Title of Invention

"APPARATUS FOR MAKING COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP SYSTEM"

Abstract

Method for making communication in a wireless local loop system, including the steps of (a) storing at least one digit provided by a user and carrying out a service required by the stored digits, when a WLL (Wireless Local Loop) subscriber terminal is off-hooked; and (b) transmitting one of the stored digit or information corresponding to the stored digit to a system after a certain time period is passed from a time a last digit is provided, whereby reducing load on a base station by making the terminal to analyze digits provided by a subscriber to support services of the subscriber set, selectively.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a communication system, and more particularly, to a method for making communication in a wireless local loop system. Background of the Related Art [0003] The wireless local loop system (hereafter called as "WLL") provides wireless subscriber lines between subscribers and a switching center The WLL system can provide voice communication services, facsimile services, and data communication services. [0004] FIG. 1 illustrates related art separate type and integrated type WLL system. [0005] Referring to FIG. 1, the WLL system is provided; with a stationary telephone set 10 installed in a home or office, a WLL wireless access device 20 connected to the ' • ' ^ ' ',» stationary telephone set 10 for transmitting and receiving information over a wireless interface, an integrated type WLL terminal 30 having a WLL wireless access device built therein, base stations 40 for accessing the WLL wireless access device 20 or the integrated type WLL terminal 30, a base station controller 50 connected to the base station by wire for processing a call and transmitting a message, and a managing device 60 for managing, and maintaining the WLL system. There is a switching center 70 connected to the base station controller 50. [0006] Operations of various parts of the foregoing WLL system will be explained. [0007] The WLL wireless access de\ ice 20. provided at an end point of the WLI. svsiem. has functions of transmission and reception of information over a \\ireless interface. i!.msmission of a smnal converted troin a radio liciiuencx signal inlo a base Kind signal to a subscriber and the transmission of a signal converted from a base band signal into a radio frequency signal to a base station 40, processing a protocol signal for a communication network, and processing a voice signal. [0008] The base station 40 makes an access to the WLL wireless access device 20 by wireless or the integrated type WLL terminal 30 having the WLL wireless access device 20 built therein and processes a radio frequency signal, to modulate or demodulate the radio frequency signal. The base station 40 also subjects the modulated or demodulated signal to channel coding or decoding. The base station 40 makes an access to the base station controller 50 through a particular trunk El/HDSL by wire. [0009] The base station controller 50 is positioned between the base station 40 and the switching center 70, and controls a number of base stations 40. The base station controller 50 has functions transmitting a signal, processing a call, transforming a code, interfacing with the base station 40 and the switching center 70. [0010] The managing device 60 manages, and maintains the WLL wireless access device 20, the base stations 40, and the base station controller 50, i.e., a function for managing a network system, a function for managing network elements, a function for managing performance, a function for processing a data, a function for managing by software, and a function for managing security. [0011] In the foregoing WLL system, when the WLL terminal 30 is off-hooked, an origination message is provided from the WLL terminal 30 to the base station 40 at once, to assign a communication channel (or traffic channel) for the terminal 30 by the base station 40 at first. If there is a digit(s). the digit(s) is stored temporarily, and transmitted to the base station 40 at first after the traffic channel is assigned. Each of the digits provided after the traffic channel is assigned is transmitted to the base station 40 in an order whenever the dim't is provided. [0012] The base station 40 receives a dual tone multiple frequency message inclusive of the provided digit information from the terminal 30, analyzes a telephone number based on the dual tone multiple frequency message, and connects a destination terminal and an origination terminal 30. [0013] The related art WLL system has a problem in that the processing of entire digits from the subscriber at the base station 40 causes an overload on the base station 40. