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Method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station; radio communication terminal and network devices; radio communication smart card device

  • US 8,160,590 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2008
  • Issued: 04/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station, the method comprising:

  • receiving a synchronization message comprising a mobile radio base station identifier; and

    determining the type of a mobile radio base station using at least one piece of previously signaled and stored mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier and the received mobile radio base station identifier,wherein the rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier comprises a rule selected from a group of rules consisting of;

    an assignment of a predefined sub-group of mobile radio base station identifier values to a type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station;

    a predefined calculation rule to determine the type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station; and

    references thereof to be evaluated by the mobile radio terminal device.

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