Abstract: A middleware services layer for a platform system for a mobile terminal for a wireless telecommunications system, the platform system including a mobile terminal platform assembly having a software services component, and application software loaded, installed and run in said mobile terminal platform assembly. The middleware services layer comprises at least one application programming interface (API) for providing access to the mobile terminal platform assembly for loading, installing and running application software in said mobile terminal platform assembly; and, at the same time, isolates the platform assembly from the applications via the at least one API.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of configuring an interface between a serving GPRS support node and a base station system. A signal is transmitted (401) from the base station system to the serving GPRS support node indicating cancellation of at least one BSSGP virtual connection associated with a first network service entity identifier. Upon receipt of the cancellation signal at the serving GPRS support node, data structures in the serving GPRS support node are updated (402) to reflect that the at least one BSSGP virtual connection has been cancelled.

Abstract: A middleware services layer for a platform system for a mobile terminal for a wireless telecommunications system, the platform system including a mobile terminal platform assembly having a software services component, and application software loaded, installed and run in said mobile terminal platform assembly. The middleware services layer comprises at least one application programming interface (API) for providing access to the mobile terminal platform assembly for loading, installing and running application software in said mobile terminal platform assembly; and, at the same time, isolates the platform assembly from the applications via the at least one API.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of configuring an interface between a serving GPRS support node and a base station system. Allocation (401) of a new network service entitiy identifier is requested. In response to said request, a new network service entity identifier is automatically allocated (402) according to a predefined rule ensuring that the new network service entity identifier is unique within the serving GPRS support node. Data structures in the serving GPRS support node and the base station system are automatically initiated (403) by registering the allocated new network service entity identifier in said data structures.

Abstract: The invention provides a communication unit (MS1), communicating with a first radio base station (BTS1) on a dedicated communication channel (CH1) in a radio communication network (NET1) using a combination of TDMA and FDMA, with an increased flexibility in terms of when the communication unit (MS1) can receive signals from a second base station (BTS4). The increased flexibility is achieved by the communication unit (MS1) selecting some of the time slots comprising the dedicated communication channel (CH1) and ignoring to communicate with the first radio base station in these selected time slots and instead using them to receive signals (BCCH4) from the second radio base station (BTS4). In a GSM mobile station (MS1) according to the invention, the "stolen" time slots are used for identification of a neighboring base tranceiver station (BTS4), i.e.