Abstract: A method of paging a mobile station to establish a packet-switched connection in a mobile telephone network that supports a circuit-switched connection and a packet-switched connection. To establish a mobile-terminated circuit-switched connection, the mobile telephone network sends the mobile station a page request, as a result of which the mobile station switches to standby mode for a circuit-switched connection. To save the batteries and to reduce the need of processing, the mobile station listens only to the paging channels of the circuit-switched connection. To establish a mobile-terminated packet-switched connection, the mobile telephone network sends the mobile station a page request via a circuit-switched connection and subsequently sends the mobile station the additional information commanding the mobile station to switch to a packet-switched connection. After detecting the additional information, the mobile station switches to the packet-switched connection.

Abstract: A terminal for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications and communicating user messages. The terminal is configured to receive user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications and address the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data includes characters in the short message.

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing Internet data transmission so that end-user experience is the best possible. The invention has at least one class set for estimating the network load, wherein each class set consists of classes. The method estimates the network load by each class of the class set. The estimation may be based on counting retransmission requests or packet acknowledgements related to class sets. For example, a class set may consist of classes so that there is a class per each cell of the network. Then the method detects which packets cause a lot of retransmission requests and thus a lot of retransmissions. The method can intelligently target its acceleration actions to certain packets. Four new acceleration actions can be used together with the prior art acceleration actions to accelerate the network traffic.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements are disclosed for transferring digital data over a limited speed communications link between a client side subarrangement (401) and a server side subarrangement (402). Within the client side subarrangement (401), a client application (411, 502) receives and transmits digital data using a first communications protocol stack (412, 503, 504, 505) and, within the server side subarrangement (402), a server application (426, 572) receives and transmits digital data using the first communications protocol stack (425, 573, 574, 575). Digital data is transferred between the client application (411, 502) and the server application (426, 572) through a client proxy (511) within the client side subarrangement (401) and an access gateway (551) within the server side subarrangement (402).

Abstract: Within a cellular network, an incoming voice mail message is received at a voice mail server (20), adapted into a format suitable for transmission by a network connection which does not meet a delay requirement for delay sensitive information, dispatched to a mobile station (30), and received, readapted and stored thereat within a storing means (35). Adaptation, transmission, reception and readaptation conform to standards such as the GPRS and the UMTS. The voice mail message is dispatched directly to the mobile station (30) via an IP address of an ISDN address thereof. In this manner, instead of dispatching a message via the SMS, the sending of an adapted voice mail message directly to a mobile station (30) and storing it thereat makes it possible to avoid that a user has to poll a service center by calling in order to have the message delivered.

Abstract: System and method for providing a service to a subscriber in a network. A specific network information of a mobile station (1) is provided to a service provider (5) which generates an individual service message on the basis of the provided network information. The provision of the network information may be dependent on a predetermined subscriber condition. Thus, the service message can be transmitted to predetermined subscribers without requiring the subscriber to generate and transmit the specific network information to the service provider (5).

Abstract: Within a cellular network, an incoming voice mail message is received at a voice mail server (20), adapted into a format suitable for transmission by a network connection which does not meet a delay requirement for delay sensitive information, dispatched to a mobile station (30), and received, readapted and stored thereat within a storing means (35). Adaptation, transmission, reception and readaptation conform to standards such as the GPRS and the UMTS. The voice mail message is dispatched directly to the mobile station (30) via an IP address or an ISDN address thereof. In this manner, instead of dispatching a message via the SMS, the sending of an adapted voice mail message directly to a mobile station (30) and storing it thereat makes it possible to avoid that a user has to poll a service center by calling in order to have the message delivered.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications (17, 18) and means (8) for addressing the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data comprises characters in the short message.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements are disclosed for transferring digital data over a limited speed communications link between a client side subarrangement (401) and a server side subarrangement (402). Within the client side subarrangement (401) a client application (411, 502) receives and transmits digital data using a first communications protocol stack (412, 503, 504, 505) and within the server side subarrangement (402) a server application (426, 572) receives and transmits digital data using the first communications protocol stack (425, 573, 574, 575). Digital data is transferred between the client application (411, 502) and the server application (426, 572) through a client proxy (511) within the client side subarrangement (401) and an access gateway (551) within the server side subarrangement (402).

Abstract: In a method for controlling a data processor (2) with a group of audio commands, information is presented on a display device (16) of the data processor, and at least one control field, to which a predetermined function is assigned is formed on the display device (16). In the method, one audio command from said group of audio commands is assigned to said control field, and an audio command assigned to said control field is presented on the display device, wherein when the user gives an audio command assigned to the control field, the recognition of the audio command as well as a function corresponding to the recognized audio command is conducted.

Abstract: An access point (GGSN) from a mobile communications system to an external system is selected (3) at a service node (SGSN) of the mobile communications system based on at least two or three grounds of selection: the subscription data of a mobile subscriber stored in the mobile communication system or an access point selection data given by a user in a service request (1), or on other grounds. The serving node sends to the access point (GGSN) selected a further service request (4) which includes indication of the grounds of the selection, i.e. whether the access point is selected by subscription, by a user, or based on any other grounds. Thereby the access point is able to distinguish and accept service requests in which the rights of the user are already assured by the subscription, without any security problems. When the request is based on the selection of the access point by the user, or on any other insecure grounds, the access point is able to make any further actions to ensure the security.

