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AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorOlof Tomas Backstrom
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A cellular radiotelephone system including a Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE) and a plurality of radio heads (base stations) is deactivated, by sending an email including a deactivation message to the CRE via a communications protocol other than TCP/IP, such that the CRE deactivates the cellular radiotelephone system in response to receipt of the email including the deactivation message. Preferably, the email including the deactivation message is sent to the CRE via ANSI-41 communications protocol that is also used to communicate messages for automatic roaming, authentication, voice privacy and other services. Most preferably, the email including the deactivation message is sent to the CRE via ANSI-41 Short Message Service (SMS) communications protocol that supports email between a cellular operator system and a cellular radiotelephone system. The deactivation message may be processed by receiving the email including the deactivation message at the CRE via the communications protocol other than TCP/IP, preferably ANSI-41 and most preferably ANSI-41 SMS. A “fictitious” radiotelephone is assigned at the CRE for receipt of the ANSI-41 SMS deactivation email. The received email is sent to the fictitious radiotelephone using ANSI-41 SMS communications protocol. The fictitious radiotelephone converts the ANSI-41 SMS email to a TCP/IP email. The converted email is then used to deactivate the cellular radiotelephone system.
A method of deactivating a cellular radiotelephone system including a Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE) and a plurality of radio heads, wherein the CRE communicates with a cellular operator system using a short message service (SMS) communications protocol, the cellular operator system including a central service node, a cellular message center that communicates with the central service node via a TCP/IP communications protocol and a cellular home location register that communicates with the cellular message center via the SMS communications protocol, the method comprising the step of:
A method of deactivating a cellular radiotelephone system including a Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE) and a plurality of radio heads, wherein the CRE communicates with a cellular operator system using a Short Message Service (SMS) communications protocol, the cellular operator system including a central service node, a cellular message center that communicates with the central service node via a TCP/IP communications protocol and a cellular home location register that communicates with the cellular message center via the SMS communications protocol, the method comprising the step of:
A method of deactivating a cellular radiotelephone system including a Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE) and a plurality of radio heads, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of deactivating a cellular radiotelephone system including a Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE) and a plurality of radio heads, the method comprising the steps of:
A cellular operator system that communicates with a plurality of cellular radiotelephone systems, each including a corresponding Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE), the cellular operator system comprising:
A cellular operator system that communicates with a plurality of cellular radiotelephone systems, each including a corresponding Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE), the cellular operator system comprising:
A cellular radiotelephone system including a Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE) that communicates with a cellular operator system and a plurality of radio heads, the cellular radiotelephone system comprising:
A cellular radiotelephone system including a Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE) that communicates with a cellular operator system and a plurality of radio heads, the cellular radiotelephone system comprising:
A method of programming a cellular radiotelephone system including a Cellular Radio Exchange (CRE) and a plurality of radio heads, wherein the CRE communicates with a cellular operator system using a Short Message Service (SMS) communications protocol, the cellular operator system including a central service node, a cellular message center that communicates with the central service node via a TCP/IP communications protocol and a cellular home location register that communicates with the cellular message center via a SMS communications protocol, the method comprising the steps of:
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