Dual Mode Mobile Terminal Access To A Wireless Communication Network

摘要

Providing a simpler mechanism to connect a dual mode mobile terminal to a wireless communication network. This is achieved by a method of connecting a dual mode mobile terminal to a wireless communication network using a mobile attachment mode or a fixed attachment mode. A first step (S10) is executed to detect an operative transfer state of the dual mode mobile terminal triggering a transfer from the mobile attachment mode to the fixed attachment mode (e.g. when a subscriber plug his dual mode mobile terminal into a special cradle connected to Internet via DSL). A second step (S12) is executed to achieve a mobile attachment mode detach (e.g. IMSI detach) from the wireless communication network in the mobile attachment mode upon detection of the operative transfer state. A third step (S14) is executed to achieve a fixed attachment mode attach to the same wireless communication network subsequent to execution of the mobile attachment mode detach to initiate the fixed attachment mode.