Method for operating terminals of a mobile radio communication system

• US 20060040661A1
• Filed: 11/21/2003
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Eckert, Michael, Choi, Hyung-Nam, Luft, Achim
• Application Number:
  US10/535,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20060040661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A system and method is disclosed for operating terminals of a mobile radio communication system operating preferably under an UMTS standard in at least one wireless local area network (WLAN). At least one piece of access data can be stored on the terminal, with the access data being encoded in such a way that the access data comprises at least one first piece of identifying data for the mobile radio communication system and at least one second piece of identifying data for the local area network.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A method for operating terminals of a mobile radio communication system, in at least one local wireless network, comprising:

storing at least one item of access information on a terminal, wherein the access information comprises at-least one first item of identification information for the mobile radio communication system and at least one second item of identification information for a local area network,

wherein the second item of identification information comprises a first item of network information indicating the location of the local area network,

and wherein the second item of identification information comprises a second item of network information indicating the type of the local area network, and

wherein the second item of identification information comprises a third item of network information indicating at least one service provided by the local area network.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the second item of identification information comprises a fourth item of network information uniquely identifying the local area network.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first, second and/or third items of network information are encoded by means of a maximum of three decimal digits.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the fourth item of network information is encoded by means of a maximum of five decimal digits.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein the second items of identification information are stored as a first list organized in such a way that the first list contains those second items of identification information that are assigned to local area networks which allow the operation of the terminal within the local area network.

18. The method according to claim 14, the second items of identification information are stored as a first list organized in such a way that the first list contains those second items of identification information that are assigned to local area networks which forbid the operation of the terminal within the local area network.

19. The method according to claim 13, wherein the at least first item of access information is stored on a device serving for user identification, in particular a USIM module.