JPH04321355A - Radio terminal equipment for personal communication - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain calling of plural kinds by storing plural kinds of numbers used for call numbers in the radio terminal equipment and reading a number corresponding to the received call number. CONSTITUTION:The radio terminal equipment is provided with a storage section 16 as a plural-number storage means storing different kinds of numbers corresponding to a call from different kinds of networks, a number identification section 12 as a number identification means to identify the kind of the call number received by a reception section 11 and a number management section 14 and a repetitive control section 15 reading the storage content of the storage section 16 according to the result of identification by the number identification section 12 and giving the content to a collation section 13. Then the number of different kinds used for calling are stored in the radio terminal equipment, in which the identification of the kind and the coincidence detection by the identified kind are implemented, then even when kinds of the numbers used for the calling belong to a service area of a different enterprise, the calling from the network to the terminal equipment is made available.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of Industrial Application The present invention is used for personal communication, in which a terminal owned by an individual can be called using a number assigned to the individual. In particular, it relates to a wireless terminal device for personal communications.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In a personal communication system, a number assigned to an individual (hereinafter referred to as "PTN") can be used to call a terminal owned by that individual. When a PTN is dialed from a calling terminal, the network uses the number of the subscriber line to which the terminal to which the PTN is assigned is connected or, if the terminal is a wireless terminal, the location of the terminal. The other party's personal terminal is called using the PTN or terminal number (hereinafter referred to as "MSN").

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a personal communication system. In the network, there is a terminal information database 31 that stores and manages the correspondence between PTN and MSN, and a terminal information database 31 that stores and manages correspondence between PTN and MSN.
A location information database 32 is provided for storing and managing the correspondence between the address and the routing address, and each is connected to the exchange via a signal line. In the example of FIG. 3, the terminal information database 31 is connected to the exchange 33 via the signal line 311.
and is connected to the exchange 34 via a signal line 312. The location information database 32 is based on the signal line 32
1 to the exchange 33 via the signal line 322
It is connected to the exchange 34 via. A terminal simultaneous calling center (LCU) 36 is connected to the exchange 34, and one or more wireless base stations (
BS) 37 is connected.

[0004] Here, the case of calling a wireless terminal from a wired terminal will be explained using an example of calling by MSN.

[0005] It is assumed that the calling party "A" dials the PTN of "B" from the wired terminal 35. The exchange 33 accommodating the wired terminal 35 accesses the terminal information database 31 via the signal line 311 and selects the MS corresponding to the PTN.
Search for N. Next, the exchange 33 accesses the location information database 32 via the signal line 321 based on the information from the terminal information database 31, and extracts the routing address RA. Furthermore, based on this routing address RA, the terminal simultaneous calling station 3
Connect to 6. The terminal paging station 36 calls the wireless terminal 38 through the wireless base station 37 using the MSN.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are block diagrams showing an example of a conventionally proposed wireless terminal device, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts of the respective operations.

The example shown in FIG. 4 is a wireless terminal device used in the system shown in FIG.
MSN storage section 44, response signal generation section 47, and transmission section 4
8. The receiving unit 41 operates only for MSN,
The collation unit 43 compares the received MSN with the MSN of its own device stored in the MSN storage unit 44. two MSNs
If they match, the response signal section 47 generates a response signal, and the transmission section 48 sends it out.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a case called by PTN. Although FIG. 3 shows a configuration in which the terminal is called by MSN, a configuration in which the terminal is called by PTN is also possible. In that case, a wireless terminal device as shown in FIG. 5 is used.

[0009] This wireless terminal device includes a reception section 51, a verification section 53, a PTN management section 45, a PTN storage section 56, a response signal section 57, and a transmission section 58. The receiving unit 51 is a PTN
Works only for The PTN storage unit 56 stores one or more PTNs.
The TN can be stored, and the PTN management section 55 repeatedly reads out the PTN and supplies it to the verification section 53. The collation unit 53 is PTN
The PTN from the management unit 55 is compared with the received PTN. If there is a matching PTN, the response signal section 57 generates a response signal, and the transmitter 48 sends it out.

0010

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, PTN and MS
Since the number system is different from N, there was no terminal compatibility between the two systems.

[0011] Since personal communication services are provided by a plurality of carriers, service areas of different carriers may exist adjacent to each other. In such a case, Figure 8
As shown in FIG. 2, one carrier may employ a PTN call connection method, and the other carrier may employ an MSN call connection method. In such a case, a terminal that can be used in the service area of one operator becomes unusable in the other service area.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve these problems and to provide a wireless terminal device for personal communication that is capable of calling a terminal from a network even when the types of numbers used for calling are different.

[0013]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The wireless terminal device of the present invention includes a plurality of number storage means for storing different types of numbers corresponding to calls from different types of networks, and a number for identifying the type of the received calling number. The present invention is characterized by comprising an identification means, and a means for reading the stored contents of the plural number storage means according to the identification result of the number identification means and supplying the read contents to the collation means.

[0014] The multiple number storage means stores the terminal number MSN assigned to each terminal and the personal number PTN assigned to the individual who owns the terminal, and the number identification means stores the received calling number as the terminal number. It can be configured to identify whether it is a personal number or a personal number.

[0015]

[Operation] Different types of numbers used for calling are stored in the wireless terminal device, and the wireless terminal device identifies the type and detects a match based on the identified type. This makes it possible to make calls from the network to the terminal even within the service areas of carriers where the types of numbers used for calls are different.

