Vodafone Gmbh

Chris Pudney

Alexej Kulakov

Juergen Caldenhoven

Jürgen Caldenhoven

A method of operating a communications device (UE) in a mobile communications network including one or more network elements (eNodeB, MME; CIoT-BS, C-SGN) for providing a wireless access interface for the communications device (UE), especially according to LTE or CIoT, whereby the communications device (UE) transmits radio related capabilities of the communications device (UE) to a network element (eNodeB; CIoT-BS) of the mobile communications network providing a wireless access interface for the communications device (UE), the capabilities including information about single tone or multi tone as layer 1 techniques to be used. A method of operating a network element (eNodeB; CIoT-BS) in a mobile communications network including one or more network elements (eNodeB, MME; CIoT-BS, C-SGN) for providing a wireless access interface for the communications device (UE), especially according to LTE or CIoT, whereby the network element (eNodeB; CIoT-BS) of the mobile communications network providing a wireless access interface for the communications device (UE) and receives radio related capabilities of the communications device (UE) and whereby the network element (eNodeB; CIoT-BS) of the mobile communications network is able to use the received information regarding radio related capabilities of the communications device (UE) for selecting a core network node (MME; C-SGN) of the mobile communications network, the capabilities including information about single tone or multi tone as layer 1 techniques to be used. Mobile communications system for operating a communications device (UE) in a mobile communications network including one or more network elements (eNodeB, MME; CIoT-BS, C-SGN), which are especially for providing a wireless access interface for the communications device (UE), especially according to LTE or CIoT, whereby the communications device (UE) and a network element (eNodeB; CIoT-BS) of the mobile communications network providing a wireless access interface for the communications device (UE) are adapted to perform the steps of a method according to the present invention.

Operating a communications device in a mobile communications network

A method is provided for operating a communications device (UE) in a mobile communications network including one or more network elements (eNodeB, MME; CIoT-BS, C-SGN), which are especially for providing a wireless access interface for the communications device (UE), especially according to LTE or CIoT. The communications device (UE), during an attach procedure, transmits an information element regarding radio related capabilities of the communications device (UE) and/or regarding core network capabilities of the communications device (UE) to a network element (eNodeB; CIoT-BS) of the mobile communications network providing a wireless access interface for the communications device (UE). A method is also provided for operating a communications device (UE) in a mobile communications network including one or more network elements (eNodeB, MME; CIoT-BS, C-SGN). A mobile communications system is also provided to perform the methods.

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