JP2834095B2 - Location Registration Method for Wide Area Radio Call System - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a location registration system for a wide area wireless paging system, and more particularly, to a paging exchange of a home station which has received a pager call request signal from a call request terminal, refers to registered position registration information. Then, the service area of the pager is specified, and if the specified service area is out of the control of the own station, the call request signal is transferred to the radio paging exchange of the visitor station which controls the service area, and The present invention relates to a location registration method of a wide area wireless paging system for calling a pager wirelessly from a wireless paging exchange.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a user carrying a pager moves between different service areas of a radio paging company, a conventional wide area radio paging system of this type employs a radio paging service of a home station in which the pager is registered. It is necessary to notify the current location of the pager to the user and update the location registration management data of the paging exchange of the home station which manages the location of the pager (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-67024).

[0003] For this reason, a pager who has moved to a different area of a radio paging operator needs to register and change his / her location.
A general telephone is used to input a location registration with a push button (PB signal (DTMF signal)) to a radio paging operator of a home station via a public telephone network.
The home station radio pager, which has updated the management data of the home station according to the signal information, and subsequently received the pager call request signal from the call request terminal, refers to the registered service location to refer to the registered service area of the pager. The area is specified, a call request signal is transferred to the paging exchange of the visitor station that controls the specified service area, and the pager is called by radio from the paging switch of the visitor station.

[0004]

In the conventional location registration method of the wide area radio call system, it is difficult for the pager user to know which radio coverage area belongs, especially when the destination service area is in an adjacent prefecture. Therefore, the location information must be registered with the push button from the destination service area to the paging exchange of the home station through the telephone public network using a general telephone. In addition, in the location registration operation at that time, since the identification code of the transfer destination which is the location information of the transfer destination must be input, it is necessary to know the identification code of the transfer destination in advance. Can not.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a wide-area radio paging system that allows a user (contractor) carrying a pager to perform location registration without being aware of the location registration area when the paging carrier moves to a different service area. The present invention provides a location registration method.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a radio paging exchange of a home station, which has received a call request signal of a pager from a call request terminal, refers to the registered location registration information and refers to the service area of the pager. If the specified service area is out of the control of the own station, the call request signal is transferred to the paging switch of the visitor station in charge of the service area, and the pager is wirelessly transmitted from the paging switch of the visitor station. In the location registration method of a wide area wireless paging system for calling, the home station is connected to a wired public network connecting subscriber lines to wired terminals scattered in all service areas controlled by the respective wireless paging exchanges of the home station and the visitor station. And a special number common to all the paging exchanges of the visitor station is set in advance, and transmission from the arbitrary wired terminal to the special number is performed. And a means for connecting to a paging exchange that has jurisdiction over the service area where the wired terminal is located, and when the user carrying the pager updates the location registration with the movement, the user from the wired terminal in the vicinity of the user. By transmitting a call to the special number and performing a location registration update request operation on the radio paging exchange of the visitor station that has jurisdiction over the corresponding service area via the public network, the radio paging exchange of the visitor station can call the radio call of the home station. The location registration update information is transferred to the exchange, and the location registration information registered in the paging exchange of the home station is updated without requiring the user to recognize the service area to be registered.

In the above arrangement, the radio pager of the visitor station is connected to the wired public network and receives a position registration update request of the pager by the special number, and the radio pager of the home station. A data transmission / reception unit connected to the data transmission / reception unit for transmitting the location registration update information and receiving the call request signal; and when the location registration update request is received through the location registration reception unit, the home station of the pager is determined, and the home station of the pager is determined. Generates the location registration update information indicating that the mobile station is located in the base station, transmits the updated location registration information to the paging exchange of the home station through the data transmission / reception means, and receives the paging request signal from the paging exchange of the home station. Control means for calling the pager wirelessly through a station, and A data transmission / reception unit connected to a radio paging exchange of the visitor station for receiving the location registration update information and transmitting the call request signal; a location registration information management unit for storing location registration information of the pager; When the location registration update information is received from the paging exchange of the visitor station through the means, the location registration information in the location registration information management means is updated, and when a call request to the pager is received, the location registration information management means is referred to. And a control unit for determining the service area in which the pager is located and transmitting the paging signal to the corresponding radio paging exchange of the visitor station through the data transmission / reception unit.

