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AssigneeSony International (Europe) GmbH
InventorsMatthias Weber, Gregor Winkler
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The present invention relates to a base station (1, 1′) and a method for protecting a predetermined area from disturbing usage of mobile terminals of a wireless telecommunication system. Further, the present invention relates to a mobile terminal (7) the operation mode of which can be changed by mode change information received from a base station (1, 1′) to protect a predetermined area. A predetermined area might be an area, in which at least a high frequency part of the mobile terminals should be switched off automatically to avoid interference with electronic or electric devices, e. g. in hospital or airplanes. In other areas, e. g. restaurants, operas or the like, it is sufficient to reduce the volume of acoustic signals to be output so that other people in the area are not disturbed. The base station (1, 1′) for protecting the predetermined area according to the present invention thereby comprises generating means (2, 2′) for generating mode change information for changing an operation mode of the mobile terminals to protect the predetermined area, and transmitting means (3, 3′) for transmitting the generated mode change information within the predetermined area by means of a paging message of a paging channel of the wireless telecommunication system The use of the paging message thereby provides a simple and effective way to transmit the mode change information according to the present invention.
Base station (1, 1′) for protecting a predetermined area from disturbing usage of mobile terminals of a wireless telecommunication system, with generating means (2, 2′) for generating mode change information for changing an operation mode of said mobile terminals to protect said predetermined area, transmitting means (3, 3′) for transmitting said generated mode change information within said predetermined area by means of a paging message of a paging channel of said wireless telecommunication system.
Method for protecting a predetermined area from disturbing usage of mobile terminals of a wireless cellular telecommunication system, with the steps of generating mode change information for changing an operation mode of said mobile terminals to protect said predetermined area from disturbing usage of mobile terminals, transmitting said generated mode change information within said predetermined area by means of paging messages of a paging channel of said wireless telecommunication system.
Mobile terminal (7) for a wireless cellular telecommunication system, with transmitting and receiving means (8) for transmitting information to and receiving information from base stations of said telecommunication system and for receiving mode change information transmit from a base station by means of paging messages of a paging channel of said wireless telecommunication system for protecting a predetermined area from disturbing usage of the mobile terminal, control means (11) for detecting received mode change information and changing a mode of the mobile terminal depending on the received mode change information so that said predetermined area is protected.
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