Patent ID: 6973303
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for optimizing a service supplied to a mobile subscriber unit in a mobile telephone system offering a multitude of voice and data services from system base stations to mobile subscriber units, the method comprising the following steps all carried out by a service center: (a) receiving a request for service to be provided to a mobile unit; (b) prior to setting up the service determining whether prevailing conditions allow for efficient execution of the requested service and if so setting up the service; the method being characterized by otherwise and without setting up the service (c) determining a current location of the mobile subscriber unit; (d) monitoring nearby base stations to locate a more suitable base station which can handle the requested service more efficiently; and (e) prompting the mobile subscriber unit to take remedial action by prompting the mobile subscriber unit to move to a specified location better suited for receiving the requested service via the more suitable base station whereby the requested service can be carried out more efficiently.