System and method for communicating radio access technology information to mobile stations
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsJohanna Lisa Dwyer, David Philip Hole, Richard Charles Burbidge, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Maiyuran Wijayanathan
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Abstract
A mobile station incapable of communicating via a first radio access technology (RAT) and capable of communicating via a second radio access technology (RAT). The mobile station comprising a component configured to receive a list of neighbor cells of the second RAT. The list containing at least one identifying characteristic associated with at least one cell of the first RAT. A component configured to determine that the at least one identifying characteristic is associated with at least one cell of the first RAT.
Claims9
A mobile station comprising:
- a component configured to receive via a second radio access technology (RAT) a list of neighbour cells of the second RAT, the list containing at least one entry associated both with another cell of the second RAT and with at least one cell of a first RAT;
- a component configured to determine that the at least one list entry is associated with the at least one cell of the first RAT, wherein the mobile station is incapable of communicating via the first RAT;
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- a component configured to refrain from searching for the another cell of the second RAT associated with the at least one list entry when the at least one list entry is also associated with the at least one cell of the first RAT.
An access node for communicating with a mobile station, the access node comprising:
- a component configured to configure the mobile station via communications of a second radio access technology (RAT) with the mobile station to at least one of:
- determine that at least one entry of a list of neighbour cells of the second RAT corresponding to another cell of the second RAT is also associated with at least one cell of a first RAT, wherein the mobile station is incapable of communicating via the first RAT, and
- refrain from searching for the another cell of the second RAT also associated with the at least one list entry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.