Patent ID: 6633760
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A method of reconnecting a communication link terminated by an interruption in service during a communication between a mobile station (MS) subscriber and a subscriber communicating with the mobile station subscriber through a mobile communication system having a plurality of mobile switching centers (MSCs) connected to one another, each MSC being connected to a plurality of base stations (BSs), the method comprising the steps of:receiving information about the communication link from a service providing one of the plurality of BSs and an MSC connected to the service providing BS, said received communication link information being stored by the MS, during the service between the MS subscriber and the other subscriber; and transmitting the stored communication link information from the MS when the service interruption lasts for at least a first predetermined time period, wherein the communication link information includes one of information about the MSC connected to the service providing BS and a cell of the service providing BS when the service is set up for initiating, and information about a current MSC connected to a current service providing BS and a cell of the current service providing BS.