Method and device for providing a connecting path to a mobile radio network and telecommunications terminal suitable therefor
AssigneeThales
InventorManfred Baumkoetter
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Abstract
A method and device for providing a connecting path to a mobile radio network and to a telecommunications terminal suitable therefor is presented. The method and/or device permits a connection setup from or to a telecommunications terminal, which can be used in a mobile radio network, over alternative connecting paths. Either a radio link (radio path) or a link (Internet connecting path), which involves the Internet, are used as a connecting path between said telecommunications terminal and the access and switching units of the mobile radio network in order to set up a telecommunications connection between the telecommunications terminal, which is to be used in the mobile radio network, and a remote station.
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1-18. (canceled)
A method for providing a communication path to a mobile telephony network so that a telecommunication connection is set up between a telecommunication terminal designed to be used in a mobile telephony network and a distant terminal, comprising:
- utilizing at least one of a radio communication (radio path) and a connection that includes the Internet (Internet connecting path) as a connecting path between the telecommunication terminal and access and switching units of the mobile telephony network, by one of optionally, automatically, and initiated by a user of the telecommunication terminal, the access and switching units and the telecommunication terminal treating the Internet connecting path like another radio cell of the mobile telephony network with respect to sequences that are connected to an activation of the telecommunication terminal and its respective one of check-in and booking into the mobile telephony network and also as they relate to the switchover of the connecting path between radio path and Internet path or vice versa implemented in a changeover or a handover.
A system for implementing a method for providing a communication path to a mobile telephony network according to which, to set up a telecommunication connection between a telecommunication terminal designed to be used in a mobile telephony network and a distant terminal, a radio communication or a connection that includes the Internet is utilized as connecting path between the telecommunication terminal and the access and switching units of the mobile telephony network, by at least one of optionally, automatically, and initiated by a user of the telecommunication terminal, the access and switching units and the telecommunication terminal treating the Internet connecting path like another radio cell of the mobile telephony network as far as the sequences are concerned that are connected to the activation of the telecommunication terminal and its check-in or booking into the mobile telephony network and also as they relate to the switchover of the connecting path between radio path and Internet path or vice versa implemented in a changeover or a handover, comprising:
- a telecommunication terminal provided for use in a mobile telephony network;
- an Internet access unit able to be networked with the telecommunication terminal in a Local Area Network;
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- an access and switching unit of the mobile telephony network, which is Internet protocol-addressable via the Internet and integrated in the infrastructure of a mobile telephony network in which the mobile telecommunication terminal is able to be used.
A telecommunication terminal for implementing a method for providing a communication path to a mobile telephony network according to which, to set up a telecommunication connection between a telecommunication terminal designed to be used in a mobile telephony network and a distant terminal, a radio communication (radio path) or a connection that includes the Internet (Internet connecting path) is utilized as connecting path between the telecommunication terminal and the access and switching units of the mobile telephony network, by one of optionally, automatically, and initiated by a user of the telecommunication terminal, the access and switching units and the telecommunication terminal treating the Internet connecting path like another radio cell of the mobile telephony network as far as the sequences are concerned that are connected to the activation of the telecommunication terminal and its check-in or booking into the mobile telephony network and also as they relate to the switchover of the connecting path between radio path and Internet path or vice versa implemented in a changeover or a handover, comprising:
- a mobile telephone having functional units for operation in a mobile telephony network and a control unit with a memory and means for integrating the device in a Local Area Network, the control unit controlling the switch between different operating modes with respect to at least one of an exclusively mobile-telephony-based or an at least partially Internet-based telecommunication, wherein in Internet operation, Local Area Network-based data exchange occurs with an Internet access unit.
A telecommunication terminal for implementing a method for providing a communication path to a mobile telephony network according to which, to set up a telecommunication connection between a telecommunication terminal designed to be used in a mobile telephony network and a distant terminal, a radio communication or a connection that includes the Internet is utilized as connecting path between the telecommunication terminal and the access and switching units of the mobile telephony network, by one of optionally, automatically, and initiated by a user of the telecommunication terminal, the access and switching units and the telecommunication terminal treating the Internet connecting path like another radio cell of the mobile telephony network as far as the sequences are concerned that are connected to the activation of the telecommunication terminal and its check-in or booking into the mobile telephony network and also as they relate to the switchover of the connecting path between radio path and Internet path or vice versa implemented in a changeover or a handover, comprising:
- a laptop having a network card for one of a wire-bound and a wireless connection to a Local Area Network, a soundcard, a headset for voice communication, and a chip-card reader for reading chip cards of a mobile telephony operator, wherein the laptop is designed at least to utilize the mobile telephony network while establishing a connection routed via the Internet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.