EP1118240A1 - Rückrufverfahren und vorrichtung in einem mobilen kommunikationssystem - Google Patents
Rückrufverfahren und vorrichtung in einem mobilen kommunikationssystemInfo
- Publication number
- EP1118240A1 EP1118240A1 EP99949162A EP99949162A EP1118240A1 EP 1118240 A1 EP1118240 A1 EP 1118240A1 EP 99949162 A EP99949162 A EP 99949162A EP 99949162 A EP99949162 A EP 99949162A EP 1118240 A1 EP1118240 A1 EP 1118240A1
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- Prior art keywords
- network
- mobile station
- callback request
- request signal
- callback
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
- H04W4/16—Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
- H04M3/42195—Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M2203/00—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M2203/65—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to applications where calls are combined with other types of communication
- H04M2203/652—Call initiation triggered by text message
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M2207/00—Type of exchange or network, i.e. telephonic medium, in which the telephonic communication takes place
- H04M2207/18—Type of exchange or network, i.e. telephonic medium, in which the telephonic communication takes place wireless networks
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
- H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
- H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
- H04M3/533—Voice mail systems
- H04M3/53333—Message receiving aspects
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
- H04W4/12—Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
- H04W4/14—Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
- H04W4/24—Accounting or billing
Definitions
- This invention relates to mobile communications, and more
- circuit connections in a mobile communications system such as a GSM
- visited network for a call made to a party in the home network can be
- US-A-5438616 describes a fixed line telephone system comprising a
- connection is established between the first party and the controller by the first
- the controller receives and stores a first callback telephone number and a second callback telephone
- controller to initiate a telephone call to the first callback telephone number.
- controller by operation of the controller to initiate a telephone call to the
- the switching unit interrogates the called location by initiating a first
- the network-side apparatus for use in a mobile communications network
- apparatus comprising: means for receiving a callback request signal originated
- the procedure for setting up a call may be more convenient and
- the request may for
- example be generated by interaction with a menu facility on a display of the
- a visited network of the transmission from the mobile station of signals using
- a non-circuit-related data transfer mechanism is generally less than the cost of
- the invention provides
- This aspect of the invention is intended to provide further convenience
- mobile station is adapted to format information provided by the user as a recognisable callback request when transmitted, without the need for the user
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile communications network
- Figure 2 illustrates a sendee node arranged in accordance with the first
- Figure 3 is a flow diagram illustrating steps carried out by the service
- Figure 4 is a block diagram illustrating how USSD messages are
- Figure 5 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of the first
- Figure 6 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of the network in
- a Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) 2 is
- BSCs The BSCs 4 are dispersed geographically across areas served by
- Each BSC 4 controls one or more Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) 6 located remote from, and connected by further BTSs.
- BTSs Base Transceiver Stations
- Each BTS 6 transmits radio signals to.
- a GSM network is provided
- a Mobile Switching Centre 2 is also connected via communication
- GSM communications system 10 which includes other GSM networks, in particular
- GSM networks (having configurations similar to that illustrated) in other
- PSTN Public Service Telephone Network
- HLR Home Location Register
- IMSI Mobile Subscriber Identity
- the IMSI is also stored in the mobile station in a removable data store,
- SIM Subscriber Identity Module
- the Mobile Switching Centre 2 is also provided with a Nisitor
- NLR Location Register
- the network additionally comprises a Service Node 24 which is
- SMSC 18 Short Message Service Centre
- the storing and forwarding of SMS messages in the network is
- SMSC Short Message Service Centre
- MSC 2 connected to MSC 2 is used in the second embodiment of the invention, and is
- SMS messages from the MSC 2 to the service node 24 is relayed by the
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of the service node 24,
- node 24 comprises a USSD Handler 71 and a Short Message Handler 72 for
- the service node 24 also serves to receive USSD and SMS messages, respectively.
- the service node 24 also serves to send USSD and SMS messages, respectively.
- the switch matrix 73 terminates a large
- the IVRU 75 is capable of accepting DTMF signalling
- the USSD Handler 71 The USSD Handler 71, the Short Message Handler 72, the switch
- the SNCP 76 is responsible for the processing service
- database 77 which contains on-board subscriber and service data.
- the SNCP 76 may also use the services of an external Service
- the service node 24 also includes external interfaces 78, 79
- a callback request is received by either USSD Handler 71
- the SNCP 76 initiates a first outgoing call to the requesting
- the SNCP 76 determines whether an identifiable recipient
- step 83 determines the required service through use of the IVRU 75.
