Nokia Corporation

Nokia Networks Oy

Petri Saarela

Jussi Sarpola

Jaakko Rautiainen

Pekka Multanen

Pentti Toivanen

Arto Maatta

According to the present invention, a switching method and a switching device () are disclosed for providing a multilink connection between a subscriber () and a network (), the multilink connection consisting of a plurality of physical connections taken by the subscriber (). The switching device () comprises a plurality of converting means () each converting, upon activation, physical connections into a logical connection to the network () and converting a logical connection from the network () into physical connections. Furthermore, the switching device () comprises control means () for accepting a connection from the subscriber (), for detecting that the connection is a physical connection belonging to a multilink connection, for activating one of the converting means () for the detected multilink connection, and for directing the accepted connection and subsequently accepted physical connections belonging to the detected multilink connection to the converting means () activated for this multilink connection.

Effective multilink flow handling

The present invention relates to a wireless local loop. In particular, the present invention relates to a procedure for limiting the mobility area of a terminal device in a wireless local loop environment. According to the invention, the mobility area (MOA) for the terminal device (,) is defined as a specified geographic area comprising the coverage area of at least one cell (,), and the locking of the terminal device with the local loop and/or channel change by the terminal device is inhibited if the cell from which the terminal device is trying to get locked or to whose channel it is trying to change is outside the mobility area.

Procedure for limiting the mobility area of a terminal device in a wireless local loop

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Tupos, Finland

Petri Saarela