System and method for the transfer of an existing logical data link
View Patent ↗An existing logical data link between a first subscriber terminal connected to a subscriber line of a telecommunications network and a switching center of the telecommunications network is transferred from a first subscriber terminal to a second subscriber terminal which is connected to the subscriber line of the first subscriber terminal or to another subscriber line of the second telecommunications network. The second subscriber terminal receives a message sent from the first subscriber terminal concerning the communication state of the existing logical data link and takes over this data link in the reported communication state, adapting its own state.
1. A method for the transfer of an existing logical data link between a first subscriber terminal and a second subscriber terminal in a telecommunications network, comprising:
connecting the first subscriber terminal to a subscriber line of the telecommunications network, and connecting a switching center of the telecommunications network from the first subscriber terminal to the second subscriber terminal, the second subscriber terminal connected to the subscriber line of the first subscriber terminal or to another subscriber line of the telecommunications network;
receiving a message at the second subscriber terminal sent from the first subscriber terminal and providing the communication state of an existing logical data link and assuming the logical data link in the communication state.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the telecommunications network comprises at least one fixed network and/or at least one mobile network.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
exchanging messages between the first subscriber terminal and the second subscriber terminal each belonging to a digital subscriber line, such that one of the subscriber terminals sends a message addressed to the other terminal to a network termination of the subscriber line, and the other terminal sends the message to the other subscriber terminal and to a switching center.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
transferring the logical data link from a first analog subscriber terminal to a second analog subscriber terminal which is connected to the analog subscriber line of the first subscriber terminal and, when the logical data link is assumed by the second subscriber terminal, the connection previously established by the first subscriber terminal between the subscriber line and the switching center is maintained.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein after transmission of the message of the communication state, a suspension of data transmission on the logical data link is initiated by the first subscriber terminal and, after the logical data link has been transferred, data transmission is resumed and is initiated by the second subscriber terminal.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the logical link between the switching center and the subscriber terminal is maintained during the suspension phase.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the message about the communication state includes an assigned data network address of at least one of the first subscriber terminal, information about transmission bandwidth, information about a reserved quality, authorization information, application settings information, information about a state of applications activated in the first subscriber terminal and synchronization information for one or more data communication devices present in the subscriber terminal.