Location-Based Telephone Conference Handover Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for managing telephone conferences in cellular mobile radio networks do not allow subscribers to continue chatting with community members when they leave the assigned coverage area, leading to temporary membership termination.
Innovation Solution
A method that automatically transfers a subscriber to another telephone conference within the new coverage area based on their location, ensuring continuous communication by using location-based services and variable coverage area sizes to manage user distribution across conferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a subscriber leaves the coverage area assigned to a telephone conference, then the subscriber's participation in the telephone conference ends, but the subscriber should be able to continue chatting with community members
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically transitions the subscriber from a static location-bound conference to a dynamic handover mechanism that tracks coverage area changes. When a subscriber leaves the current coverage area, the system automatically detects the location change and hands over the subscriber to a new telephone conference corresponding to the new coverage area, maintaining continuous communication throughout the movement.
Solution Approach 2:
The network system acts as an intermediary between the subscriber and multiple telephone conferences. It manages the subscriber's participation across different conferences by detecting coverage area exits and initiating handovers to appropriate new conferences, thereby bridging the gap between location-based restrictions and continuous communication needs.
2Ease of operation
If automatic handover between telephone conferences is implemented, then subscriber communication continuity is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs self-service mechanisms where the network automatically detects when a subscriber leaves a coverage area and autonomously initiates the handover process to an appropriate new telephone conference. This eliminates the need for manual subscriber intervention while managing the complexity through automated monitoring and decision-making algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from coverage area monitoring to trigger handover actions. When the network detects that a subscriber has exited the current coverage area, this feedback information initiates the automatic handover process to a new conference, creating a closed-loop control system that manages complexity through responsive automation.
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AI summary
The application relates to location based telephone conferences. In a location based telephone conference, upon request from a user to join a telephone conference, his location is determined and he is joined to a conference according his location. However, in the prior art it is assumed that the user remains in the telephone conference even if he moves and changes his location. The application addresses a situation where a plurality of telephone conferences, each associated with a specific area (1.4), are provided and a user moves between these areas. The telephone conferences are managed in such a way, that when a subscriber leaves an area assigned to a specific conference, he is switched into another telephone conference which is assigned to the area the user is presently located.