Thales Dis Ais Deutschland Gmbh

Andre Ostheeren

Volker Breuer

Thomas Ulrich

In a method for downloading subscription information to an identification unit connected to a wireless communication device operating within a cellular network, which includes at least one packet gateway node and a remote provisioning server being connected to it, the wireless communication device operates in a mode with limited access to the remote provisioning server. The method includes submitting a request comprising an authentication identifier and access information relating to one remote provisioning server from the identification unit on an assigned communication channel to the cellular network, forwarding at the cellular network said request using a connection tunnel preconfigured according to said access information from the packet gateway node to the remote provisioning server addressed by said access information, and providing a response message comprising data relative to subscription information through said preconfigured connection tunnel to the identification unit, when subscription information is detected.

Method for downloading a subscription to an identification unit

A method for downloading subscription information to an identification unit connected to a wireless communication device operating within a cellular network having at least one packet gateway node. A remote provisioning server is connected to the packet gateway node. The wireless communication device comprises basic packet based communication protocol means, and operates in a mode with limited access to the remote provisioning server within the cellular network. The identification unit comprises a controller having advanced packet based communication protocol means by using said basic packet based communication protocol means provided by the wireless communication device. The method comprises submitting a request from the identification unit to the cellular network, by means of said advanced packet based communication protocol means, upon reception of a response message from the cellular network, creating based on received data relative to subscription information, an identity record, and storing said identity record in the identification unit.

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Gemenos, France

Andre Ostheeren