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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1998
Daniele Abbadessa, Wokingham, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining information about a cellular mobile radio network (such as a GSM network) comprising a fixed part providing radio coverage in a plurality of cells and mobile stations for communicating with the fixed part across a radio interface. Each cell uses a group of control channels which are configured in accordance with configuration messages which are passed in the network when the cell is to be configured or reconfigured. The method comprising the steps of: monitoring signalling messages of a cell which are passed in the network (for example across a GSM Abis interface) generally more frequently than the configuration messages; detecting (S,,S,) monitored messages of predetermined types (such as CHAN RQD, CHAN ACTIV, EST REQ, PAGING CMD, SMSBREQ or SMSBC); and extracting (S,-S,) information from the detected messages relating to the control channel group configuration of the cell.