US 2004/0166891 A1 · Method and apparatus for controlling communication between user equipment and a base station in a radio access network

Abstract

A method (30) (and equipment adapted to operate according to the method) for enabling or disabling (i.e. triggering) an attribute of communication between a UE device and a NodeB under the control of a RNC using System Information Blocks (SIBs) as a way of configuring communication channels provided by the RNC, the method including: a step (35) in which the NodeB configures itself for communication with the UE device according to a trigger field (40) consisting of typically several bits corresponding to one or more attributes and included in one or more SIBs; and a step (35) in which the NodeB transmits to the UE device the SIB(s) including the trigger field. A multi-bit trigger field can be used to simultaneously control either a number of attributes, or can be interpreted as indicating a value of a single, multi-level attribute (or can be used both ways at the same time).

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Dependent claims

A method (30) for enabling or disabling an attribute used in respect to communication between a NodeB and a user equipment (UE) device, the NodeB operative according to control by a radio network controller (RNC) of a radio access network (RAN) using System Information Blocks (SIBs) communicated between elements of the RAN and communicated to the UE device in radio contact with the RAN as a way of configuring communication channels provided by the RAN, the method characterized by:

a step (35) in which the NodeB configures itself for communication with the UE device according to a trigger field (40) consisting of at least one bit (41) included in at least one of the SIBs, wherein the at least one bit (41) corresponds to the attribute;
and
a step (35) in which the NodeB transmits to the UE device the SIB including the trigger field.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/737,190Filed 15 Dec 2003

Priority

20 Dec 2002

Published

26 Aug 2004

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

H04W 88/12
Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices: access point controller devices
H04W 28/16
Network traffic management; Network resource management: central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g.…
H04W 80/00
Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation
H04W 92/08
Interfaces between hierarchically different network devices: between user and terminal device

Method and apparatus for controlling communication between user equipment and a base station in a radio access network

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Method and apparatus for controlling communication between user equipment and a base station in a radio access network

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