According to the present invention, in a wired public network for connecting subscribers to wired terminals scattered in all service areas, a special number common to all the radio pagers of the home station and the visitor station is set in advance, and When a call is made from the wired terminal to the special number, there is provided a means for connecting to a paging switch which has jurisdiction over a service area in which the wired terminal is located.
"#Dial" service provided by the public network of Japan. This # dial consists of "#" and four digits. When the user (contractor) carrying the pager dials #, the paging exchange of the visitor station specifies the location registration area, and the location registration information registered in the paging exchange of the home station is updated. Then, the call request signal is transferred to the paging exchange of the visitor station which has jurisdiction over the specified service area, and the pager is called by radio from the paging exchange of the visitor station. For this reason, the user only needs to dial # without being conscious of the location registration area, and there is no need to perform an input operation of the location registration area that is troublesome to move.

[0009]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a pager wide area paging system to which the present invention is applied includes a paging switch 10 of a home station, a paging switch 20 of a visitor station, and a service area of a home station controlled by the paging switch 10 of the home station. 30, a service area 40 of the visitor station controlled by the paging switch 20 of the visitor station, a public network 70 connecting the paging switch 10 of the home station and the paging switch 20 of the visitor station, and a paging system of the home station. Public networks 60, 50 and 80 connecting the exchange 10 and public telephone terminals 33 scattered in the service area 30 of the home station, the radio pager 20 of the visitor station and the service area 40 of the visitor station
Public network (5) connecting public telephone terminals 43 scattered in
0), 90, a public network (80) connecting the paging switch 10 of the home station and the call requesting terminal 100, a pager 32 located in the service area 30 of the home station, and the pager 32 of the home station 10. And a pager 42 when moving from the service area 30 to the service area 40 of the visitor station 20.

The paging apparatus 10 of the home station has an incoming trunk 11 for accommodating the call request terminal 100 via the public network 80, and dial information from the call request terminal 100 received by the incoming trunk 11 via the public network 80. Translate MF
/ PB receiver 12, a local control device 13 for transmitting call information of a pager 32 to a wireless base station 31 in a service area 30 of a home station based on dial information transmitted by a call request terminal 100, and a visitor through a public network 70. A data transmission / reception device connected to the data transmission / reception device 24 of the radio paging exchange 20 of the station and transmitting / receiving various data such as a pager call request signal when the pager 32 moves from the service area 30 of the home station to the service area 40 of the visitor station. 14, a central control unit 15 that performs various controls of the paging switch 10 of the home station, and a location registration management table (not shown) that stores location registration information of the pager 42 located in the service area 40 of the visitor station. Storage device 16, a switch 17 for making an exchange connection, and registering subscriber data in advance. A location registration request for receiving a location registration request via the public network 80 using the mobile terminal 18 and a special number (for example, # dial of a service provided by NTT Corporation: “#” and four digits) shared by a preset visitor station. Apparatus 1
9.

The paging switch 20 of the visitor station also has the same function as that of the paging switch 10 of the home station.
A MF / PB receiver 22, a local control device 23, a data transmitting / receiving device 24, a central control device 25, a storage device 26, a switch 27, an input terminal 28, and a location registering device 29. Have been.

The service area 30 of the home station includes a radio base station 31 and a pager 32 registered in the radio pager 10 of the home station. The service area 40 of the visitor station is also a radio base station 41 and a home station. And the pager 42 that has moved from the service area 30.

Next, the operation will be described. First pager 3
Initial setting for registering the location registration of No. 2 in the radio pager 10 of the home station will be described.

A pager 3 is input from an input terminal 18 of a home page radio pager (hereinafter abbreviated as home station) 10.
In order to register 2 in the home station 10, an individual number preset in the pager 32, for example, “1000” and location information of the service area 30 controlled by the home station 10, for example, “300”, are input. A radio paging exchange (hereinafter abbreviated as a visitor station) 2 of a visitor station controlled by another paging carrier to which the pager 32 is to move.
0, the location information of the service area 40, for example, “400”
Is entered and registered in the location registration management table of the storage device 16.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the location registration management table. In this location registration management table, the location information of the service area where the pager is located and the location information of the service area of the visitor station to which the pager will move are registered for the individual number of each pager. That is, for the individual number 1000 of the pager 32, the location registration information 300 indicating that the pager 32 is located in the service area 30 of the home station 10, the home station indicating the connectable service area, and the visitor to be moved. Station location information 300, 400, and 500 are registered.
Therefore, the pager 32 to which the individual number 1000 has been set is determined based on the location registration information 300 by the current home station 10.
Is located in the service area 30, and the pager 32
Can be connected only when resident in the service area 30 and when returning to the service area 30 from the service area 40 or another service area.

Next, from the call request terminal 100 to the home station 10
A case where the pager 32 located in the service area 30 is called will be described.

