WO2007106005A1 - Automatic positioning of equipment connected to a telecommunication and data communication system - Google Patents

Automatic positioning of equipment connected to a telecommunication and data communication system Download PDF

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WO2007106005A1
WO2007106005A1 PCT/SE2007/000058 SE2007000058W WO2007106005A1 WO 2007106005 A1 WO2007106005 A1 WO 2007106005A1 SE 2007000058 W SE2007000058 W SE 2007000058W WO 2007106005 A1 WO2007106005 A1 WO 2007106005A1
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Krister TÖRNQVIST
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Teliasonera Ab
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04L69/16—Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
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    • H04M3/42348—Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
    • H04M3/42357—Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04M7/0066—Details of access arrangements to the networks
    • H04M7/0069—Details of access arrangements to the networks comprising a residential gateway, e.g. those which provide an adapter for POTS or ISDN terminals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04W4/02—Services making use of location information
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04L65/1016—IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
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    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/253—Telephone sets using digital voice transmission
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    • H04M2242/00—Special services or facilities
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04W64/00—Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

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  • the present invention relates to a tele- and data communication system, and more particular a system which includes means which makes it possible to utilize geographical positioning of, in the first place, handheld terminals to control and communicate different types of services included in said system.
  • TeliaSonera service Friendfinder which implies that the user can get information about where a wanted person is to be found, actually the position of the mobile terminal, provided that the wanted terminal has an established connection with the system.
  • a telecommunication and data communication system need information about the geographical position of the calling terminal to make it possible for the system to route the call to the in the system most suitable emergency service centre, with regard to e.g. geographical nearness to e.g. the scene of the accident, and to make it possible to inform the by the system selected emergency service centre about from where the call is emanating.
  • IP-address does not include information about the geographical origin of the call in the same way as at utilization of fixed telephony or the positioning at the utilization of mobile telephony.
  • the calling person himself/herself has to specify his/her geographical position to make the in the system accessible position-based services function as intended.
  • the present invention intends to solve above mentioned problems.
  • One aim of the present invention is to provide a tele- and data communication system which makes it possible to use geographical positioning of units of equipment which can co-operate with said system to control and communicate different types of positioning services included in said system, also in the cases when the system is using IP-based technology solutions.
  • the invention can be realized on a plurality of communication platforms included in a tele- and data communication system, but in the preferred embodiment is described how this is made by utilization of IMS.
  • the fixed equipment in e.g. the home and/or the office can consist of a terminal intended for IP-telephony, or of IP-connected equipment of other kind, for instance a so called Residential Gateway (RGW) which in its turn is arranged with one or more terminals intended for IP-telephony which is permanently or wirelessly connected to said equipment.
  • CPE home and/or the office
  • RGW Residential Gateway
  • the invention is based on that CPE can communicate with mobile terminals located in, for instance, the home and/or the office, over, for instance, a WLAN, Bluetooth, IR or via galvanically connected via a docking station which can co-operate with said mobile terminal.
  • IMS IMS 's database
  • HSS is the database which, in addition to HLR-information, also holds other subscriber information.
  • a mobile terminal gets into contact with CPE, it informs the subscriber database via the IP-connection that this has been made. This can result in that the traffic to the mobile terminal is controlled via the IP-network and CPE, instead of over the mobile network. This, however, is no requirement for the present invention.
  • the subscriber database already has access to the position of the mobile terminal, which has been acquired in known way, but when used positioning method so allows, the positioning function in the mobile terminal can be activated in known way via the mobile network to obtain such a current position as possible. Because CPE is registered in the same subscriber database, the position data of the mobile terminal also can be associated with CPE.
  • the units of equipment which are connected to CPE and are registered in the subscriber database then share this position.
  • the position of CPE can be propagated down to CPE, and be acquired via inquiry from CPE, or be kept only in the subscriber database.
  • the position information is added by IMS at outgoing call.
  • CPE can add this information.
  • the latter case also makes it possible that the telecommunication and data communication services which do no utilize IMS will have access to position information.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a telecommunication and data communication system and more particular to a system which includes means which makes it possible to utilize geographical positioning of units of equipment which can co-operate with said system to control and communicate different types of services included in said system. In the invention is included a device and method which makes it possible to geographically find out the position of to said system connected equipment when the communication between the calling and the called one is made by utilization of IP-based equipment.

