Patent ID: 7184771

Claim:
A method for supplying services to mobile stations from a radiocommunication infrastructure, said services including at least one idle mode service supplied in connection with mobile stations in an idle mode, said infrastructure including a core network and an access network, the core network comprising switches and subscriber management means, the access network comprising a plurality of base stations capable of communicating by radio with the mobile stations and base station control means storing radio link management information for mobile stations in an active mode, the method comprising the steps of: receiving service references at the control means during a setup procedure which causes a mobile station to enter an active mode, the received service references including references relating to at least one idle mode service; including said service references in the management information stored for said mobile station; and transmitting messages pertaining to at least some of the services an idle mode service from at least one of the base stations towards at least one recipient mobile station in active mode if the management information stored for said recipient mobile station includes service references relating to the services to which said idle mode service messages pertain.