The call request terminal 100 dials a call number including the individual number 1000 unique to the pager 32 to call the pager 32. This dial information arrives at the incoming trunk 11 of the home station 10 via the public network 80. The dial information received at the incoming trunk 11 is input to the MF / PB receiver 22 through the switch 17 and
Individual number 1 of pager 32 received by PB receiver 22
000 are translated. The central control unit 15 stores the storage device 1 based on the translated individual number 1000 of the pager 32.
6 by searching the location registration management table stored in
Recognizing that the pager 32 is located in the service area 30 of the home station 10 from the location information 300, the local number 1000 of the pager 32 and the location information 300 of the service area 30 in which the pager 32 is located are locally controlled. Send it to the device 13. The local control device 13 transmits the received pager's individual number 1000 and the location information of the service area 30 to the wireless base station 31 of the service area 30 of the home station 10 which has generated pager call information in a predetermined signal format. The wireless base station 31 sends out the received pager call information by radio and calls the pager 32.

Subsequently, the service area 3 of the home station 10
A method of updating the position registration of the pager 42 when the pager 32 located within 0 moves to the service area 40 under the control of the visitor station 20 which is another paging communication carrier will be described.

The user of the pager 42 who has moved from the service area 30 of the home station 10 to the service area 40 of the visitor station 20 receives a preset location registration from a public telephone terminal 43 scattered in the service area 40 of the visitor station 20. Dial (call) the # dial which is the special number of The public network 50 that has received the # dial specifies that the public telephone terminal 43 is installed in the service area 40 of the visitor station 20 by the reverse number of the # dial (call acceptance switch identification number), and establishes the public network 90. Via visitor station 20
Arrives at the location registering device 29 of FIG. In addition, this special number (#
Information on which home station or visitor station should be connected from which area when dialing is originated is determined by the administrator of the home station (operator) and the administrator of the visitor station (operator) by the administrator of the public network. Special number (# dial) for (operator)
Notify when requesting for settings.

The central control unit 25 of the visitor station 20 recognizes that it is a position registration request from the service area 40 of the visitor station 20 by receiving the information via the position registration device 29, and makes a position registration request according to guidance. The pager 42 prompts the user to input the individual number of the pager 42. The user of the pager 42 dials the individual number 1000 according to the input prompting guidance. The dial information arrives at the location registration device 29 of the visitor station 20 via the public networks 50 to 90. The dial information received by the location registering device 29 is transmitted through the switch 27 to the MF / PB receiver 2.
2 and the individual number 1000 of the pager 42 is translated. The central controller 25 controls the translated pager 4
2 based on the individual number 1000 of the service area 40,
0 and the position registration update information including the individual number 1000 of the pager 42 via the data transmitting / receiving device 24 via the public network 70.
And the public network 70 arrives at the data transmitting / receiving device 14 of the home station 10.

The central control device 15 of the home station 10 receives the location registration update information via the data transmitting / receiving device 14,
From the location registration update information, the individual number 1 of the pager 42
000 and the location information 400 of the service area 40 of the visitor station 20 are extracted, and the extracted individual number 1 of the pager 42 is extracted.
Based on 000, the location registration management table stored in the storage device 16 is searched to determine whether or not the location information 400 of the service area 40 of the visitor station 20 is registered as connectable location information. When recognizing that the position information 400 of the service area 40 is registered corresponding to the individual number 1000 of the pager 42, the central control device 15 recognizes the service area in the location registration management table stored in the storage device 16. Home station 1 registered in
0, the location information 300 of the service area 30 is transmitted to the visitor station 2
0 is rewritten to the position information 400 of the service area 40.

Thereafter, when there is a call request of the pager 42 (32) from the call request terminal 100, the central control unit 15 of the radio paging exchange 10 of the home station stores the storage device 1
6, the pager 42 recognizes that the pager 42 has registered the position in the service area 40 of the visitor station 20, and transmits a call request signal via the data transmitting / receiving device 14. To the public network 70,
The public network 70 transmits the data to the data transmitting / receiving device 24 of the visitor station 20.

The central control device 25 of the visitor station 20 sends the call request signal received via the data transmitting / receiving device 24 to the local control device 23, and the local control device 23 converts the received call request signal into a predetermined signal format. As a pager calling signal, and the radio base station 41 of the service area 40
To pager 42.

The pager 42 changes from the service area 40 of the visitor station 20 to the service area 30 of the home station 10 again.
To the pager 32, the public telephone terminals 33 scattered in the service area 30 of the home station 10
The user dials the dial, connects to the home station 10 via the public network 60 to the public network 50 to the public network 80, and
Update the location registration management table stored in the storage device 16 of FIG.

Thereafter, when a call request for the pager 32 is made from the call request terminal 100, the pager returned to the service area 30 of the home station 10 with reference to the updated location registration management table stored in the storage device 16. 32
Can be called.

