Patent ID: 6246872
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In a communications system, wherein a call connection between a first mobile terminal and a connection entity comprises a first connection over an assigned traffic channel between the mobile terminal and a mobile switching centre and a second connection between the mobile switching centre and the connection entity, wherein said first connection may be lost after successfully assigning said traffic channel, a method of recovering from such a lost first connection comprising the steps of:a) maintaining said second connection;b) paging the first mobile terminal to determine its location;c) establishing a new first connection between the mobile terminal and the mobile switching centre;d) after establishing a new first connection between the mobile terminal and the mobile switching centre, alerting the mobile terminal with a special ringing tone and/or message text; ande) bridging the second connection with said new first connection thereby re-connecting the call after the call is answered by the mobile terminal;wherein said first connection was lost during a handoff;wherein in said step of paging the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is paged in a plurality of cells defined by a target cell list generated during handoff.