Apparatus and method for handling messages that relate to a cell other than the currently operating cell in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment
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1. A method of handling messages in a mobile telecommunications system, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device, the method comprising:
- receiving at the user equipment device a non-broadcast message from the network;
examining the non-broadcast message to identify a cell identifier relating to the cell of the network from which the non-broadcast message was first queued to be sent;
when a cell identifier is identified, examining the cell identifier to determine if the cell of the network from which the non-broadcast message was first queued to be sent corresponds with the cell of the network with which the user equipment device is currently communicating; and
when the cell of the network from which the non-broadcast message was first queued to be sent does not correspond with a cell of the network with which the user equipment device is currently communicating, the user equipment does not fully carry out the requirement of the non-broadcast message.
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Abstract
Apparatus and a method for handling messages that relate to a cell other than the currently operating cell in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed.
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1. A method of handling messages in a mobile telecommunications system, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device, the method comprising:
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receiving at the user equipment device a non-broadcast message from the network; examining the non-broadcast message to identify a cell identifier relating to the cell of the network from which the non-broadcast message was first queued to be sent; when a cell identifier is identified, examining the cell identifier to determine if the cell of the network from which the non-broadcast message was first queued to be sent corresponds with the cell of the network with which the user equipment device is currently communicating; and when the cell of the network from which the non-broadcast message was first queued to be sent does not correspond with a cell of the network with which the user equipment device is currently communicating, the user equipment does not fully carry out the requirement of the non-broadcast message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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