As described above, a certain area (for example,
The pager 32 of (Tokyo) registers the location information 400 of the service area 40 under the jurisdiction of the visitor station 20 in an area (for example, Osaka) in a different area of the paging communication carrier (for example, Osaka) with the home station 10 in Tokyo. Home station 10
When the user moves from the (located location information 300) to the service area 40 (accessible location information 400) under the jurisdiction of the visitor station 20 in Osaka on a business trip or the like, the public telephone terminal 43 installed in the service area of the destination is used. The public network 50 dials the #dial and receives the #dial. The public telephone terminal 43 uses the reverse number of the #dial to indicate that the public telephone terminal 43 is in the visitor station 2 in Osaka.
0, is specified to be installed in the service area 40, the public network 50 is connected to the location registration device of the visitor station 20 in Osaka via the public network 90, and The location information 400 of the service area 40 is transmitted to the home station 10 in Tokyo, and the location information in the location registration management table registered in the home station 10 in Tokyo is updated. There is no need to sometimes perform a troublesome input operation of the location registration area, and if the destination service area is an adjacent prefecture, it is not necessary to be aware of which radio wave effective range belongs to which prefecture.

[0028]

According to the present invention, when a pager moves to a destination service area, a pager of a visitor station having jurisdiction over a service area in which the pager is located is designated by a preset reverse number of a special number (# dial). Connects to the home station and automatically identifies the location of the destination, and transfers the location registration information to the home office radio paging exchange. It becomes unnecessary to register the identification code (located location information), which is the location information of the destination, with a push button.
As a result, it is possible to move between neighboring prefectures without being aware of the effective range of radio waves. Further, it is not necessary to know all the identification codes in advance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of location registration management data according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 Radio paging exchange of home station 11, 21 Incoming trunk 12, 22 MF / PB receiver 13, 23 Regional control unit 14, 24 Data transmission / reception device 15, 25 Central control unit 16, 26 Storage device 17, 27 Switch 18, 28 Input terminals 19,29 Location registration device 20 Visitor station radio pager 30 Home station service area 31,41 Wireless base station 32,42 Pager 33,43 Public telephone terminal 40 Visitor station service area 50,60,70, 80,90 Public network 100 Call request terminal

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04B 7/24-7/26 H04M 3/42-3/58 H04Q 7/00-7/38

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A radio pager of a home station which has received a pager call request signal from a call request terminal, specifies a service area of the pager by referring to registered location registration information, and specifies the service area of the specified pager. When the service area is out of the control of the local station, the call request signal is transferred to the paging exchange of the visitor station which controls the service area, and the location registration of the wide area paging system for calling the pager wirelessly from the paging switch of the visitor station. In the method, all of the home station and the visitor station's wireless paging are placed on a wired public network connecting subscriber lines to wired terminals scattered in all service areas under the control of the respective wireless paging exchanges of the home station and the visitor station. When a special number common to exchanges is set in advance and a call is made to the special number from any of the wired terminals, the wired terminal is located Means for connecting to a radio paging exchange that has jurisdiction over the service area, and when the user carrying the pager updates the location registration as he moves, the user sends a call to the special number from the wired terminal in his / her surrounding area and By performing a location registration update request operation to the paging exchange of the visitor station that controls the corresponding service area via the network, the location registration update information is transferred from the paging exchange of the visitor station to the paging exchange of the home station. Updating the location registration information registered in the paging exchange of the home station without requiring the user to recognize the service area to be registered in the location registration of the wide area wireless paging system. method. 2. A location registration accepting means connected to the wired public network for accepting a location registration update request of the pager by the special number, and a location connected to a location of the home station radio pager. A data transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting registration update information and receiving a call request signal, and when the position registration update request is received through the position registration reception unit, determines the home station of the pager and stays in the service area of its own station. The location registration update information is generated and transmitted to the paging exchange of the home station through the data transmission / reception means. When the paging request signal from the paging exchange of the home station is received, the pager is transmitted through the radio base station. Control means for making a call to the home station wirelessly. A data transmitting / receiving means connected to an exchange for receiving the location registration update information and transmitting the call request signal; a location registration information management means for storing the location registration information of the pager; When the location registration update information is received from the radio pager, the location registration information in the location registration information management means is updated, and when a call request to the pager is received, the location of the pager is referred to by referring to the location registration information management means. 2. The location registration of the wide area wireless paging system according to claim 1, further comprising control means for judging a coverage service area and transmitting said paging signal to said paging exchange of said visitor station through said data transmitting / receiving means. method.