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Method for detecting, on a telecommunication network side, the complexity, on the telecommunication network side, of a telecommunication link between two subscribers in order to determine the rate, and device for realising the same

TLDR
In this paper, the authors proposed a method for the optimal definition of the complexity of a desired or existing telecommunication link between two subscribers (1, 7) in order to determine the rate, where one subscriber is a mobile subscriber having a mobile radiotelephone, while the other is a fixed subscriber connected to a fixed network.
Abstract
The present invention relates to a telecommunication network and to a method for the optimal definition, on a telecommunication network side, of the complexity (6), on the telecommunication network side, of a desired or existing telecommunication link (6) between two subscribers (1, 7) in order to determine the rate. According to this invention, one subscriber is a mobile subscriber (1) having a mobile radiotelephone, while the other is a fixed subscriber (7) connected to a fixed network. The position (2, radio cell 23a) of the mobile subscriber (1) is then detected. A local call is detected in the case of a telecommunication link (40) between the mobile subscriber (1) and a fixed subscriber (4) whose connection to the fixed network is located, due to the fixed network code, within a local area (3) surrounding the position (2, radio cell 23a) of the mobile subscriber (1). A toll call, which is relatively more expensive than a local call, is detected in the case of a telecommunication link (6) between the mobile subscriber (1) and a fixed subscriber (7) whose connection to the fixed network is located, due to the fixed network code, out of a local area (3) that can be predetermined and that surrounds the position (radio cell 23a) of the mobile subscriber (1).

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