Teleservice based capability report for radiotelephone networks
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1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:
- an information element indicative of a feature supported by a mobile station;
a protocol version associated with the information element, wherein the protocol version is the latest protocol version supported by the mobile station;
a status field indicative of a mandatory or optional status associated with the information element, wherein the information element, protocol version and status field form a mobile station capability response message;
a second information element indicative of a second feature supported by a mobile station;
a second protocol version indicative of a protocol version other than the latest protocol version supported by the mobile station; and
a second status field indicative of a mandatory status associated with the second information element.
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Abstract
A teleservice based capability report and mobile station status (CRAMSS) message provides information to a base station about the capabilities of a mobile station, including its mandatory features and its optional features. The supported features that are included in the capability report pertain to those features in the latest protocol version (PV) as well as in earlier PVs.
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1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:
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an information element indicative of a feature supported by a mobile station;
a protocol version associated with the information element, wherein the protocol version is the latest protocol version supported by the mobile station;
a status field indicative of a mandatory or optional status associated with the information element, wherein the information element, protocol version and status field form a mobile station capability response message;
a second information element indicative of a second feature supported by a mobile station;
a second protocol version indicative of a protocol version other than the latest protocol version supported by the mobile station; and
a second status field indicative of a mandatory status associated with the second information element. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for determining the capability of a mobile station, comprising:
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generating a capability request message at a remote site;
transmitting the capability request message to the mobile station; and
generating a mobile station capability response message responsive to the capability request message, the mobile station capability response message comprising;
an information element indicative of a feature supported by the mobile station;
a protocol version associated with the information element, wherein the protocol version is the latest protocol version supported by the mobile station;
a status field indicative of a mandatory or optional status associated with the information element;
a second information element indicative of a second feature supported by a mobile station;
a second protocol version indicative of a protocol version other than the latest protocol version supported by the mobile station; and
a second status field indicative of a mandatory status associated with the second information element. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for determining the capability of a mobile station, comprising:
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a remote site for generating a capability request message and transmitting the capability request message over an interface; and
a mobile station for receiving the capability request message and generating a mobile station capability response message responsive to the capability request message, the mobile station capability response message comprising;
an information element indicative of a feature supported by the mobile station;
a protocol version associated with the information element, wherein the protocol version is the latest protocol version supported by the mobile station;
a status field indicative of a mandatory or optional status associated with the information element;
a second information element indicative of a second feature supported by a mobile station;
a second protocol version indicative of a protocol version other than the latest protocol version supported by the mobile station; and
a second status field indicative of a mandatory status associated with the second information element. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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