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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2003
Mark Beckmann, Braunschweig, DE;
Hyung-nam Choi, Hamburg, DE;
Sabine Van Niekerk, Salzgitter, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method is provided for connecting a wireless local network (WLAN) to a UMTS terminal station (ME) having USIM/USAT functionality, including the following method steps: monitoring the activity of the local network via the terminal station; transmitting the type and/or identity number of the local network to the terminal station once the activity of the local network has been successfully detected; initiating a logical link between the local network and the terminal station, and; querying the specific subscriber data of the local network. In an embodiment of the present invention, the temporary status of the local network and/or specific subscriber data of the local network are/is queried at periodic intervals.