JP2817716B2 - Paging time notification control method in wireless paging device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio paging system, and more particularly, to a radio paging control system and method for transmitting a paging signal including information for identifying a portable radio terminal from a radio paging apparatus and calling the portable radio terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art of this type of radio paging system, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 7-240955 discloses that a called party is called at a time designated by a caller to thereby make effective use of radio traffic. There has been proposed a time-designated wireless paging system that allows the user to make a call. In addition, JP-A-61
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 212951 proposes a pager calling device in which a time to be called and a pager are registered in advance, and the pager corresponding to the registered time is automatically called.

[0003] In a conventional radio paging system in which a paging signal including information for identifying a portable radio terminal is transmitted from a radio paging apparatus to call a mobile radio terminal, a radio paging requester transmits radio signals from an external network such as a public communication network. The wireless paging apparatus is connected to the paging apparatus, and the paging request information and the like are received by the paging apparatus, whereby the paging is performed by the paging requester in an online manner, that is, for each request call.

[0004] Therefore, when the line between the external network and the radio paging device becomes congested, the possibility of connection with the radio paging device decreases, and the radio call requester repeats the retransmission operation. Then, the operation of the call requester is a factor that further prolongs the congestion state.

[0005]

As described above, the above-mentioned conventional radio paging system has the following problems.

(1) The first problem is that, in the conventional radio paging system, when the line between the public communication network and the call receiving unit becomes congested, a busy tone or a congestion notification announcement is sent to the call requester. Is sent, which means that the call requester needs to make a call again and reconnect to the call accepting unit of the radio pager. The repetition of the retransmission operation by the call requester has also been a factor of prolonging the congestion state.

The reason is that only a line capacity corresponding to the capacity of the call information storage unit of the radio pager can be provided.
It is mentioned.

(2) The second problem is that the conventional paging apparatus is based on online processing.
This means that the storage capacity of the call information storage unit is not sufficient.

[0009] The reason is that the conventional radio pager is based on online processing, and is configured to perform a call process during a call request call process from a call requester.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to prevent the occurrence of a line congestion state and to improve the connection rate of a radio paging call. It is to provide a method. It is another object of the present invention to provide a radio paging control method and method for improving serviceability by estimating a radio paging execution time and notifying a radio paging requester by voice.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, a radio paging control system according to the present invention transmits a paging signal including information for identifying a portable radio terminal and calls the portable radio terminal. A means for accumulating call information, calculating an estimated call time according to the processing capability of the apparatus from already received uncalled accumulated data, and notifying the call requester of the estimated call execution time. It is characterized by.

The present invention is characterized in that there is provided traffic control means for calculating the estimated call execution time from the average call processing execution time and the amount of information stored in the means for storing call information.

Further, in the present invention, preferably,
Voice response means is provided for notifying the call requester of the estimated call execution time by voice.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In a preferred embodiment of the radio paging apparatus according to the present invention, a call reception unit (21 in FIG. 1) connected to an external network such as a public communication network, a traffic management unit (22 in FIG. 1), a call information storage. Part (23 in FIG. 1),
Voice response unit (24 in FIG. 1), timer unit (25 in FIG. 1),
And a data transmission unit (26 in FIG. 1). The data from the data transmission unit is encoded by an encoding device (3 in FIG. 1), a wireless transmitter (4 in FIG. 1), and a transmission antenna (5 in FIG. 1). Is transmitted wirelessly to the portable wireless terminal which is the called device via the.

In the radio call control system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the conventional online processing system is regarded as an off-line type process from the viewpoint of the call requester. For the number of lines between external networks such as the communication network (1 in FIG. 1), set the number of lines in the radio paging device (2 in FIG. 1) to match the capacity of the call information storage unit (23 in FIG. 1). Then, all the call information other than the invalid call such as abandonment is accumulated.

The traffic management unit (22 in FIG. 1) which controls the call information storage unit (23 in FIG. 1) includes a call information storage unit (23 in FIG. 1) that has already been accumulated and the call processing has not been completed. An estimated time at which the received call request is executed is calculated from the amount of information stored in the telephone call and the average call time required for the call processing, and the radio paging device (2 in FIG. 1) is calculated.
A voice response unit (24 in FIG. 1) incorporated in the device notifies the wireless call requester of the estimated call execution time by voice.

