Transmission frame and radio unit with transmission frame

• US 9,344,863 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2012
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co KG
• Original Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co KG
• Inventors: Hans, Martin, Kowalewski, Frank, Schulz, Holger, Fischer, Ralf, Schmidt, Gunnar
• Primary Examiner(s): PARK, JUNG H
• Application Number:
  US13/556,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20120289264A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,393 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/352, 370/355, 455/414.1, 455/414.4, 455/466
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

For transmitting messages in a radiotelecommunications network from a first subscriber station, a transmission frame at least two data fields with data in a first data format transmitted in a first data field of the short message, and data in a second data format, different from the first data format, are transmitted in a second data field of the short message, a first identification code, which identifies a makeup of the short message, is transmitted il} the first data field and includes information about at least one of a number of data fields, one or more data formats of data in the data fields, and a size of the data fields, and in each of two data fields, one data-field-specific identification code, which identifies a makeup and content of the corresponding data field, per data field is transmitted.

Claims

1. In a radio telecommunications network providing service to a subscriber device, a method, comprising:

sending a message to the subscriber device before delivery of a short messaging service (SMS) message that the SMS message contains textual data and at least one of image data or audio data;

receiving from the subscriber device a request that only a portion of the SMS message be forwarded to the subscriber device; and

forwarding only the portion of the SMS message to the subscriber device based on the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the forwarding only a portion of the SMS message comprises forwarding only the textual data contained in the SMS message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the SMS message contains image data and wherein the forwarding only a portion of the SMS message comprises forwarding the image data of the SMS message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the SMS message contains audio data and wherein the forwarding only a portion of the SMS message comprises forwarding the audio data of the SMS message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the SMS message contains image data and the subscriber device contains no image capability, and wherein the forwarding comprises forwarding the SMS message without the image data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the SMS message contains audio data and the subscriber device contains no audio capability, and wherein the forwarding comprises forwarding the SMS message without the audio data.

10. A telecommunications device configured to perform the method of claim 1.

7. In a radio telecommunications network, a method, comprising the steps:

receiving a first short messaging service (SMS) message informing a subscriber device that a second SMS message having textual content and non-textual media content is available for download;

receiving a request to download the second SMS message to the subscriber device;

forwarding the second SMS message with only one of the textual content and non-textual media content to the subscriber device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the non-textual media content comprises audio content.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the non-textual media content comprises image content.

11. A telecommunications device configured to perform the method of claim 7.