Mobile communications system, infrastructure equipment, base station and method

A mobile communications device for communicating data packets to and/or from a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising a radio network part including one or more base stations for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from the mobile communications devices via a radio access interface, and a core network part comprising one or more infrastructure components for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from the base stations of the radio network part, the mobile communications device being configured

• to determine whether to communicate each of the data packets using either a broadband packet network or a dedicated messaging network, in accordance with predetermined criteria, the broadband packet network being provided by the mobile communications network and is adapted to communicate the data packets in accordance with a relatively high bandwidth, and the dedicated messaging network is provided by the mobile communications network contemporaneously with the broadband packet network and is adapted to communicate the data packets in accordance with a relatively low bandwidth.

A base station for forming a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising a radio network part including the base station for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from mobile communications devices via a radio access interface, and a core network part comprising one or more infrastructure components for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from the base station, the base station being configured

• to determine whether to communicate each of the data packets using either a broadband packet network or a dedicated messaging network, in accordance with predetermined criteria, to the mobile communications devices, the broadband packet network being provided by the mobile communications network and is configured to communicate the data packets in accordance with a relatively high bandwidth, and the dedicated messaging network is provided by the mobile communications network contemporaneously with the broadband communications network and is adapted to communicate the data packets in accordance with a relatively low bandwidth.

An infrastructure equipment for forming a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising a radio network part including one or more base stations for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from mobile communications devices via a radio access interface, and a core network part which includes the infrastructure equipment for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from the one or more base stations, the infrastructure equipment being configured

• to determine whether to communicate each of the data packets using either a broadband packet network or a dedicated messaging network in accordance with predetermined criteria, to the mobile communications devices via the one or more base stations, the broadband packet network being provided by the mobile communications network and is adapted to communicate the data packets in accordance with a relatively high bandwidth, and the dedicated messaging network is provided by the mobile communications network contemporaneously with the broadband packet network and is adapted to communicate the data packets in accordance with a relatively low bandwidth.

A method of communicating data packets to and/or from receiving mobile communications devices from a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising a radio network part including one or more base stations for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from the mobile communications devices via a radio access interface, and a core network part comprising one or more infrastructure components for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from the base stations of the radio network part, the method comprising

• providing a broadband communications network which is adapted to communicate the data packets to or receiving from the mobile communications devices in accordance with a relatively high bandwidth,
• providing contemporaneously a dedicated messaging network which is adapted to communicate the data packets to or receive from the mobile communications devices in accordance with a relatively low bandwidth, and
• determining whether to communicate each of the data packets using either the broadband communications network or the dedicated messaging network for communicating the data packets from or to the mobile communications device in accordance with predetermined criteria.

44-46. (canceled)

Apparatus for communicating data packets to and/or from receiving mobile communications devices from a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising a radio network part including one or more base stations for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from the mobile communications devices via a radio access interface, and a core network part comprising one or more infrastructure components for communicating the data packets to or receiving the data packets from the base stations of the radio network part, the apparatus comprising

• means for providing a broadband communications network which is adapted to communicate the data packets to or receiving from the mobile communications devices in accordance with a relatively high bandwidth,
• means for providing contemporaneously a dedicated messaging network which is adapted to communicate the data packets to or receive from the mobile communications devices in accordance with a relatively low bandwidth, and
• means for determining whether to communicate each of the data packets using either the broadband communications network or the dedicated messaging network for communicating the data packets from or to the mobile communications device in accordance with predetermined criteria.