Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Patent
1998-11-16
2000-07-18
Vo, Nguyen
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
455560, 455432, 455445, H04Q 720
Patent
active
060919531
ABSTRACT:
A wireless communication system constructed according to the present invention assigns each serviced mobile unit to a serving mobile switching center to minimize mobility management overhead and to equalize loading among a plurality of mobile switching centers. The wireless communication system includes the plurality of mobile switching centers and a base station system which includes a plurality of base station controllers, each of which couples to a plurality of base stations. A plurality of mobile units served by the system are assigned to the mobile switching centers so that loading is equalized. In one particular construction of the wireless communication system, a dispatching switch couples the base station system to the plurality of mobile switching centers and performs the assignments of the mobile units. In an example of operation, upon attachment of a mobile unit, the dispatching switch determines loading of each of the mobile switching centers. Then, based upon the loading, the dispatching switch assigns the mobile unit to one of the mobile switching centers, the "serving" mobile switching center. During subsequent calls, the dispatching switch establishes a transparent path between a base station controller servicing the call and the serving mobile switching center. Thus, once the serving mobile switching center is determined, operation is transparent to the serving base station controller and the serving mobile switching center. In another particular construction, each of the base station controllers couple to each of the mobile switching centers via a network. In such case, each of the base station controllers and each of the mobile switching centers includes additional equipment which performs at least a portion of the operations of the dispatching switch. The network may be dissimilar to a conventional data structure supported by the wireless communication system. In still another implementation, a signaling message router function routes signaling messages to the serving mobile switching center by using the mobile unit's temporary identification number (as assigned by the serving mobile switching center). The signaling message router function may be implemented in the network coupling the base station sub-system with the mobile switching center (in a message router), in the base station controller or in the mobile switching center.
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Ernam Hakan
Ho Joseph S. M.
Nguyen Nhut
Banks-Harold Marsha D.
Garlick Bruce
Harrison James A.
Nortel Networks Limited
Vo Nguyen
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