| abstract |
The invention relates to a radio system and a method for routing a subscriber's call via a moving base station, such as a base station located in an aircraft or on a ship. The radio system comprises at least one moving base station. It is characteristic for the method according to the invention that a moving location area is formed using the service areas of the moving base stations, a control unit (BSC) of at least one operator is dedicated to controlling the operation of the moving base stations belonging to the said moving location area, calls made by a subscriber in a service area of the moving base station are routed from the subscriber terminal via a moving base station, a relay satellite (12) and a ground earth station to one dedicated control unit (BSC), and calls to a subscriber located in the moving location area are routed from one dedicated control unit (BSC) via a ground earth station (GES), a relay satellite (12) and the moving base station to the subscriber terminal. |