Patent ID: 7043251

Claim:
A method for controlling the selection of base stations in a cellular radio telecommunications system, the method comprising the steps of: operating, in at least one radio cell of the radio telecommunications system, at least one base station and at least one radio device for the purposes of wireless telecommunication; supporting at least one first service and one second service by the radio device; storing connection-relevant data in at least one memory via the radio device; signaling to the radio device, via the at least one base station, in system information, which service the at least one base station supports; storing primary data records of the at least one base station, via the radio device, in the form of a first list in the memory, if the at least one base station signals to the radio device in the system information that the at least one base station supports the first service; storing secondary data records of the at least one base station, via the radio device, in the form of a second list, if the at least on base station signals to the radio device in the system information that the at least one base station supports the second service; and updating at least one of the first list and the second list, via the radio device, if the data of the at least one base station is modified.