Method for switching communication links to a mobile terminal device which is associated with a local radio area of a network
A mobile terminal device (ME) determines whether it is located in the local radio area (HFB) of the network (MN) or in another radio area (FB 2 ) and the determined radio area (HFB, FB 2 ) is indicated to an application (APPL) of the network (MN). The application (APPL) is used to control a communication request (KV) addressed to the mobile terminal device (ME) by another network (FN) either to its local radio area (HFB) or to forward it to the other radio area (FB 2 ) or the communication request (KV) is informed that the terminal device (ME) is not located in the local radio area (HFB). The invention allows communication requests coming in on the network (MN) to be directly switched to the local radio area (HFB) using the application (APPL) or to be directly forwarded to the mobile radio address in the mobile radio network of which the mobile terminal device (ME) is located, thereby avoiding or substantially reducing roaming or forwarding of communication requests from the local radio area (HFB) to another radio area and thereby achieving an economical operation of mobile telephone terminal devices (ME) with local radio area (HFB).
1. A method for transmitting information relating to communication links for a mobile terminal device assigned to a first local radio area of a network, the mobile terminal device having a first address for communications when in the first local radio area, the method comprising:
the mobile terminal device determining that the mobile terminal device is located in a second radio area and is no longer in the first local radio area, the determination made by the mobile terminal device being based upon a comparison of a recognition signal to be received by the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the first local radio area of the network with a recognition signal received when the mobile terminal device is located in the second radio area;
signaling the determined second radio area by the mobile terminal device to an application on the network, the signaling comprising the mobile terminal device transmitting an indication that the mobile terminal device is no longer in the first radio area to the application via a network-specific terminal device protocol; and
through the application, directing a communication request addressed to the mobile terminal device by notifying the calling terminal device that initiated the communication request that the mobile terminal device is not located in the first local radio area to which the mobile terminal device is assigned and to identify a second address for the mobile terminal device that is assigned to the mobile terminal device for communications with the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area, the second address being different than the first address;
wherein the notifying the calling terminal device that initiated the communication request comprises an announcement device informing the calling terminal device of a telephone number for the mobile terminal device for the second radio area in which the mobile terminal device is located, the telephone number being the second address for the mobile terminal device for the second radio area.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signaling of the determined second radio area occurs by a transmission path that is comprised of a data channel or a service data channel.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising assigning a net address of an assigned fixed network to the mobile terminal device by the first local radio area as the first address, wherein the first local radio area is a member of the group consisting of a radio zone in a wireless network and a mobile wireless network.
4. The method of claim 1 , comprising, in the mobile terminal device, assigning the recognition signal for the first local radio area to an application, wherein the application being run by the mobile terminal device, the application of the mobile terminal device identifying the recognition signal for the second radio area and performing the comparison of the recognition signal received by the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the first local radio area of the network with the recognition signal received when the mobile terminal device is located in the second radio area, wherein the recognition signal received by the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the first local radio area is represented by at least one recognition signal for one or more radio base stations included in the first local radio area.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network-specific terminal device protocol being a standardized Session Initiation Protocol and the mobile terminal device is a member of the group consisting of a telephone terminal device, a mobile multimedia terminal device, and a mobile terminal device in a fixed network.
6. A communication request system comprising:
a first application in a mobile terminal device for identifying the mobile terminal device's location in a first local radio area of a first network to which the mobile terminal device is assigned or a second radio area, the mobile terminal device having a first address for being reached when located in the first local radio area and a second address that is different than the first address for communications when in the second radio area;
upon a determination that the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area based upon a comparison of a recognition signal to be received by the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the first local radio area with a recognition signal received by the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area, the mobile terminal device signaling the identified second radio area to a second application on the first network, the signaling comprising the mobile terminal transmitting an indication that the mobile terminal device is no longer in the first radio area to the second application via a network-specific terminal device protocol, the signaling being effected by a member of a group consisting of:
(i) a Register Request Message containing an expanded contact parameter indicating that the mobile terminal device is located in the second radio area, the expanded contact parameter also comprising the second address of the mobile communication device, and
(ii) a Register Request Message containing an expanded parameter indicating that the mobile terminal device is no longer located in the first radio area;
wherein the second application directs a communication request for forming a communication connection with the mobile terminal device such that an initiator of the communication request is notified that the mobile terminal device is not located in the first local radio area and the initiator is notified of the second address of the mobile terminal device for communicating with the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area;
notification of the initiator of the communication request that the mobile terminal device is not located in the first local radio area and notification of the second address of the mobile terminal device comprising an announcement device informing the initiator of the communication request of a telephone number for the mobile terminal device for the second radio area in which the mobile terminal device is located, the telephone number being the second address of the mobile terminal device for the second radio area.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the announcement device communicates the second address of the mobile terminal device to a device for displaying to the initiator of the communication request that the mobile terminal device is not located in the first local radio area, the device for displaying also providing the second address for the mobile terminal device for connecting to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area.
8. The system of claim 6 wherein the second address is a phone number for contacting the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area of a mobile wireless network and is no longer in the first radio area of the first network, and the network-specific terminal device protocol is a standardized Session Initiation Protocol.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the notifying of the calling terminal device that initiated the communication request that the mobile terminal device is not located in the first local radio area to which the mobile terminal device is assigned is performed so that the communication sought by the calling terminal device is routed taking into account that the mobile terminal is not within the first radio area and wherein the notifying comprises providing the calling terminal device the second address associated with the mobile terminal device for when the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the second address associated with the mobile terminal device for when the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area is an address or telephone number of a mobile wireless network.
11. The method of claim 9 further comprising routing a communication link between the calling terminal device and the mobile terminal device via the second address to establish a connection between the mobile terminal device and the calling terminal device.
12. The method of claim 1 further comprising routing a communication link between the calling terminal device and the mobile terminal device via the second address to establish a connection between the mobile terminal device and the calling terminal device, the second address being a telephone number of the mobile terminal device.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the application on the network is an application run on a server of the network.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the signaling the determined second radio area by the mobile terminal device is effected by the mobile terminal device sending a message, the message being a member of a group consisting of:
(i) a Register Request Message containing an expanded contact parameter indicating that the mobile terminal device is located in the second radio area, the expanded contact parameter also comprising the second address of the mobile communication device, and
(ii) a Register Request Message containing an expanded parameter indicating that the mobile terminal device is not located in the first radio area.
15. The system of claim 6 wherein the second application is run on a server of the first network.
16. The system of claim 6 wherein the second application directs the communication request to a device for displaying that the mobile terminal device is not located in the first local radio area.
17. The system of claim 6 wherein the second application provides the initiator of the communication request with the second address for the mobile terminal device for connecting to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is in the second radio area, the second address for the mobile terminal device being an address for the mobile terminal device that is reachable via a wireless network.