Patent ID: 7877094
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A cellular telecommunications network, comprising: a radio access network comprising a plurality of geographically distributed cells; a core network for providing cellular telecommunications network functions to devices registered therewith over a cellular telecommunications network bearer, the cellular telecommunications network being adapted to provide core network cellular telecommunications network functions to the devices over a non-cellular telecommunications network bearer via an other access network including a plurality of access points, groups of which communicate with respective access controllers for exchanging data with the core network, each device being arranged to store a first location identifier that includes data indicative of the cell occupied thereby, and the core network being arranged to store a second location identifier that includes an indicator of the identity of the cell or location area occupied by each device; and a network core, operable when one of the devices initiates a connection to the other access network, the network core being configured to perform the following method: