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Extended base station identification code comprising a radio frequency color code

US10805866B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Mårten Sundberg · Västerås, SE
Jens Bergqvist · Linköping, SE
John Walter Diachina · Garner, US
Stefan Eriksson Löwenmark · Uppsala, SE
Olof Liberg · Stockholm, SE
Joakim Riedel · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 2017
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 14, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W74/0833
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, network node (110, 800) and device (120; 1000) for managing a cell identity of a cell (115) in a GSM network (100). The device (120; 1000) receives, from the network node (110; 800), a cell identifier for identifying said cell (115), which cell identifier is a Base Station Identity Code, “BSIC”, coding an identity of said cell (115) and being formed of at least three sets of bits: A first three bits set thereof being a Network Color Code, “NCC”, a second three bits set thereof being a Base Station Color Code, “BCC”, and an additional third set thereof comprising one or more bits.

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