Apparatus and method for exchanging version indicator information between entities in a wireless network
First Claim
1. For use in a wireless network capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of said wireless network, a communication controller associated with a first network entity, wherein said communication controller is capable of communicating with at least a second network entity according to at least one of a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards and wherein said communication controller is capable of transmitting an information request message to said second network entity, said information request message comprising a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which said first network entity operates.
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Abstract
A communication controller associated with a first network entity in a wireless network. The communication controller communicates with at least a second network entity according to one or more radio access network (RAN) architecture standards and transmits an information request message to the second network entity. The information request message comprises a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which the first network entity operates. The version indicator field comprises a first subfield identifying the first RAN architecture standard and a second subfield identifying a particular version of the first RAN architecture standard.
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- 1. For use in a wireless network capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of said wireless network, a communication controller associated with a first network entity, wherein said communication controller is capable of communicating with at least a second network entity according to at least one of a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards and wherein said communication controller is capable of transmitting an information request message to said second network entity, said information request message comprising a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which said first network entity operates.
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9. A wireless network comprising:
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a plurality of base stations, each of said base stations capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of said wireless network; and
a communication controller associated with a first one of said plurality of base stations, wherein said communication controller is capable of communicating with at least a second base station according to at least one of a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards and wherein said communication controller is capable of transmitting an information request message to said second base station, said information request message comprising a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which said first base station operates. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. For use in a wireless network capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of said wireless network, a method of controlling communications between a first network entity and a second network entity according to at least one of a plurality of radio access network (RAN) architecture standards, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting an information request message from the first to the second network entity, the information request message comprising a version indicator field identifying a first RAN architecture standard under which the first network entity operates;
in the second network entity, determining the first RAN architecture standard from a value in the version indicator field;
formatting an information response message in the second network entity according to first RAN architecture standard; and
transmitting the information response message from the second network entity to the first network entity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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