Retrieving cell information in an overlaid circuit switched and packet switched wireless telecommunication network
CA 2356761 C · Owner: Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson · Inventors: Mazur, Sara; Thrysin, Gunnar
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A method of obtaining cell specific information for a dual-mode mobile station (MS) operating in an overlaid network operating on different frequency bandwidths and time slot structures such as a combined D-AMPS and EDGE described in the ETSI Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) specification. The combined networks operating on 30 kHz and 200 kHz respectively having a combined circuit switched and packet switched capability. An MS camping in packet mode is able to perform cell selection/reselection on a particular network by scanning and reading the appropriate control channels of the associated network. For example in a , first aspect of the invention, the MS periodically …
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- Filed December 10, 1999 and granted February 1, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 2019.
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