Patent ID: 6708033
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
Method of changing the service profile of a mobile subscriber in a public land mobile network, in which to each subscriber connection may be connected a service profile including desired subscriber services and the location of the mobile station is known with at least location area precision,the method comprising: storing in the mobile station beforehand several pieces of area information, each of which corresponds with its own partial area of the coverage area of the public land mobile network and information on several subscriber connections so that a separate piece of subscriber connection information relates to each piece of area information; determining periodically in the mobile station location information of the mobile station, when it is in connection with the public land mobile network using one of the subscriber connections and thus one of the service profiles; evaluating in the mobile station on the basis of the determined location information whether the mobile station has moved from the partial area relating to the current area information into a partial area relating to new area information; and if the mobile station has moved into a partial area relating to new area information, disconnecting the mobile station from the public land mobile network and reconnecting the mobile station to the public land mobile network using subscriber connection information relating to the new area information and thus a new service profile.