Title:
SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A CONNECTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002073892
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
The invention relates to an arrangement and method for establishing and maintaining a connection between users'communication devices via a public data network. Communication devices (MSA, MSB) belonging to users of a system are terminals of a telecommunicationnetwork, say mobile phones, and, in addition, they are adapted tomake a link to a data network (210) via a wireless transfer system. Interfaced with the data network there is at least one server (220) that keeps a register of communication devices. A communication device brought near a data network terminal (DTA, BTB) reports itself to the server using a device-specific identifier. This reporting message also contains network address of said terminal.When a connect request arrives from a communication device via a terminal, the server provides for necessary network connection ifthe called device specified in the connect request can be reached. The connection may be a speech connection, for example. The server also draws conclusions about relative locations of terminals.On the basis of such "mapping" it makes, if possible, a handover from a terminal on the connection route, if the communication device moves during a connection so that the quality of the link between it and the terminal becomes significantly worse. The telecommunication network, the terminals of which the communication devices are, can also be used in the arrangement of a data network connection and also as a spare route for connections.
Inventors:
HUKKANEN VESA JUHANI (FI)
Application Number:
PCT/FI2002/000133
Publication Date:
November 14, 2002
Filing Date:
February 18, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HUKKANEN VESA JUHANI (FI)
GIWANO NETWORKS OY (FI)
GIWANO NETWORKS OY (FI)
International Classes:
H04W4/02; H04L12/28; H04L12/56; H04L29/08; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04W76/02; H04L29/06; H04M7/00; H04W8/22; H04W36/30; H04W60/00; (IPC1-7): H04L12/28; H04M7/00; H04Q7/38; H04L12/66
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