Patent ID: 8073453

Claim:
A method for handling system information in a user equipment device, the user equipment device configurable for use in a mobile telecommunications system, the method comprising: providing a predefined order for applying system information associated with system information block (SIB) information elements (IEs), the predefined order being to act on system information associated with an IE in a SIB of type 11 (SIB 11) and then to act upon system information associated with a same type of IE in a SIB of type 12 (SIB 12); receiving a SIB relating to measurement information of type 12 (SIB 12) which relates to connected mode and receiving a SIB relating to measurement information of type 11(SIB 11) which relates to idle and connected mode, at least one of the SIBs including an SIB IE, each IE related to a cell information list and having associated system information; determining thereafter if a same IE type is included in each of the SIB 11 and the SIB 12; and thereafter: responding to a determination that the same IE type is included in only one of the SIBs by applying an IE from the associated one of the SIBs; and responding to a determination that the same IE type is included by acting upon the system information associated with the identified same IE types according to the predefined order.