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US 8,412,176 B2Granted
Method for configuring mobile units
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorN. Govinda Rajan
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method involving a base station and at least one mobile unit. The mobile unit is configured for communication with the base station using a first wireless communication medium. The method includes providing, over the first wireless communication medium, information indicating a modification to at least one configuration profile of the mobile unit. The configuration profile is associated with the first communication medium and the modification can be implemented by the mobile unit without user intervention.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- selecting, at a base station, at least one of a transmission power level or a transmission power distribution for a broadcast over a broadcast channel of a first wireless communication medium,
- wherein the selection is based upon at least one of a range associated with a base station and a topology proximate the base station so that mobile units outside a predetermined geographic area receive the broadcast at a received power that is less than a selected threshold so that mobile units outside the predetermined geographic area do not implement modifications to their configuration profiles without user intervention;
- and
- broadcasting, from the base station over the broadcast channel using said at least one transmission power or transmission power distribution, information indicating a modification to at least one configuration profile of at least one mobile unit,
- wherein the configuration profile is associated with the first communication medium;
- wherein the modification is implemented by said at least one mobile unit without user intervention in response to said at least one mobile unit determining that it has received the broadcast at a received power level that is above the selected threshold, and
- wherein the base station broadcasts said information using at least one of the transmission power level or the transmission power distribution selected so that only mobile units within a predetermined geographic area receive the information at the received power level that is above the selected threshold.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile unit over a broadcast channel of a first wireless communication medium, information indicating a modification to at least one configuration profile of the mobile unit, the configuration profile being associated with the first communication medium;
- implementing the modification to said at least one configuration profile without user intervention in response to the mobile unit determining that a received power level of the broadcast information is above a selected threshold at the mobile unit;
- and
- bypassing implementation of the modification to said at least one configuration profile without user intervention in response to the mobile unit determining that that the received power level of the broadcast information is below the selected threshold at the mobile unit,
- wherein the threshold is selected by a base station based upon at least one of a range associated with the base station and a topology proximate the base station so that mobile units outside a predetermined geographic area receive the broadcast at a received power that is less than the selected threshold so that mobile units outside the predetermined geographic area do not implement modifications to their configuration profiles without user intervention.
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A method, comprising:
- selecting, at a base station, at least one of a power level or a power distribution so that a power level of information broadcast from the base station over a broadcast channel is at a threshold near a boundary of an oval encompassing a building;
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- broadcasting, from the base station over the broadcast channel, information indicating a modification to at least one configuration profile,
- wherein the information is broadcast at the selected power level or power distribution so that the power level of the broadcast information is at the threshold near the boundary of the oval encompassing the building and only mobile units that receive the broadcast information at a received power level above the threshold implement the indicated modification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.