Patent ID: 8094627

Claim:
A method for the signaling of bit rate information on a first interface between Unlicensed Network Controller UNC/Generic Access Network Controller GANC (UNC/GANC) and mobile station in an Unlicensed Mobile Access Network UMAN/Generic Access Network GAN, said method comprising: sending, by said UNC/GANC, an Activate Channel URR/GA-CSR message to said mobile station, and said Activate Channel URR/GA-CSR message includes a Channel Mode Information Element coded as the Channel Mode Information Element of an Assignment Command message sent on a second interface between Base Station Subsystem BSS and mobile station in a GSM network, said coding being such that a bit rate value higher than a maximum bit rate supported on the second interface can be set in the Channel Mode Information Element, said signaled bit rate information corresponding to at least one bit rate value higher than said maximum bit rate, set by said coding in the Channel Mode Information Element of said Activate Channel URR/GA-CSR message.