Method of informing mobile user terminals camped on a cell of a base station that a service is unavailable, a base station, and a network
US7006826B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided of informing mobile user terminals (12) camped on a cell of a base station (8) of a radio telecommunications network that a service is unavailable, such that a mobile user terminal (12) desirous of said service is handed over to another cell which provides said service. The method comprises informing the terminals (12) that selectably at least one of circuit-switched services (4) and packet-switched services (6) are unavailable.
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