Patent ID: 9532206
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile station for use in a Radio Access Network (RAN), the RAN being connected to a core network in which there is one or more Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs), the mobile station comprising: an interface to communicate with the RAN using Radio Link Control (RLC) data blocks; a processor to: select one of said PLMNs when accessing a Packet Switched (PS) domain in the RAN; generate an RLC data block, the RLC data block comprising: an ID of the selected one of the PLMNs; and inform the RAN by including a reserved or pre-defined value in a length indicator field of the RLC data block, the reserved or pre-defined value indicating the presence of the ID of the selected one of the PLMNs, the ID of the selected one of the PLMNs placed in a field following the length indicator field of the RLC data block, wherein the processor is operable to use a length indicator value of 123 or 62 as the reserved or pre-defined value.