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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Balasubramaniam Kulasekaran Thandu, Cedar Park, TX (US);
SBC Properties, LP, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A protocol feature communication method and system is disclosed. The method defines a bit stream identifying each feature of a protocol version. Each bit of the bit stream is set in either a first logic state indicating support of the corresponding protocol feature or a second logic state indicating an absence of a support of the corresponding protocol feature. The bit stream is stored within a mobile station. The system comprises the mobile station and base station. The mobile station is operable to transmit the bit stream to the base station and the base station is operable to determine each protocol feature supported by the mobile station by identifying each bit of the bit stream that is set in the first logic state.