Method and Portable Data Apparatus for Operating Mobile Terminals in a Cellular Telecommunications Network

摘要

The invention relates to both a method and a network entity in a cellular communication network serving mobile terminals or communication devices, offering control over terminals in order to ensure that the best possible data connection is available to the user at all times whatever the coverage scenario and technology the terminals are operating on.

主权项

1. A method in a portable data apparatus for managing data connections in a telecommunication network, the apparatus being in communicative connection with at least a first and a second mobile terminal, each mobile terminal being operable to establish a data connection in said telecommunication network over a plurality of types of radio access technologies, the method comprising:
determining which type of radio access technology at least one of the terminals is camped upon; controlling connections of each one of the terminals in respective cells of respective Radio Access Technology Types, RATs; and, setting a given terminal as operative for establishing a data connection when said terminal is determined to be camped in a particular RAT.