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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Nadi S. Findikli, Cary, NC (US);
Inderpreet S. Ahluwalia, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Hans Carlson, Cary, NC (US);
Annika B. Lindh, Cary, NC (US);
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling the transmission of identities for wireless communications devices relies on a broadcast message from the network to instruct the wireless communications devices as to when to send their identity information. The network's control over the transmissions is extended to the control function class level. In a simple embodiment, the network includes instructions in a broadcast message telling the receiving wireless communications devices to send their identities for some classes of control functions and not others. Thus, by altering the broadcast message, the network is able to control the identity transmissions of the wireless communications devices. In more sophisticated embodiments, the network can control not only whether identities are transmitted for certain control functions, but which identity is transmitted. Thus, one identity (e.g., subscription module identifier) may be transmitted with one class of control functions (e.g., registration) and another identity (e.g., mobile terminal identifier) to be transmitted with other classes of control functions (e.g., page response), thereby providing great flexibility of control to the network.