[0016] In conventional wireless terminal devices, the number stored internally differs depending on the calling method adopted. For example, if a PTN calling method is adopted, only the PTN is stored internally. In contrast, in the present invention, a plurality of types of numbers used as calling numbers are stored in the wireless terminal device, and the numbers are read out in correspondence with the received calling number. For this purpose, it is desirable to provide addresses for each type of number in the multiple number storage means so that the search can be performed smoothly. Furthermore, since a plurality of numbers can be set depending on the type of calling number, it is desirable to provide a number management address in the plural number storage means and store the number of stored numbers for each type. At this time, for example, if it is a PTN, the number needs to be read out repeatedly until all the information has been verified, and if it is an MSN, the number need only be read out once.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a wireless terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This wireless terminal device includes a receiving section 11 as a receiving means for receiving a wireless call from the network, and checks whether the calling number received by the receiving section 11 matches the number stored in its own device. The verification unit 1 serves as a verification unit means for verifying whether
Equipped with 3. The output of the matching section 13 is connected to the transmitting section 18 via the response signal section 17.

The feature of this embodiment is that it includes a storage section 16 as a plurality of number storage means for storing different types of numbers in response to calls from different types of networks. A number identification section 12 is provided as a number identification means for identifying the type of the called number, and a number management section 14 is provided as a means for reading out the stored contents of the storage section 16 according to the identification result of the number identification section 12 and supplying it to the collation section 13. and a repetition control section 15.

[0020] The receiving unit 11 detects incoming calls from various numbers, regardless of the type of calling number such as PTN or MSN. The number identification section 12 identifies the type of number and transfers an identification signal together with the number to the verification section 13. The collation unit 13 stores the number sent from the number identification unit 12, and
The identification signal is transferred to the number management section 14, and the number returned from the number management section 14 is compared with the number sent from the number identification section 12. If the comparison results match, the matching section 13 sends a matching signal to the response signal section 17, and if they do not match, it sends a mismatch signal to the number management section 14. When the response signal unit 17 receives the matching signal from the matching unit 13, it outputs a response signal to the transmitting unit 18. The transmitter 18 sends control signals including response signals to the network.

The number management section 14 retrieves information from the storage section 16 via the repetition control section 15 in response to a request from the collation section 13 . At this time, the request from the matching unit 13 is M
When reading the SN, the number is 1, so the storage unit 16 only needs to be accessed once. If the request from the verification unit 13 is a PTN, the number management address is first accessed, the number of PTNs is read out, and the number is stored in the repetition control unit 15. Next, the number management section 14 repeats the repetition control section 1.
5, the PTN is read out from the storage unit 16 via the matching unit 1.
Transfer to 3. When a mismatch signal is sent from the matching unit 13, the next PTN is read. Repeat control section 1
When the end signal is received from 5, the number management section 14 ends all operations.

When the repetition control section 15 receives the first read request from the number management section 14, it checks how many numbers of the type corresponding to the request are stored in the storage section 16, and stores the value. Thereafter, each time a number is read out, it is counted, and if there are more read requests from the number management section 14 than the number of stored numbers, an end signal is sent to the number management section 14.

The storage unit 16 stores numbers such as PTN and MSN in addresses for each type so as to be able to respond to requests from the number management unit 14. It also has a number management address, which stores the number of stored numbers for each type of number.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the flow of processing. When a wireless terminal receives a call from a certain carrier's network, the calling number is sent from the receiving section 11 to the number identifying section 12. The number identification section 12 identifies the type of the number and sends it to the verification section 13. The collation unit 13 reads the number corresponding to the request from the network from the storage unit 16 via the number management unit 14, and collates it with the received number. At this time, the repetition control unit 15 confirms the number of numbers corresponding to the request from the network. If the matching section 13 confirms a match, a matching signal is sent to the response signal section 17. When the response signal unit 17 receives the matching signal, it generates a response signal and sends it from the transmitter 18. When the verification in the verification section 13 results in a mismatch, a discrepancy signal is sent from the verification section 13 to the number management section 14, and the number management section 14 attempts to read the number from the storage section 16 again. At this time, the repetition control section 15 counts the number of times the number management section 14 reads from the storage section 16, and if the reading is possible, the repetition control section 15 causes the reading to continue, and if the reading is impossible, sends an end signal to the number management section 14.

[0025]

As described above, the wireless terminal device of the present invention can be called using a plurality of types of numbers. Therefore, with one terminal, there is an effect that personal communication services can be used across service areas of a plurality of carriers using different types of numbers used for calling.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing a wireless terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the flow of processing.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a personal communication system.

FIG. 4 is a block configuration diagram showing a conventional wireless terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a block configuration diagram showing another conventional wireless terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the operation flow of the conventional example shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the flow of operation of the conventional example shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing movement from a service area that uses a PTN call connection method to a service area that uses an MSN call connection method.

[Explanation of symbols]

11, 41, 51 Receiving section 12 Number identification part 13, 43, 53　　　　　Verification section 14 Number management department 15　Repetition control section 16 Memory section 17, 47, 57 Response signal section 18, 48, 58 Transmission section 44 MSN storage unit 55 PTN Management Department 56 PTN storage unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A receiving means for receiving a radio call from a network, and a checking means for verifying whether the calling number received by the receiving means matches the number stored in the own device. In a wireless terminal device, a plurality of number storage means for storing different types of numbers corresponding to calls from different types of networks, a number identification means for identifying the type of the calling number received by the receiving means, and the number A wireless terminal device for personal communication, comprising means for reading the stored contents of the plurality of number storage means according to the identification result of the identification means and supplying the read contents to the collation means. [Claim 2] The multiple number storage means is configured to store one terminal number assigned to each terminal and one or more personal numbers assigned to an individual who owns the terminal, and the multiple number storage means 2. The wireless terminal device for personal communication according to claim 1, wherein said terminal device is configured to identify whether a received calling number is a terminal number or a personal number.