Patent ID: 6842615
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring packet data within a multi-country telecommunications network that connects mobile stations within a satellite GPRS system, including: detecting a quantity of data packets corresponding to a particular mobile station routed through a telecommunications network of a first country; detecting a quantity of data packets corresponding to the particular mobile station transferred between the telecommunications network of the first country and at least a telecommunications network of a second country; reporting the quantity of data packets routed through the telecommunications network of a first country; reporting the quantity of data packets transferred between the telecommunications network of a first country and the telecommunications network of the second country; and determining whether to transfer routing control from the telecommunications network of the first country to the telecommunications network of the second country based on the reported quantity of routed data packets and the reported quantity of transferred data packets, when the reported quantity of transferred data packets exceed a predetermined threshold of the reported quantity of routed data packets.