Method and Device for Providing a Mobile Station with Network Network Identity and Timezone (NITZ) Information

• US 20090088179A1
• Filed: 11/03/2004
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Stuempert, Martin, Ewert, Joerg Christian
• Granted Patent: US 8,768,348 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a device—unit (11)—capable of performing the method for providing a mobile station (18) engaged with a telecommunications network (10) with data that is not identical throughout the whole network (10), where a table (27) is maintained in at least one unit (11) of the network (10) associating location dependent data (29) indicative of a location of the mobile station (18) to data that is valid for the mobile station (18).

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A method of providing a mobile station engaged with a telecommunications network in a shared environment via an access network of a first provider with a Network Identity of another provider, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting that a Network Identity information shall be sent to a mobile station, the mobile station being associated to another provider, the Network Identity information being selected from the group consisting of the name of the telecommunications service provider, the actual branding for the mobile station or an identification of the subscription,

determining a location of the mobile station,

determining a Network Identity information of the provider associated to the mobile station depending on the location of the mobile station, and

sending the determined Network Identity information towards the mobile station.

16. A method of a MSC for providing a mobile station engaged with a telecommunications network extending over more than one timezone with a Timezone information, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a location of the mobile station,

determining a Timezone information value depending on the location of the mobile station, and

sending the Timezone information towards the mobile station.

18. A method for providing a mobile station engaged with a telecommunications network in a shared environment via an access network of a first provider with a Network Identity information of another provider, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting that a Network Identity information shall be sent to a mobile station, the mobile station being associated to another provider, the Network Identity information being selected from the group consisting of the name of the telecommunications service provider, the actual branding for the mobile station or an identification of the subscription,

identifying the mobile station,

determining a Network Identity information of the provider associated with the mobile station depending on the identity of the mobile station, and

sending the determined Network Identity information towards the mobile station.

19. A method of transmitting information towards a mobile station utilizing Network and Timezone information (NITZ), the method comprising the steps of:

replacing information normally sent in the NITZ message with information selected from the group comprising;

name of the telecommunications service provider, actual branding for the mobile station, or an identification of a subscription to be transferred to the mobile station.

20. A unit in a telecommunications network for providing a mobile station, engaged with the telecommunications network in a shared environment via an access network of a first provider, with a Network Identity information value of another provider, wherein the unit comprises

an input unit, an output unit, a location determining unit, a calculation unit for calculating a Network Identity information value and a control unit, the control unit comprising:

an association unit for associating information related to a telecommunications service provider to data that is used for determining a Network Identity value by the calculation unit, the data being selected from the group comprising;

name of the telecommunications service provider, actual branding for the mobile station or an identification of the subscription.

21. The unit according to claim 20, wherein the information related to a telecommunications service provider is referring to a least one unit of an access network used for serving the mobile station.

22. The unit according to claim 20, wherein the information related to a telecommunications service provider is a location area identity.

23. The unit according to claim 20, wherein said information related to a telecommunications service provider is an international mobile subscriber identity.

24. A method for providing a mobile station engaged with a telecommunications network that comprises a core network, a first access network and a second access network with a Network Identity and Timezone information, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting that a Network Identity and Timezone information shall be sent to a mobile station,

determining a location of the mobile station,

determining a Network Identity and Timezone information value depending on the location of the mobile station and on information related to a telecommunications service provider providing a subscription used by the mobile station, and

sending the Network Identity and Timezone information towards the mobile station.