Description

AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF EQUIPMENT CONNECTED TO A TELECOMMUNICATION AND DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a tele- and data communication system, and more particular a system which includes means which makes it possible to utilize geographical positioning of, in the first place, handheld terminals to control and communicate different types of services included in said system.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
It is previously known to use different positioning technologies to find out the geographical position of a mobile terminal. Positioning specifications which then can be utilized for different types of subscriptions where the position of the mobile terminal is of considerable importance.
Such an example is the TeliaSonera service Friendfinder which implies that the user can get information about where a wanted person is to be found, actually the position of the mobile terminal, provided that the wanted terminal has an established connection with the system.
The today known position-based systems, however, are not particularly well adapted to the cases when the system is using IP-connected units of equipment in the system.
TECHNICAL PROBLEM
At call to emergency number, a telecommunication and data communication system need information about the geographical position of the calling terminal to make it possible for the system to route the call to the in the system most suitable emergency service centre, with regard to e.g. geographical nearness to e.g. the scene of the accident, and to make it possible to inform the by the system selected emergency service centre about from where the call is emanating.
One problem at the utilization of so called IP-telephony is that the IP-address does not include information about the geographical origin of the call in the same way as at utilization of fixed telephony or the positioning at the utilization of mobile telephony. In the today known systems the calling person himself/herself has to specify his/her geographical position to make the in the system accessible position-based services function as intended.
This can result in considerable risks, for instance that the terminal owner at the installation has neglected to configure the geographical position of the terminal, or has configured a wrong position specification. Conditions which may result in disastrous consequences at e.g. call to an emergency number.
The present invention intends to solve above mentioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One aim of the present invention is to provide a tele- and data communication system which makes it possible to use geographical positioning of units of equipment which can co-operate with said system to control and communicate different types of positioning services included in said system, also in the cases when the system is using IP-based technology solutions.
The invention can be realized on a plurality of communication platforms included in a tele- and data communication system, but in the preferred embodiment is described how this is made by utilization of IMS.
The fixed equipment in e.g. the home and/or the office (CPE) can consist of a terminal intended for IP-telephony, or of IP-connected equipment of other kind, for instance a so called Residential Gateway (RGW) which in its turn is arranged with one or more terminals intended for IP-telephony which is permanently or wirelessly connected to said equipment.
The invention is defined in patent claim 1 , whereas advantageous embodiments are specified in the sub claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be described in more details in the following with reference to enclosed drawing, at which Figure 1 is an overall view over a telecommunication and data communication system according to the invention. DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
In this description the following customary abbreviations are used:
AS Application Server PS Positioning Server
RGW Residential Gateway
HLR Home Location Register
IMS IP Multimedia subsystem
IP Internet Protocol IR Infrared Radiation
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
HSS Home Subscriber Server
CPE Customer Premises Equipment
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
The invention is based on that CPE can communicate with mobile terminals located in, for instance, the home and/or the office, over, for instance, a WLAN, Bluetooth, IR or via galvanically connected via a docking station which can co-operate with said mobile terminal.
Both CPE and mobile terminals are registered in IMS's database, which in the case of IMS consists of HSS and, at more advanced positioning, also of a positioning server. HSS is the database which, in addition to HLR-information, also holds other subscriber information. When a mobile terminal gets into contact with CPE, it informs the subscriber database via the IP-connection that this has been made. This can result in that the traffic to the mobile terminal is controlled via the IP-network and CPE, instead of over the mobile network. This, however, is no requirement for the present invention. The subscriber database already has access to the position of the mobile terminal, which has been acquired in known way, but when used positioning method so allows, the positioning function in the mobile terminal can be activated in known way via the mobile network to obtain such a current position as possible. Because CPE is registered in the same subscriber database, the position data of the mobile terminal also can be associated with CPE.
The units of equipment which are connected to CPE and are registered in the subscriber database then share this position. The position of CPE can be propagated down to CPE, and be acquired via inquiry from CPE, or be kept only in the subscriber database.
When the position is stored only in the subscriber database, the position information is added by IMS at outgoing call. In other case also CPE can add this information. The latter case also makes it possible that the telecommunication and data communication services which do no utilize IMS will have access to position information.
The invention can be implemented by suitable combinations of software and hardware, and the above described embodiment does only constitute an example. The scope of protection of the invention is only limited by the following patent claims.

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PATENT CLAIMS
1. Tele- and data communication system including means which makes it possible to utilize geographic positioning specification with regard to one or more units of equipment which can co-operate with said system:
characterized in that:
- CPE communicates with mobile terminals over one or more wireless communication networks;
- CPE can be galvanically connected via one for that purpose arranged docking station which can co-operate with said terminals;
- CPE and the mobile terminals are registered in a subscriber database which can co-operate with the system; - CPE informs the subscriber database via the IP-connection that is has contact with a mobile terminal;
- when CPE is registered in the same subscriber database as the mobile terminal, the position data of the mobile terminal can be bound to CPE.
2. Tele- and data communication system as claimed in patent claim 1 , characterized in that the terminals which are connected to CPE and are registered in the subscriber database share position.
3. Tele- and data communication system as claimed in patent claim 1, characterized in that the position of CPE can be propagated down to CPE and be acquired at request from CPE.
4. Tele- and data communication system as claimed in patent claim 3, characterized in that the position of CPE can be kept only in the subscriber database.
5. Tele- and data communication system as claimed in any of the previous patent claims, characterized in that, when the position only is stored in the subscriber database, the position information is added by IMS at outgoing call.
6. Tele- and data communication system as claimed in patent claim 5, characterized in that, when the position only is stored in the subscriber database, CPE can add said information.
7. Tele- and data communication system as claimed in any of the previous patent claims, characterized in that a CPE is connected to, or integrated with, the system, which CPE is arranged to hold information about the subscriber profile of the subscription.
8. Tele- and data communication system as claimed in any of the previous patent claims, characterized in that the positioning functions of the system include cooperation with CPE.
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