Patent ID: 8779890

Claim:
A radio device, comprising: a configurable component; a software component for defining a configuration of the configurable component; a configuration information transmitter configured to transmit information identifying the radio device and an identifier of the configuration to a regulation server, wherein the configuration information transmitter is further configured to transmit an identifier of a configuration of the further configurable component to the regulation server; a permission information receiver configured to receive from the regulation server information indicating as to whether the radio device is permitted to use the configuration of the configurable component and the configuration of the further configurable component or as to whether a pre-determined configuration of the configurable component and a pre-determined configuration of the further configurable component are to be used by the radio device; a test case information receiver configured to receive, from the regulation server, information about a pre-determined test case to be performed by the radio device; and a test case evaluator configured to determine a result of the pre-determined test case performed by the radio device.