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0014] Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a method for making communication in a wireless local loop system that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. [0015] An object of the present invention is to provide a method for making communication in a wireless local loop system, which can reduce an overload of a base station by support from terminal. [0016] Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings. [0017] To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described, the method for making communication in a wireless local loop system, includes the steps of (a) storing at least one digit provided by a user and carrying out a service required by the stored digits, when an origination WLL (Wireless Local Loop) terminal is off-hooked, and (b) transmitting one of the stored digit or information corresponding to the stored digit to the system after a certain time period is passed from a time a last digit is provided. [0018] Preferably, the origination WLL terminal has a wireless access device at outside or inside thereof. [0019] Preferably, the method for making communication in a wireless local loop system further includes the step of establishing a call between the origination WLL terminal and the system, after the origination WLL terminal is off-hooked. [0020] Preferably, the step (a) includes the step of carrying out a service of connecting to a destination WLL terminal required by a provided digit if at least one particular digit is provided. [0021] Preferably, the step (a) includes the step of carrying out a service in which no disconnection can be made by the origination WLL terminal until a destination WLL subscriber terminal required by a provided digit disconnects if at least one particular digit is provided. [0022] Preferably, the step (a) includes the step of carrying out a service in which a service of connection to a destination WLL terminal is made after requiring a password for connection to the destination WLL terminal required by a provided digit if at least one particular digit is provided. [0023] Preferably, the step (a) includes the step of carrying out a service in which a service of restricting the particular destination WLL subscriber terminal, or restricting a particular area the destination WLL terminal is located required by a provided digit is made if at least one particular digit is provided. [0024J Preferably, the step (a) includes the step of carrying out a facsimile service to a destination WLL terminal required by a provided digit if at least one particular digit is provided. [0025] In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for making communication in a wireless local loop system having a base station and WLL terminals each with a wireless access device for wireless access to the base station, including the steps of (a) the wireless access device analyzing at least one digit from an origination WLL terminal and carrying out a service required by the digit, when the WLL terminal is off-hooked, (b) in a case of not being provided with any digit for a preset period after a last digit is provided among the digit, the wireless access device transmits one of the digit and information corresponding to the digit information to the base station, and (c) connecting the origination WLL terminal and a destination WLL terminal according to the transmission, to carry out communication. [0026] Preferably, the step (a) includes the step of storing the provided digits at the wireless access device temporarily, at the time of the off-hook. [0027] In further aspect of the present invention, there is provided 17. A method for making communication in a wireless local loop system having a base station and WLL terminals each with a wireless access device for wireless access to the base station, the method comprising the steps of (a) the switching center transmitting a message to the wireless access device, the message preventing a dial tone from the switching center from being provided to the subscriber, (b) the wireless access device putting its vocoder inoperative according to the message, and analyzing at least one digit from an origination WLL terminal and carrying out a service required by the digit, after the origination WLL terminal is off-hooked, (c) in a case of not being provided with any digit for a preset period after a last digit is provided among the digit, the wireless access device transmits one of the digit and inlbnnation corresponding to the digit information to the base station, and (c) connecting the origination WLL terminal and a destination WLL terminal according to the transmission, to carry out communication. [0028] It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0029] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention: In the drawings: FIG. 1 illustrates related art separate type and integrated type WLL system; FIG. 2 illustrates a procedure for establishing a communication path in a WLL system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and, FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of a WLL terminal in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT [0030] Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Because a WLL system having the present invention applied thereto is identical to the related art WLL system in FIG. 1, explanation of the WLL system will be omitted. FIG. 2 illustrates a procedure for establishing a communication path in the WLL system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0031J Referring to FIG. 2, when the WLL terminal 10 or 30. the origination terminal. is off-hooked (S10), an origination message inclusive of origination terminal information of the WLL terminal 10 or 30 is transmitted to the base station 40 (Sll) through the wireless access device in the WLL terminal 30 or the wireless access device 20 connected to the stationary telephone set 10. [0032] In this instance, the WLL terminal 10 or 30 attempts to obtain a communication channel (or a traffic channel) from the base station 40 by transmitting the origination message. The origination message includes no digit information provided from an origination terminal subscriber, i.e., the WLL terminal 10 or 30. [0033] The wireless access device 20 or 30 provides a local dial tone