Forwarding telephone calls to a mobile terminal via a femtocell
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsAntoine Den Brok, Jan Bot
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Abstract
An application server for use in a telecommunications network. The application server comprises a receiver for receiving an indication of a call setup or message to a fixed line telephone number of a subscriber, a determining unit for determining whether a mobile station of the subscriber is connected to a home femtocell of the subscriber, and a redirection unit for causing the call setup or message to be redirected towards the mobile station if the subscriber's mobile station is connected to the home femtocell.
Claims13
An application server for use in a telecommunications network, the application server comprising:
- an input/output circuit configured to receive an indication of a call setup or message to a fixed line telephone number of a subscriber;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to:
- determine whether a mobile station assigned a mobile station number of the subscriber is connected to a home femtocell of the subscriber and to cause the call setup or message to be redirected towards the mobile station number in response to determining that the subscriber's mobile station is connected to the home femtocell;
- and
- identify a base station to which the mobile station is connected by querying a Home Location Register (HLR) or Home Subscriber Service (HSS).
An application server for use in a telecommunications network, the application server comprising:
- an input/output (I/O) circuit;
- a data storage circuit configured to store a database of subscribers and associated fixed line telephone numbers, mobile stations, and home femtocells;
- a memory circuit storing instructions;
- a processor configured to interpret the instructions to perform a method comprising:
- in response to the I/O circuit receiving a notification of an incoming call setup or message to a fixed line telephone number of a subscriber:
- identifying a mobile station assigned a mobile station number of the subscriber and a home femtocell of the subscriber from the database;
- causing the I/O circuit to query a Home Location Register (HLR) or Home Subscriber Service (HSS) to identify a base station to which the mobile station of the subscriber is connected;
- determining whether the base station to which the mobile station is connected is the home femtocell of the subscriber;
- and
- in response to determining that the mobile station is connected to the home femtocell, causing the call setup or message to be directed towards the mobile station number.
A method in an application server of a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a call setup or message to a fixed line telephone number of a subscriber;
- determining whether a mobile station assigned a mobile station number of the subscriber is connected to a home femtocell of the subscriber, responsive to receiving the indication;
- and
- in response to determining that the mobile station is connected to the home femtocell, causing the call setup or message to be redirected towards the mobile station number, wherein a base station to which the mobile station is connected is identified by querying a Home Location Register (HLR) or Home Subscriber Service (HSS).
An application server for use in a telecommunications network, the application server comprising:
- a receiver circuit configured to receive an indication of an outgoing call setup or message from a subscriber's mobile station;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to determine whether the mobile station is connected to a home femtocell of the subscriber and, in response to determining that the mobile station is connected to the home femtocell, causing a presentation number of the outgoing call setup or message to be changed to a fixed line telephone number for the subscriber.
An application server for use in a telecommunications network, the application server comprising:
- an input/output (I/O) circuit;
- a data storage circuit configured to store a database of subscribers and associated fixed line telephone numbers, mobile stations, and home femtocells;
- a memory circuit storing instructions;
- a processor configured to interpret the instructions to perform a method comprising:
- in response to the I/O circuit receiving an indication of an outgoing call setup or message from a subscriber's mobile station:
- identifying a fixed line telephone number of the subscriber and a home femtocell of the subscriber from the database;
- causing the I/O unit to query a Home Location Register (HLR) or Home Subscriber Service (HSS), to identify a base station to which the mobile station of the subscriber is connected;
- determining whether the base station to which the mobile station is connected is the home femtocell of the subscriber;
- and
- in response to determining that the mobile station is connected to the home femtocell, causing a presentation number of the outgoing call setup or message to be changed to a fixed line telephone number of the subscriber.
A method in an application server in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of an outgoing call setup or message from a subscriber's mobile station;
- determining whether the mobile station is connected to a home femtocell of the subscriber;
- if the mobile station is connected to the home femtocell, causing a presentation number of the outgoing call setup or message to be changed to a fixed line telephone number of the subscriber.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program comprising computer readable code that, when run on an application server of a telecommunications network, causes the application server to:
- receive an indication of a call setup or message to a fixed line telephone number of a subscriber;
- determine whether a mobile station assigned a mobile station number of the subscriber is connected to a home femtocell of the subscriber, in response to receiving the indication;
- and
- cause the call setup or message to be redirected towards the mobile station number, in response to determining that the mobile station is connected to the home femtocell, wherein a base station to which the mobile station is connected is identified by querying a Home Location Register (HLR) or Home Subscriber Service (HSS).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.