Transceiver and a base station system

• US 6,549,777 B1
• Filed: 10/30/2000
• Issued: 04/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Neumann, Peter, Sasse, Jörg
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Davis, Tamica M.
• Application Number:
  US09/702,028
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/418, 455/423, 455/424, 455/434, 455/552, 455/432, 455/435, 455/553, 455/565, 455/433, 455/558
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

The invention is based on the concept of operating a transceiver such that the service features or services, respectively, which are not supported in an interruption-free manner by the mobile radio system in which the transceiver is currently registered are automatically blocked.

Claims

1. A transceiver, comprising:

means for communicating via a mobile radio system offering a plurality of services;

means for performing a function selected from the group consisting of providing different service features and using different service features;

means for storing information selected from the group consisting of information regarding mobile radio systems and information regarding service features supported by the mobile radio systems; and

means for automatically selectively blocking at least one service feature in dependence on the mobile radio system in which the transceiver is currently registered and in dependence on the information stored in the transceiver regarding the mobile radio system in which the transceiver is currently registered.

2. The transceiver according to claim 1, wherein the means for storing information is configured to automatically store information that is transmitted via at least a portion of a mobile radio system.

3. The transceiver according to claim 1, wherein the means for storing information is configured to automatically store information after the transceiver has been registered in a mobile radio system.

4. The transceiver according to claim 1, comprising a component for updating the stored information, said component selected from the group consisting of an operating device and an interface.

5. The transceiver according to claim 1, wherein said means for automatically selectively blocking is configured such that in the event of any occurring functional disturbance, all functions selected from the group consisting of service features and services that are not necessary for a basic operation of the transceiver are automatically blocked.

6. The transceiver according to claim 1, comprising means for communicating via different mobile radio systems in accordance with different transmission standards.