Patent ID: 6574208
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of establishing a connection in a radio system comprising as network elements one or more base stations (316, 324, 326, 328, 334, 336), a base station controller (302) and a network management system (300) that are operatively interconnected by means of telecommunication connections comprising traffic channels and control channels, and in which system information between the network elements is transmitted in frames that are divided into time slots, and in which system the base station controller (302) controls one or more base stations, and network element identification information has been fed into a network element to be installed, and in which method the network element is physically connected to the system by means of the telecommunication connections, characterized bypredetermining identification information on base stations allowed to be connected to the base station controller for the base station controller, and the base station controller transmitting a communication channel at least in some of the frames the base station controller uses for communication with the network elements if the base station controller detects that it has been provided with identification information on base stations not yet connected to the base station controller, and after being physically installed, the network element to be installed searching the frames received by means of the telecommunication connections for communication control channels, and establishing a connection to the base station controller by means of the communication channels found.