KR20030001042A - System for providing a global roaming service and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A global roaming system in a mobile communication network and a service method thereof are provided to transmit information concerning an original service provider and a location of a client as well as offer the client the mother language service of the client based on the provider information through a push gateway when the client moves to a region of another network. CONSTITUTION: When an optional client turns on a terminal(S200), the connection is notified to a service provider of the second mobile communication network through the second BTS(Base Transceiver Station) and the second MSC(Mobile Switching Center) in the second mobile communication network(S202). Information on a service provider of the first mobile communication network and location information of the client are transmitted to a CP(Contents Provider) through the second mobile communication network(S204). The CP searches information on the moving client and sets up a vernacular of the client(S206). And the CP provides the terminal with a service of information on the client location and tour guide through a push gateway(S208).

Description

Global roaming system and service method in mobile communication network {SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A GLOBAL ROAMING SERVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roaming service technology in a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to a global roaming system in a mobile communication network that provides wireless mobile communication content in parallel with a native language service when roaming between other networks. And a service method.

In general, the next generation mobile communication system is collectively referred to as IMT-2000, and is a system implemented to exchange multimedia information such as voice and video with a desired party anywhere in the world by guaranteeing international mobility of individual / terminals. The IMT-2000 system provides a service using a frequency band of 1885 to 2025 MHz and 2110 to 2200 MHz, which is higher than the 900 MHz band used in the conventional digital cellular communication system.

In addition, the next generation mobile communication system supports international interworking, that is, global roaming, by providing a user with a terminal for a special purpose that can be interworked between two types of networks using different communication methods.

Global roaming is a function that allows a client to receive mobile communication services while moving around the world, and is a technology that must be applied to the field of next generation mobile communication.

However, in such a conventional technology, there is no way to provide a mobile communication service corresponding to a client country and a client language by referring to original client information of the client.

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned point, and transmits the original operator information and the location information of the client when any client moves to another network, and the local language of the client based on the operator information through the push gateway. An object of the present invention is to provide a global roaming system and a service method in a mobile communication network in which a service is performed in parallel.

According to one embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a global roaming system in a mobile communication network interworking a local communication network and another station network, if any client is connected to the other station communication network, local operator information and location information of the client A push gateway in a foreign station network; The present invention provides a global roaming system in a mobile communication network, comprising content providing means for serving wireless mobile service related content in a native language of a client with reference to local carrier information of a client provided from a foreign communication network.

According to another embodiment for achieving the object of the present invention, in the global roaming service method in a mobile communication network having a content providing means for providing mobile communication content by interworking a local communication network and another communication network, any client is a foreign station Determining whether the communication network is wirelessly connected, and when connected to the communication network of another station, notifying the service provider of the connection through the other communication network; Transmitting local provider information of the client and location information of the client to the content providing means through a foreign country communication network; Retrieving information of the client and setting the national language of the client; The present invention provides a global roaming service method in a mobile communication network, comprising providing a client with information on a location of a client and tour guide information based on a set national language.

1 is a block diagram of a global roaming system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a global roaming service process performed in the global roaming system of FIG.

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10: terminal

20: CP

100, 200: mobile communication network

102, 202: Mobile communication switching center

104, 204: base station

206: push gateway

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a global roaming system in a mobile communication network according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which includes a terminal 10, a first mobile communication network 100, a first mobile communication switching center 102, and a first base station ( 104, a second mobile communication network 200, a second mobile communication switching center 202, a second base station 204, a push gateway 206, and a content provider (CP) 20.

As shown, the terminal 10 means, for example, an IMT-2000 terminal, and the client can wirelessly connect to a network using the terminal 10.

The first mobile communication network 100 is a local communication network of any client, and includes a first base station 104, a first mobile communication switching center 102, and the like.

Here, the first base station 104 mediates between the terminal 10 and the first mobile switching center 102, and is largely composed of a BTS and a BSC (not shown).

The second mobile communication network 200 is another station communication network for the mobile station 10 to register and move, and includes a second mobile communication switching center 202, a second base station 204, and a push gateway 206. The second mobile communication switching center 202 and the second base station 204 in the second mobile communication network 200 are connected to the first mobile communication switching station 102 and the first base station 104 in the first mobile communication network 100 described above. Since the functions are the same, redundant descriptions will be omitted.

The push gateway 206 in the second mobile communication network 200 according to the present embodiment transmits the location information and the guide information of the client to the second mobile communication switching center 200 in association with the CP 20.

That is, the CP 20 is used as a means for servicing the client's location information, tour guide information, etc. by referring to the original operator information of the mobile client provided from the second mobile telecommunication switching center 200.

Hereinafter, with reference to the above-described configuration, with reference to the flowchart of Figure 2 attached to the global roaming service process according to the present invention will be described in detail.

First, when any client wirelessly connects to the second mobile communication network 200 in step S200, that is, when the terminal 10 is powered on, the second base station in the second mobile communication network 200 ( 204, the fact of connection is notified to the operator of the second mobile communication network 200 through the second mobile communication switching center 202 (S202).

In step S204, the original operator information of the client, that is, information about the first mobile network operator and the location information of the client, is transmitted to the CP 20 through the second mobile communication network 200.

In step S206, the CP 20 retrieves the information of the mobile client, sets the national language of the client, and proceeds to step S208.

In operation S208, the CP 20 services the terminal 10 with information on the location of the client and the tour guide information through the push gateway 206. Such a service may be serviced in the native language of the corresponding client, as in step S206 described above.

As mentioned above, although this invention was concretely demonstrated based on the Example, this invention is not limited to this Example, Of course, various changes are possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary.

Therefore, the present invention has an effect of providing a user with a better roaming service in a mobile communication network.

Claims (2)

In a global roaming system in a mobile communication network that interoperates a home communication network and another country communication network, A push gateway in the foreign communication network that transmits local operator information and location information of the client when an arbitrary client is connected to the foreign communication network; And content providing means for serving wireless mobile service related content in a native language of the client with reference to local operator information of the client provided from the foreign country's communication network. In the global roaming service method in a mobile communication network having a content providing means for providing a mobile communication content by interworking a local communication network and another communication network, Determining whether any client is wirelessly connected to the other station network, and if connected to the other station network, notifying the other station network operator of the fact of access through the other station network; Transmitting local operator information of the client and location information of the client to the content providing means through the foreign country communication network; Retrieving information of the client and setting a native language of the client; And providing the client with information about the location of the client and tour guide information based on the set national language.