Patent ID: 8326308
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a mobile cellular network, in accordance with a global system for mobile communications or 3rd Generation Partnership Project standard, providing services having different network resource requirements and providing automatic connection setup under a second service in response to a connection setup request entered at one of a plurality of terminals in a network under a first service subject to specified conditions, comprising: storing the connection setup request internally in the network under the first service; monitoring resource availability during a lifetime of an established connection corresponding to the connection setup request and comparing the monitored resource availability with a resource requirement of the first service; and transmitting, in response to a comparison result indicating availability of sufficient resources for the first service, a signal characterizing availability of the first service to at least one of the terminals, wherein storage information representing the connection setup request is stored locally in a control unit of a first mobile switching center at which side implementation of the first service is currently not possible, and the transmitting of the signal characterizing availability of the first service to at least one of the terminals is performed by the first mobile switching center initially to a first terminal connected to the first mobile switching center and subsequently to a second terminal only in response to a confirmation signal output by the first terminal.