Abstract: A method for allocating a data transmission channel/sub-channel in a telecommunication network. A network includes a telecommunication controller (BTS) and several terminal equipments (MS). The transmission channel is divided into one or more time slots, each of which comprises one or more sub-channels. One or more time slots or sub-channels can be used as a control channel that is further divided into one or more control sub-channels. The terminal equipments (MS) send data in data packets at least on one sub-channel. The telecommunication controller (BTS) sends to the terminal equipments (MS) information about control sub-channels and their allocation situation. Different priorities (P1 to P4) are assigned to the data packets to be sent and to be control sub-channels and their allocation priority of the data packet to be sent and the priority of the control sub-channels, each terminal equipment (MS) determines the moments when it may send a channel request.

Abstract: In a packet radio network, the position updates of a mobile station are transmitted in UI frames, whose priority is higher than that of I frames which transmit payload traffic and whose header comprises the cell for identifier of the mobile station. If the mobile station moves from a first cell to a second, an SGSN node can receive the I frame later than the UI frame giving the location update; the SGSN node thus incorrectly concluding that the mobile station has returned to the first cell. The incorrect location update is prevented in such a way that: (i) the transmitter or a following network element provides at least some frames with a sequence identifier, which is not dependent on the frame type; and (ii) at least one network element receiving the frame observes the sequence identifier of the frames and concludes that the location and/or routing information of the frame is incorrect, if the sequence identifier shows that the frame is older than a previously received frame.

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing Internet data transmission so that end-user experience is the best possible. The invention has at least one class set for estimating the network load, wherein each class set consists of classes. The method estimates the network load by each class of the class set. The estimation may be based on counting retransmission requests or packet acknowledgements related to class sets. For example, a class set may consist of classes so that there is a class per each cell of the network. Then the method detects which packets cause a lot of retransmission requests and thus a lot of retransmissions. The method can intelligently target its acceleration actions to certain packets. Four new acceleration actions can be used together with the prior art acceleration actions to accelerate the network traffic.

Abstract: In a digital mobile communication system, a packet radio system has been implemented by employing the radio interface of the mobile communication network. The packet radio system comprises packet radio support nodes (SGSN) connected to the mobile communication network, as well as gateway support nodes for providing an inter-connection to an external packet data network (15). The support nodes (SGSN, GGSN) are connected to an intra-operator packet switched backbone network (13). The serving support nodes and the gateway support nodes collect charging information on usage of the radio interface and the data network (15), respectively. The system is further provided with a billing gateway support node (BGGSN) connected to the internal backbone network (BGGSN) to receive user-specific charging information collected by the other support nodes, and to forward the charging information to a charging system.

Abstract: System and method for providing a service to a subscriber in a network. A specific network information of a mobile station (1) is provided to a service provider (5) which generates an individual service message on the basis of the provided network information. The provision of the network information may be dependent on a predetermined subscriber condition. Thus, the service message can be transmitted to predetermined subscribers without requiring the subscriber to generate and transmit the specific network information to the service provider (5).

Abstract: Methods and arrangements are disclosed for transferring digital data over a limited speed communications link between a client side subarrangement (401) and a server side subarrangement (402). Within the client side subarrangement (401) a client application (411, 502) receives and transmits digital data using a first communications protocol stack (412, 503, 504, 505) and within the server side subarrangement (402) a server application (426, 572) receives and transmits digital data using the first communications protocol stack (425, 573, 574, 575). Digital data is transferred between the client application (411, 502) and the server application (426, 572) through a client proxy (511) within the client side subarrangement (401) and an access gateway (551) within the server side subarrangement (402).

Abstract: An arrangement for establishing a packet switched and a circuit switched connection between a first telecommunications system (NSS) and a second telecommunications system (WAN) comprises: 1) a packet switched converter (PSDC) for establishing a packet switched connection towards the first telecommunications system (NSS) and 2) a circuit switched converter (CSDC) for establishing a circuit switched connection towards the first telecommunications system (NSS). According to the invention, the arrangement also comprises a common data communications controller (CDCC) for establishing a connection between said converters (PSDC, CSDC) and said second telecommunications system (WAN). The interface of the common controller (CDCC) towards the second telecommunications system (WAN) is independent of its interface towards the first telecommunications system (NSS).

Abstract: The invention relates to compressing and transmitting data on a connection between two parties in a telecommunication system comprising at least one slow transmission channel, such as the air interface Um of the radio network. The data to be transmitted are assembled into frames (F) comprising a header section (1) and a data section (2). Prior to transmission, at least the header (1) or the data section (2) of at least some of the frames (F) are compressed. The transmitting party has available at least two different compression algorithms and the receiving party has available at least two different decompression algorithms. The transmitting party compresses at least one section (1, 2) of at least some of the frames (F) with at least two different algorithms, and transmits the frame (F) compressed with the algorithm that produced the best compression ratio.

Abstract: In a digital mobile communication system, a packet radio system has been implemented by employing the radio interface of the mobile communication network. The packet radio system comprises packet radio support nodes (SGSN) connected to the mobile communication network, as well as gateway support nodes for providing an inter-connection to an external packet data network (15). The support nodes (SGSN, GGSN) are connected to an intra-operator packet switched backbone network (13). The serving support nodes and the gateway support nodes collect charging information on usage of the radio interface and the data network (15), respectively. The system is further provided with a billing gateway support node (BGGSN) connected to the internal backbone network (BGGSN) to receive user-specific charging information collected by the other support nodes, and to forward the charging information to a charging system.