informing that the origination terminal information is transmitted to the WLL terminal 10 or 30 (SI3). Thus, a call is set up between the WLL terminal 10 or 30 and the base station 40 (SI 1). After the call is set up, the base station 40 and the switching center 70 exchange messages by using V5.2 signaling protocol (S12). [0034] After the call is set up, LE dial tone is provided from the switching center 70 to the wireless access device 20 or 30, continuously. The switching center 70 provides a preset signal for cutting off the LE dial tone to the wireless access device 20 or 30 for preventing the LE dial tone from being provided to a subscriber of the WLL terminal 10 or 30 subscriber (SI6). [0035] Then, in response to the tone cut off signal message, the wireless access device 20 or 30 leaves its vocoder inoperative. The subscriber cannot hear the LE dial tone until the subscriber of the WLL terminal 10 or 30 provides a last digit, and a certain time period is passed. That is, the subscriber cannot hear the LE dial tone until the wireless access device 10 or 30 provides a burst DTMF message including one of the digits or information corresponding to the digits to the base station 40. The WLL terminal 10 or 30 has the call set up therefor, and the traffic channel assigned thereto (SI4). [0036] After the WLL terminal 10 or 30 is off-hooked (S10), the digits provided by the subscriber of the WLL terminal 10 or 30 are temporarily stored in a buffer in the wireless access device 20 or 30 until a certain time period is passed after a last digit is provided. [0037] At an end of the certain time period, the wireless access device 20 or 30 puts the vocoder into operation, and one of the digits and the information corresponding to the digits stored in the buffer (not shown) is provided to the base station 40 through the burst DTMF message (SI8). The information corresponding to the digits includes service information of the digits. [0038] In detail, the WLL terminal 10 or 30 analyzes the digits stored temporarily in the buffer. Then, the WLL terminal 10 or 30 provides one of the digits and information corresponding to the digits loaded on the DTMF message to the base station 40 through the wireless access device 20 or 30 for supporting services required from the subscriber according to a result of the analysis. [0039] The base station 40 provides a destination number (DTMF digits) to the switching center 70 based on the burst DTMF message, and the switching center 70 connects a call to a destination terminal of the destination number (SI 9). [0040] Upon receiving the destination number, the switching center 70 informs connection to the destination terminal by providing a ring back tone to the WLL terminal 10 or 30, the origination terminal, making a communication between the WLL terminal 10 or 30 and the destination terminal (S20). [0041] The foregoing embodiment of the present invention can be summarized as follows. If the WLL terminal 10 or 30, the origination terminal, is off-hooked in an overlap type dialing, the origination message is provided to the base station 40. to establish a call between the base station 40 and the WLL terminal 10 or 30. Then, when the wireless access device 20 or 30 provides one of the digits and digit information corresponding to the digits to the base station 40, the wireless access device 20 or 30 provides one of the digits and information corresponding to the digits to the base station 40 stored temporarily in the buffer if a certain time period is passed after the subscriber provides a last digit like an enblock type dialing. [0042] That is, the WLL terminal 10 or 30 can process the temporarily stored digits until one of the stored digits and information corresponding to the digits are transmitted after a certain time period is passed from a time the last digit is provided after the WLL terminal 10 or 30 is off-hooked. [0043] Accordingly, the present invention facilitates to use one of a speed dial function, an emergency call function, and an outgoing call lock function, which are enblock dial functions of the WLL terminal 10 or 30, during an overlap dialing in the WLL system. The WLL terminal 10 or 30 can implement functions that require an origination number processing, such as a restrict call function, and a prefix dial function. [0044] The speed dial function, an abbreviated dialing function, is a function for transmitting required digits of a dial number by pressing a particular digit. The emergency call function, an emergency dialing function, is a function in which the origination terminal can not disconnect a call until a destination terminal disconnects the call when the WLL terminal 10 or 30 calls a number registered for an emergency call mode. The outgoing call lock function is a function in which a dialing from the WLL terminal 10 or 30 can be made only when a particular password, given to the WLL terminal 10 or 30 in advance by the subscriber, is applied to the WLL terminal 10 or 30. The call restrict function is a function in which the subscriber can restricts particular dialing numbers or areas. The prefix dialing function is a function in which the subscriber can make a facsimile mode dialing for dialing numbers starting with particular numbers. [0045] In the meantime, in the enblock dial function, an origination message is transmitted by an automatic dialing timer after the subscriber provides whole telephone number. After the origination message inclusive of the provided digits and dialing terminal information is provided to the base