A unified in-building communication method in a communication system
connected to a public land mobile network (PLMN), a public switched
telephone network/integrated services digital network (PSTN/ISDN), and an
Internet protocol (IP) network is disclosed. The method comprises setting
a common cell area such that a wireless public or wireless in-company
communication service is available in a prescribed local area; and
connecting a mobile switching center (MSC) to the PLMN, using a
registered mobile terminal as an extension telephone in the common cell
area, and bypassing an unregistered mobile terminal, so that the PLMN can
share a base station. The registered mobile terminal communicates with a
wire extension terminal or a wireless extension terminal, and the
registered mobile terminal wirelessly receives a data service through the
IP network. The wireless in-building communication service of the present
invention is performed in a single cell so that a handoff does not occur.
The wireless in-building communication service of the present invention
is performed such that, even for the same service provider, when the
registered mobile terminal moves out of the common cell and moves into
the PLMN and vice versa, the handoff does not occur.