reconnect request from the mobile station to the target cell;
requesting an identification of a serving switching node involved in the call from a remote database in response to the call reconnect request; and
reconnecting the mobile station to the call in response to the call reconnect request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A cellular telecommunications system, comprising:
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a serving switching node through which a call involving a mobile station is routed;
a serving base station associated with the serving switching node, said first base station in radio contact with a mobile station prior to a loss of said radio contact;
a target base station receiving a call re-connection request from the mobile station after said loss of radio contact; and
a target switching node controlling said target base station, said target switching node assigning a traffic channel in the target base station for use by the mobile station and requesting an identification of the switching node involved in the call from a remote database in response to the call reconnect request, and wherein the target switching node establishes a radio connection on said traffic channel between said call and said mobile station in response to the call re-connection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for reconnecting dropped calls in a mobile telecommunications system, comprising the steps of:
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detecting at a mobile station a call drop of a call involving the mobile station, said call drop including a loss of a radio link between the mobile station and a serving communication station;
transmitting a call reconnect request from the mobile station to a target communication station associated with a target switching node in response to the detection of the call drop;
requesting an identification of the switching node involved in the call from a remote database in response to the call reconnect request;
locating the call, in response to the call reconnect request, at a switching node involved in the call, wherein said switching node involved in the call differs from the target switching node; and
reconnecting the mobile station to the call using a radio link between the mobile station and the target communication station. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
requesting, in response to the call reconnect request, a handoff of the call from the switching node involved in the call to the target switching node; and
handing off the call from the switching node involved in the call to the target switching node in response to the handoff request.
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21. The method of claim 18, wherein the remote database comprises a home location register.
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22. The method of claim 18, wherein the remote database is associated with an anchor switching node.
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23. The method of claim 18, wherein the switching node involved in the call comprises a serving switching node associated with the serving communication station.
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24. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of:
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requesting, in response to the call reconnect request, a handoff of the call from at least one border switching node to the target switching node, wherein the at least one border includes the switching node involved in the call; and
handing off the call from the switching node involved in the call to the target switching node in response to the handoff request.
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