Home zone service
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsSzabolcs Malomsoky, István Szabó
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Abstract
A system for determining a Home Zone service availability within a cell in a cellular communications network, wherein users of said cell comprise Home Zone users for whom services are provided at special Home Zone subscription rates when the user is in the cell, and non-Home Zone users. The system comprises measuring means for measuring total usage within the cell, and determining means for determining from said measurements and one or more Home Zone user usage profiles whether a further Home Zone user can be added to the cell.
Claims23
A system for determining a Home Zone service availability within a cell in a cellular communications network, wherein users of said cell comprise Home Zone users for whom services are provided at special Home Zone subscription rates when the user is in the cell, and non-Home Zone users, the system comprising:
- measuring means for measuring total usage within the cell;
- and
- determining means for determining from said measurements and one or more Home Zone user usage profiles whether a further Home Zone user can be added to the cell.
A method of determining a Home Zone service availability of a cell in a cellular communications network wherein users of the cell comprise Home Zone users, for whom services are provided at special Home Zone subscription rates when the user is in the cell, and non-Home Zone users, the method comprising:
- measuring total usage within the cell;
- and
- determining from said measurements and one or more Home Zone user usage profiles whether a further Home Zone user can be added to the cell.
A system terminal comprising:
- means for receiving an enquiry to admit a new subscriber to a cellular communications network as a Home Zone user in a specified cell of said network;
- means for receiving an indication of Home Zone service availability for said specified cell based on measurements of resource utilisation in said cell by all users of said network;
- and
- means for admitting said new subscriber to said network as a Home Zone subscriber in said specified cell in accordance with said indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.