Service restriction control for mobile communications
First Claim
1. A method for controlling communication services, said communication services including a base station transmitting messages to, and receiving messages from, at least one mobile station, the method comprising by the steps of:
- transmitting from the base station to the at least one mobile station a message identifying which mobile stations are restricted to using a constrained protocol representing something less than the most recent protocol revision, the constrained protocol being an earlier protocol revision or a subset of the most recent protocol revision; and
providing communication services to the one or more mobile stations identified in the message subject to the constrained protocol.
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Abstract
The possibility of incompatibility between wireless communication system stations having the most recent protocol revisions is addressed by transmitting from the base station to a mobile station characteristics that identify a mobile station group that is restricted to using less than the most recent protocol revision. Using less than the most recent protocol revision may involve using an earlier revision or a subset of the most current protocol revision. This permits a base station to direct mobiles to avoid using protocol revisions or features of protocol revisions that have been insufficiently tested or that have a history of problems for a particular base station/mobile station combination.
Additionally, when a mobile station receives a message from a base station identifying which mobile stations are subject to what set of restrictions, the mobile station then sends a message to the base station requesting service that matches the restrictions that were identified associated with the group to which the mobile station belongs.
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5 Claims
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1. A method for controlling communication services, said communication services including a base station transmitting messages to, and receiving messages from, at least one mobile station, the method comprising by the steps of:
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transmitting from the base station to the at least one mobile station a message identifying which mobile stations are restricted to using a constrained protocol representing something less than the most recent protocol revision, the constrained protocol being an earlier protocol revision or a subset of the most recent protocol revision; and
providing communication services to the one or more mobile stations identified in the message subject to the constrained protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for controlling communication services, said communication services including a base station transmitting messages to, and receiving messages from, at least one mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first message at a mobile station, the received message identifying which mobile stations are restricted to using a constrained protocol representing something less than the most recent protocol revision, the constrained protocol being an earlier protocol revision or a subset of the most recent protocol revision; and
transmitting, if the first message identifies the mobile station, a second message from the mobile station requesting communication services subject to the constrained protocol.
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