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Method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station; radio communication terminal and network devices; radio communication smart card device

US8160590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Markus Dominik Mueck · Unterhaching, DE
Thomas Ruprich · Birkenfeld, DE
Andreas Schmidt · Braunschweig, DE
Hyung-Nam Choi · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2008
Grant date	Apr 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/323
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station is provided. The method may include receiving a synchronization message comprising a mobile radio base station identifier, and determining the type of a mobile radio base station using a previously signaled and stored piece of mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier and the received mobile radio base station identifier.

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