station, the traffic channel is obtained. A system of the foregoing WLL terminal is illustrated in FIG. 3. [0046] Referring to FIG. 3, the WLL terminal of the present invention includes a terminal circuit 10 or 30 for processing a received data and a data to be transmitted, and a wireless access device 20 or 30 for wireless transmission/reception of the processed data to/from the base station 40. [0047] The wireless access device 20 or 30 includes a timer 300, a memory 200 for temporary storage of the digits provided by the subscriber, and a wireless access controlling part 100 for controlling the timer 300, and controlling to forward the digits stored in the memory 200 as the timer 300 ends. Thus, the present invention is an application of the enblock dial function. [0048] As has been explained, the method for making communication in a wireless local loop system of the present invention can reduce a load on a base station by making the terminal to analyze digits provided by a subscriber to support services the subscriber set, selectively. [0049] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the method for making communication in a wireless local loop system of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, rhus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. We Claim: 1. An apparatus for making communication in a wireless local loop system, comprising means for storing (200) at least one digit provided by a user and carrying out a service required by the stored digits, when an origination WLL (Wireless Local Loop) terminal is off-hooked; and means for controlling (100) to transmit one of the stored digit or information corresponding to the stored digit to a system after a certain time period is passed from a time a last digit is provided. 2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the origination WLL terminal has a wireless access device (20,30) at outside or inside thereof. 3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said wireless access device (20,30) comprises means (100) for establishing a call between the origination WLL terminal (10, 30) and the system, after the origination WLL terminal (10,30) is off- hooked. 4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said wireless access device (20, 30) comprises means (200) for carrying out a service of connecting to a destination WLL terminal required by a provided digit if at least one particular digit is provided. 5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said wireless access device (20, 30) comprises means (200) for carrying out a service in which no disconnection can be made by the origination WLL terminal (10, 30) until a destination WLL terminal provided by a received digit disconnects if at least one particular digit is provided. 6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said wireless access device (20, 30) comprises means (200) for carrying out a service in which a service of connection to a destination WLL terminal is made after requiring a password for connection to the destination WLL terminal required by a provided digit if at least one particular digit is provided. 7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said wireless access device (20, 30) comprises means (200) for carrying out a service in which a service of restricting the particular destination WLL terminal, or restricting a particular area the destination WLL terminal is located required by a provided digit is made if at least one particular digit is provided. 8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said wireless access device (20, 30) comprises means (200) for carrying out a facsimile service to a destination WLL terminal required by a provided digit if at least one particular digit is provided. 9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said wireless access device (20, 30) comprises means (200) for processing at least one digit from the origination WLL terminal (10, 30) and carries out the service required by the digit, when the origination WLL terminal is off-hooked; and in a case of not being provided with any digit for a preset period after a last digit is provided among the digit, said means for controlling (100) transmits one of the digit and information corresponding to the digit information to the system for connecting the origination WLL terminal (10, 30) and a destination WLL terminal 10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said wireless access device (20, 30) comprises means (200) for temporarily storing the provided digits at the wireless access device , at the time of the off-hook. 11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said wireless access device (20, 30) comprises means (100) for preventing a dial tone from a switching center from being provided to a subscriber by using a message provided from the switching center, the message preventing a dial tone from the switching center from being provided to the subscriber; wherein said means (200) puts its vocoder inoperative according to the message, and processes at least one digit from the origination WLL terminal and carries out a service required by the digit, after the origination WLL terminal is off-hooked; and in a case of not being provided with any digit for a preset period after a last digit is provided among the digit, said means (100) transmits any one of the digit and information corresponding to the digit information to the system for connecting the origination WLL terminal and a destination WLL terminal.

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