Patent ID: 7047013

Claim:
A method for connection control in a radio communications system during calls from and to radio subscribers, said radio communication system comprising a radio subsystem via which communications terminals which allow access by said radio subscribers can be connected in an associated radio area, and a switching center for switching through connections, comprising: routing said connections between said radio subsystem and said switching center via a radio transmission unit, said routing comprising: switching through signaling connections, and not switching through traffic channel connections, from said radio transmission unit to said switching center when a call within a radio area is between radio subscribers within a same said radio area, switching through signaling connections, and not switching through traffic channel connections, from said radio transmission unit to said switching center when a call is between radio subscribers in different radio areas, switching traffic channel connections by said radio transmission unit between a first radio subsystem and a second radio subsystem for a case of a call within a radio area from when a call is between radio subscribers in different radio areas.