Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cellular communication system comprising macro and micro cells
- Patent Title (中): 蜂窝通信系统包括宏单元和微小区
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Application No.: US13257833Application Date: 2010-03-26
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Publication No.: US08934911B2Publication Date: 2015-01-13
- Inventor: John C Lee
- Applicant: John C Lee
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
- Current Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: EP09250949 20090330
- International Application: PCT/GB2010/000593 WO 20100326
- International Announcement: WO2010/112824 WO 20101007
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W40/00 ; H04L12/66 ; H04J3/26 ; H04W8/02 ; H04W16/32 ; H04W84/04 ; H04W8/26

Abstract:
A method of routing call signalling to a destination address from a first cellular mobile communications network comprising a plurality of cells to one of a plurality of smaller cells collectively identified in said first mobile communications network by a single virtual cell identifier. The method involves receiving call signalling for a call in a first routing domain associated with said first mobile communications network, and then determining in said first routing domain from said destination address a forwarding address for said call signalling, wherein said forwarding address comprises said virtual cell identifier, forwarding said call signalling to a network gateway node associated with said virtual cell identifier in said first routing domain, said gateway node being further arranged to participate in a different routing domain by identifying, using said different routing domain, the identity of one of said smaller cells associated with said destination address; and finally, routing the call signalling to said destination address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120015655A1 CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2012-01-19
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