Telecommunications Network Responsive to Server-Provided Location Information

Abstract

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.

1 . A telecommunications network configured for wirelessly establishing a connection between a terminal located at a location in said network and a requesting server, the terminal being identified by a terminal identifier and accessible at a location in the telecommunications network, the telecommunications network containing a first network node and a second network node,
 wherein the first network node is configured to (i) receive a data unit destined for the terminal from the server, the data unit comprising the terminal identifier, (ii) receive a location identifier indicative of the location of the terminal in the telecommunications network, (iii) derive an address of the second network node using the location identifier, and (iv) transmit a first connection request to the derived second network node for establishing a connection to the terminal, and   wherein the second network node is configured to receive the first connection request from the first network node and to transmit a second connection request for establishing the connection towards the terminal.