In the present invention, the number of lines between the external network and the radio paging apparatus is changed to the storage capacity of the paging information storage unit by changing the radio paging processing from online processing to offline processing from the viewpoint of the call requester. It can be set together.

As a result, the possibility of disconnection from the radio paging device, such as a busy tone return, is clearly reduced for the radio call requester, so that the possibility of network congestion is also reduced. Can be confirmed by voice, so that the serviceability of the radio call service is improved.

In order to describe the above-described embodiment of the present invention in more detail, examples of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a radio paging apparatus having a paging time notification function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a radio paging apparatus having a paging time notification function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a paging reception unit 21, a traffic management unit 22, a paging information storage unit 23, and a voice response unit 2.
4, a timer unit 25, and a data transmission unit 26.

The operation of the radio pager having a call time notification function according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

A paging request call transmitted from an external network such as the public communication network 1 is received by the paging reception unit 21 of the paging apparatus 2 as a paging requester request signal including information for identifying a portable radio terminal. Is done.

The received paging request signal is stored in the paging information storage unit 23 via the traffic management unit 22, and the traffic management unit 22
3 is read out, an estimated time at which the accepted calling process is executed is calculated based on the average time required for the calling process, and the result is transmitted to the voice response unit 24. The timer unit 25 includes a call receiving unit 2 serving as a base for the estimated call processing time.
1 is sent to the traffic management unit 22 for each call request call received by the call reception unit 21 based on the request of the traffic management unit 22, based on the request of the traffic management unit 22, and the traffic management unit 22 accepts the call request call. The time is used as data for calculating the estimated call time.

Voice response unit 2 receiving the calculated estimated time
4 converts the time information into a voice signal and transmits it to the caller via the call receiving unit 21. Call receiving unit 21
At the time when the voice signal from the voice response unit 24 ends,
The connection with an external network such as the public communication network 1 is disconnected to prepare for the next radio call request call.

The traffic management unit 22 sequentially reads out the call request information stored in the call information storage unit 23, passes through the data transmission unit 26, passes through the encoding device 3, and receives a call from the wireless transmitter 4. Is transmitted. At this time, if the call processing is possible before the estimated call time, the call processing is naturally performed regardless of the estimated call time.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects are obtained.

(1) The first effect of the present invention is that the radio paging process is separated from the online process for a radio paging request call based on the information temporarily stored in the paging information storage unit.
Since the call is executed sequentially, the line congestion due to the radio call request does not occur, and the radio call requester does not need to make a re-call due to the line congestion.

The reason for this is that, in the present invention, the radio paging process is divided into two stages: a precedent stage radio call reception process and a radio call execution estimated time notification, and a rear stage radio transmitter call process.
Because it is performed in stages,
This is because the reception capability of the wireless calling device is improved.

(2) The second effect of the present invention is that since the radio call requester is notified of the estimated radio call execution time by voice, it is possible to realize a very fine radio call service. That is, the serviceability to the call requester is improved.

The reason is that in the present invention, the call information is stored in the call information storage unit, and the estimated time of execution of the received call request is expressed by voice, This is because it is transmitted to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Public communication network 2 Radio paging device 3 Encoding device 4 Radio transmitter 5 Antenna for transmission 21 Call reception unit 22 Traffic management unit 23 Call information storage unit 24 Voice response unit 25 Timer unit 26 Data transmission unit

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] (A) In response to a radio call request, the call information is stored and stored in an information storage means, and the execution time of the radio call is estimated to notify the caller of the execution time. Performing a wireless call process from the call information, thereby increasing the call accepting capability, thereby improving the call receiving capability. 2. A wireless paging control system for transmitting a paging signal containing information for identifying a portable radio terminal and calling the portable radio terminal, comprising means for accumulating call information, wherein the apparatus is constructed from unacquired stored data already received. A paging estimated time corresponding to the processing capability of (i), and notifying the call requester of the estimated call execution time. 3. The radio communication system according to claim 2, further comprising traffic control means for calculating said estimated call execution time from the average call processing execution time and the amount of information stored in said call information storage means. Calling device. 4. A radio paging apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising voice response means for notifying said call requester of said estimated call execution time by voice.