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Method and data system for connecting a wireless local network to a UMTS terminal

US8190146B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Mark Beckmann · Braunschweig, DE
Hyung-Nam Choi · Hamburg, DE
Sabine Niekerk · Salzgitter, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 2003
Grant date	May 29, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 19, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for connecting a wireless local network (WLAN) to a UMTS terminal station (ME) having USIM/USAT functionality, including the following method steps: monitoring the activity of the local network via the terminal station; transmitting the type and/or identity number of the local network to the terminal station once the activity of the local network has been successfully detected; initiating a logical link between the local network and the terminal station, and; querying the specific subscriber data of the local network. In an embodiment of the present invention, the temporary status of the local network and/or specific subscriber data of the local network are/is queried at periodic intervals.

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