Providing access to a gprs network
OwnerRogier Noldusinventor
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Abstract
Methods and devices for providing a device (TD201) access to a General Packet Radio Service, GPRS, network are described. The GPRS network comprises a control node (SGSN204) for controlling the access. The control node (SGSN204) performs the steps of receiving (214) a service request from the device (TD201), the service request comprising a device identifier, obtaining (211) a group profile comprising a group identifier identifying a plurality of devices, selecting (215) the group profile for serving the device (TD201), if the device identifier corresponds to the group identifier, and establishing (216) a connection based on the group profile in accordance with the service request.
Claims13
A method for providing a device access to a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, wherein the device belongs to a group of devices having a single group profile, the GPRS network comprising a control node for controlling the access, the control node performing the steps of:
- obtaining a group profile comprising a subscriber identifier and a device identifier, associated with a plurality of devices;
- receiving a service request from the device, the service request comprising a device individual subscriber identity and individual device identifier;
- selecting the group profile for attaching the device to the GPRS network, if said individual device identifier corresponds to the device identifier in said group profile;
- and,
- establishing a connection based on the group profile in accordance with the service request.
A control node, comprising:
- a receiving unit for receiving messages;
- a transmitting unit for transmitting messages;
- and,
- a processing unit for controlling further units and for processing messages and information;
- wherein:
- the receiving unit is adapted to receive from a device a service request comprising a device identifier;
- the processing unit is adapted to process the service request;
- the processing unit is further adapted to obtain a group profile comprising a group identifier identifying a plurality of devices;
- the processing unit is further adapted to select, if the device identifier corresponds to the group identifier, the group profile for serving the device;
- and,
- the processing unit is further adapted to initiate, via the transmitting unit, the establishment of a connection based on the group profile in accordance with the service request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.