Telecommunications network responsive to server-provided location information

摘要

The invention relates to a telecommunications network for wirelessly establishing a connection with a terminal located at a location in said network by a server. The terminal is identified by a terminal identifier in the telecommunications network. The telecommunications network contains a first network node and a second network node. The first network node is configured for receiving a data unit for the terminal from the server, that is preferably located outside the telecommunications network. The data unit comprises the terminal identifier. The first network node is being configured for receiving a location identifier indicative of the location of the terminal from the server and for deriving an address of the second network node using the location identifier. The derived address of the second network node is then used for transmitting a first connection request for establishing a connection with the derived second network node.

主权项

1. A server configured for connecting with a terminal via a telecommunications network, the server comprising:
a location identifier indicative of a location of the terminal in the telecommunications network, wherein the server is located outside of the telecommunications network, and the location of the terminal is known to the server (i) without the server requesting the terminal's location from the telecommunications network, and (ii) prior to the server initiating communications with the terminal via the telecommunications network, wherein the telecommunications network includes network nodes, and the terminal is identified by a terminal identifier and accessible at the location in the telecommunications network, wherein the server is further configured to transmit the location identifier to a node in the telecommunications network, wherein the server is further configured to transmit a data unit comprising the terminal identifier, and wherein server is further configured to transmit the location identifier and the terminal identifier either (i) together in the data unit or (ii) in separate transmissions.