Patent ID: 6882844
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for changing a subscriber profile of a subscriber to a mobile communication network based on an identity of a base station currently serving a terminal equipment of the subscriber in the mobile communication network, the terminal equipment comprising a mobile station having a subscriber identity module, comprising the steps of: creating, by a server including supervision software, a permanent base station identity designation and assigning the permanent base station identity designation to the base station for uniquely identifying the base station independent of mobile communication network configuration changes, wherein the permanent base station identity designation is separate from a cell identity of a global cell identifier of the base station; transmitting, from the base station to the terminal equipment, an information signal for receipt by the terminal equipment when the terminal equipment is in an area served by the base station, the information signal comprising the permanent base station identity designation in addition to the cell identity of the global cell identifier, wherein the information signal is transmitted from the base station to the terminal equipment in a cell broadcast channel of the mobile communication network; and changing, by the terminal equipment, the subscriber profile based on the permanent base station identity designation received by the terminal equipment of the subscriber from the base station, whereby the step of changing the subscriber profile is a function of the terminal equipment that does not require an update in response to a network reconfiguration changing the cell identity of the global cell identifier.