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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsReinhard Becher, Markus Dillinger
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The invention relates to a method for providing software in radio-based cellular communications networks. To this end, a subscriber station (TNR1), which is checked into a cell and which has stored software that is to be provided, notifies a storage device (BL) of the cell of the availability of the software in the cell and it sends a message (NR) concerning the availability of the software to the subscriber station (TNR) checked into the cell. Another subscriber station (TNR2), which is checked into the cell, requests the software by sending a message (NR2), whereby the message (NR2) is sent with a limited transmitting power so that the message (NR2) can only be received by subscriber stations, which are located at a distance from the sending subscriber station (TNR2) that is small compared to the diameter of the cell. When the subscriber station (TNR1) has received the message (NR2) sent by the other subscriber station (TNR2), the software is immediately transmitted from subscriber station (TNR1) to the other subscriber station (TNR2)
A method for providing software in radio-based cellular communications networks, in which
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the messages stored in the storage device (BL) are deleted at the end of a defined time.
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an expiry date relating to software which is available for transmission to the subscriber stations of the communications network is stored in the storage device.
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a subscriber station which leaves the cell with which it is registered notifies this to the storage device (BL), and the storage device updates the notifications to indicate that the software is no longer available for transmission from the subscriber station.
A communications network for implementing the method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the communications network has a storage device (SE) to create and store entries relating to software availability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.