Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Patent
1995-09-22
1998-05-19
Bost, Dwayne
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
455435, 455434, 455436, 455432, H04Q 722
Patent
active
057549559
ABSTRACT:
A mobile subscriber service is provided in a cellular communications system having a base station and a mobile switching center. The service may be a special billing rate based on where a mobile-originated call is initiated. The base station receives a channel request from the mobile subscriber, wherein the channel request indicates that the mobile subscriber is initiating a call. The base station assigns a first cell for immediate use by the mobile subscriber, the first cell being designated by an initial cell identifier. The initial cell identifier is sent from the base station to the mobile switching center, which stores the initial cell identifier in memory means for use when the mobile subscriber service is to be provided. When the mobile subscriber service is to be provided, the initial cell identifier is retrieved from the memory means, and a decision concerning an aspect of the mobile subscriber service is based on the retrieved initial cell identifier. In this way, the subscriber service may be based on where the mobile subscriber initiated the call, even if the requested call is actually established at a different cell, such as may occur during a directed retry operation. In another aspect of the invention, the mobile subscriber service may be a billing rate that depends on where a mobile-originated call is initiated.
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Bost Dwayne
Ferguson Keith
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
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