Patent ID: 6580698
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A path setting method in mobile packet communications wherein at least one mobile packet terminal is provided, and a plurality of radio zones are specified, and repeater sections corresponding to said radio zones are provided for connecting an external communication network and said radio zones, and each of said repeater sections comprises base stations for performing packet communications by using said mobile packet terminals and radio links, mobile network exchanges connected to said base stations, and radio terminators connected to said mobile network exchange and which terminate a radio section protocol to connect to said external communication network, and when said mobile packet terminal roams in a dormant state from the first radio zone to the second radio zone, said method comprising:instructing, by the radio terminator corresponding to said first radio zone, the mobile network exchange in said first radio zone to disconnect the path connecting the mobile network exchange in said first radio zone and the base station in said first radio zone; and instructing, by the radio terminator corresponding to said first radio zone, the mobile network exchange in the second radio zone to set a path across said mobile packet terminal and the radio terminator corresponding to said second radio zone.