Patent ID: 7203514

Claim:
A method for interfacing between a terminal and a core network connected to a radio network, wherein the terminal has a hybrid operating type being possible to be set as either a synchronous operating type or an asynchronous operating type and the core network has a synchronous operating type, the method comprising the steps of: a) recognizing an operating type of the core network on the basis of a core network operating type information contained in a message, to thereby allow the terminal to operate according to the recognized operating type of the core network, wherein the message is represented by: IE TYPE SEMAN- AND TICS INFORMATION PRE- REFER- DESCRIP- ELEMENT SENCE MULTI ENCE TION OTHER INFORMATION ELEMENTS MIB VALUE M TAG REFERENCES TO 1 . . . <MAX OTHER SYSTEM SYS INFO INFORMATION BLOCK BLOCKS COUNT> >SCHEDULING M INFORMATION CN INFORMATION ELEMENTS CN TYPE M ANSI-41 ANSI-41 C-ANSI INFORMATION ELEMENTS CONDITION EXPLANATION GSM THIS INFORMATION ELEMENT SHALL BE PRESENT IN CASE (CN TYPE == “GSM-MAP”) OR (CN TYPE == “GSM-MAP AND ANSI-41”) ANSI THIS INFORMATION ELEMENT SHALL BE PRESENT IN CASE (CN TYPE == “ANSI-41”) OR (CN TYPE == “GSM-MAP AND ANSI-41”).