- subscriber ' s responses which may be voiced and/or DTMF tones.
- the SNCP 76 determines whether the received service
- request is a third party call request or a request for a network service provided
- the SNCP initiates a second outgoing
- the SNCP 76 initiates a second outgoing
- the SNCP 76 instructs the switch matrix 73 at step 87 to bridge the two
- USB Supplementary Service Data
- a network entity on the basis of unstructured message protocols. For example, a
- mobile station can transmit text messages generated by the user via the
- MMI man-machine interface
- the USSD signalling between the network and the mobile station is
- a mobile station can communicate with a network entity without
- SUPCH Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- Visited Public Land Mobile Network can transmit a specially
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- HPLMN HPLMN
- Figure 4 illustrates how a USSD message originated by a mobile
- the message is first passed to the serving MSC 21 in the
- VPLMN on to the VLR 22 associated with that MSC, and via inter-network links, to the subscriber's home HLR 12.
- the HLR passes the message to the
- mobile station 8a MSC 21, VLR 22, HLR 12, and service node 24 comprises
- Mobile station 8a comprises a Man-
- MMI Machine Interface
- MMI 30 in turn is linked with the station ' s USSD handler 25.
- Each of MSC 21, VLR 22 and HLR 12 comprises an application
- the application modules 31 to 33 are identical to the application modules 31 to 33, respectively.
- the application modules 31 to 33 are identical to the application modules 31 to 33, respectively.
- modules 31 to 33 are provided for processing a USSD message locally in the
- application modules is determined by the service provider and/or network
- the mobile station 8a by using the keys of mobile station 8a and instructs the transmission thereof to the serving network.
- the mobile station 8a the mobile station
- the SIM of the mobile station 8a may be provided with a
- prestored application program e.g. a SIM Application Toolkit program, see
- the USSD message also contains the actual user data, e.g. the
- the user data includes a
- the MSISDN is included because the MSISDN is required to
- the MSISDN may be omitted since an
- the user data may include data identifying the required service. This
- a service may identify a network service to be administered, in which case a service
- the MSC 21 sets up a
- the VLR 22 checks,
- the VLR 22 sets up a transaction to the subscriber's home HLR 12 in the HPLMN and
- the message handler 28 in the HLR 12 passes the request to the
- the service node 24 may also initiate a call to a
- the recipient may be another mobile
- HPLMN such as a voice mail retrieval system. Otherwise, the call may be
- TCH traffic channel
- USSD message transmission may take place even if the
- This aspect may be
- the Short Message Service In the second embodiment of the invention, the Short Message Service
- SMS data transfer mechanism
- the SMS data transfer mechanism is a data transfer teleservice defined in, inter alia, GSM Technical
- FIG. 8a illustrates a mobile station 8a, a VPLMN MSC 21, the HPLMN SMSC 18,
- mobile station 8a wants to transmit a callback request, he activates his mobile
- the mobile station may be adapted such that a correctly formatted SMS
- the SIM of the mobile station 8a is a registered trademark of the SIM of the mobile station 8a
- SIM Application may be provided with a stored application program (e.g. a SIM Application
- Toolkit program which is arranged to instruct the mobile station to provide
- one or more selectable menu options e.g. "Voicemail Callback", “Third Party
- the mobile station 8a then converts the entered information into the predetermined callback request format, using
- the SMS message contains the subscriber's MSISDN number, to be
- the contained MSISDN is
- MSISDN is used as a default number for the callback.
- the user data may include data identifying the required service. This
- a service may identify a network service to be administered, in which case a service
- the MSC 21 may be any network elements of the visited network to the serving MSC 21.
- the MSC 21 may be any network elements of the visited network to the serving MSC 21.
- the recipient may be another mobile station 8b, a fixed line terminal 40 or a
- the call may be handled in the service node 24.
- SMS messages do not require the end-to-end establishment of a traffic
- short message transmission may take place even if the mobile
- the apparatus e.g. the service node 24 which provides the
- network-side controls the callback function is network-side.
- network-side is
- the service node 24 need not be configured to handle
- callback requests in the form of both USSD and SMS message, but may
- the invention is not limited to the non-circuit-related data transfer
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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GB9822108A GB2342536A (en) | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-09 | Call back facility |
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AU (1) | AU6214899A (de) |
GB (1) | GB2342536A (de) |
WO (1) | WO2000022863A1 (de) |
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