(19)
(11) EP 2 963 980 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
20.04.2016 Bulletin 2016/16

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.01.2016 Bulletin 2016/01

(43) Date of publication:
06.01.2016 Bulletin 2016/01

(21) Application number: 15180197.4

(22) Date of filing: 05.10.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04W 48/18(2009.01)
 H04W 48/12(2009.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 07.10.2003 US 68052203

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
04794186.9 / 1671499

(71) Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLC
Libertyville, Illinois 60048 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • KUCHIBHOTLA, Ravi
    Gurnee, IL Illinois 60031 (US)
  • ANDERSEN, Niels Peter Skov
    4000 Roskilde (DK)
  • HOWELL, Stephen A.
    Gloucester, Gloucestershire 3TQ (GB)

(74) Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 07-08-2015 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK SHARING AMONG CORE NETWORKS AND METHODS


(57) A method for access network (112) sharing, for example, a GSM or UMTS 3G wireless communications radio access network (RAN), among multiple core networks (120, 12, 124 & 126), for example, wireless communications services networks, including transmitting information about the core network sharing the common access network, e.g., a pseudo network identity or the number of core networks sharing the common access network or pointer information, in a system information message. The communication device (102) uses the information provided in the system information message to connect to a core network.