Method and a network architecture for configuring a radio terminal, radio terminal, network node and a computer program product therefor
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1. Network architecture comprising:
- a communication network being operative according to a predetermined cellular communication system and communicating with at least one radio terminal belonging to said communication network; and
at least one node connected to said communication network comprising;
a set of operating software modules configured for implementing at least one set of elements of a protocol stack for configuring said radio terminal,said radio terminal and said node being provided with respective over-the-air software modules configured for managing an over-the-air connection independent from the predetermined cellular communication system between said radio terminal and said node through said communication network,said node downloading transparently to and independent from said communication network at least one module of said set of operating software modules for configuring at least in part said radio terminal, wherein said downloading includes segmenting the at least one module into blocks, transmitting the blocks from the node to the radio terminal, and limiting the time allowed for performing the over-the-air connection, wherein said set of operating software modules is suitable for reconfiguring at least in part said radio terminal to be operative with a further communication system having different protocols than the predetermined cellular communication system.
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Abstract
Network architecture and a method for configuring a reconfigurable radio terminal, including a communication network and at least one radio terminal belonging to said communication network. The architecture further includes a node connected to the communication network and includes operating software modules suitable to reconfigure the radio terminal through an over-the-air connection and transparently to the communication network.
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1. Network architecture comprising:
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a communication network being operative according to a predetermined cellular communication system and communicating with at least one radio terminal belonging to said communication network; and at least one node connected to said communication network comprising; a set of operating software modules configured for implementing at least one set of elements of a protocol stack for configuring said radio terminal, said radio terminal and said node being provided with respective over-the-air software modules configured for managing an over-the-air connection independent from the predetermined cellular communication system between said radio terminal and said node through said communication network, said node downloading transparently to and independent from said communication network at least one module of said set of operating software modules for configuring at least in part said radio terminal, wherein said downloading includes segmenting the at least one module into blocks, transmitting the blocks from the node to the radio terminal, and limiting the time allowed for performing the over-the-air connection, wherein said set of operating software modules is suitable for reconfiguring at least in part said radio terminal to be operative with a further communication system having different protocols than the predetermined cellular communication system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for configuring at least one reconfigurable radio terminal user equipment/mobile station belonging to a communication network operative according to a predetermined cellular communication system and able to exchange information within said communication network by using said predetermined cellular communication system, comprising:
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connecting to said communication network at least one node comprising a set of operating software modules for configuring said radio terminal user equipment/mobile station with at least one set of elements of a protocol stack; establishing an over-the-air connection independent from the predetermined cellular communication system between said radio terminal user equipment/mobile station and said node through said communication network; downloading transparently to and independent from said communication network at least one module of said set of operating software modules from said node to said reconfigurable radio terminal user equipment/mobile station for configuring at least in part said radio terminal user equipment/mobile station, wherein said set of operating software modules is suitable for reconfiguring at least in part said radio terminal user equipment/mobile station to be operative with a further communication system having different protocols than the predetermined cellular communication system, said downloading comprising segmenting said at least one module into blocks; transmitting said blocks from said node to said at least one radio terminal user equipment/mobile station; and limiting the time allowed for performing an over-the-air connection. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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