Limited service state control

1. A limited service state controller in a mobile device and for controlling activity of the mobile device when the mobile device is in a limited service state, in which the mobile device camps on an acceptable serving cell of a cellular telecommunications network and is able to make an emergency call, the limited service state controller being configured to:

get mobile device state information indicating that the mobile device is in the limited service state,

get radio environment parameters related to a radio environment of the mobile device which is in the limited service state,

determine activity parameters to be set in the mobile device based on the mobile device state information which indicates the mobile device is in the limited service state and based on the radio environment parameters, and

set the determined activity parameters in the mobile device by the limited service state controller,

wherein the activity parameters limit the activity of the mobile device in the limited service state to reduce power consumption of the mobile device compared to the activity of the mobile device allowed in a normal service state,

wherein the radio environment parameters comprise two or more of the following: a parameter related to a number of neighbor cells, a parameter related to a speed of mobile device and a parameter related to a geographical type of environment, and

wherein the activity parameters comprise at least one of the following: serving parameters, neighbour cells monitoring parameters, paging filtering parameters, and system information filtering parameters.

2. The limited service state controller according to claim 1 , wherein the activity parameters comprise serving parameters, which are processed in order to keep a serving cell synchronization and to get a periodic measurement of a serving cell.

3. The limited service state controller according to claim 1 , wherein the activity parameters comprise neighbor cells monitoring parameters, which are processed in order to reduce the activity to be done for a cell reselection process in the limited service state compared to a cell reselection process in a normal service state, in which the mobile device camps on a suitable serving cell.

4. The limited service state controller according to claim 3 , wherein the neighbor cells monitoring parameters are processed in order to reduce the number of neighbor cells monitored and/or the amount of monitoring activity for each monitored cell.

5. The limited service state controller according to claim 4 , wherein the number of neighbor cells monitored is determined based on measurements of radio condition variation.

6. The limited service state controller according to claim 1 , wherein the activity parameters include paging filtering parameters for filtering paging channels reading, in order to limit the activity on the paging channel to a minimum required for cell synchronization.

7. The limited service state controller according to claim 1 , wherein the activity parameters include system information filtering parameters for filtering system information reading.

8. A mobile device comprising a reception/transmission block, a modem, and the limited service state controller according to claim 1 .

9. A method for controlling activity of a mobile device, by a limited service state controller in the mobile device, when the mobile device is in a limited service state, in which the mobile device camps on an acceptable serving cell of a cellular telecommunications network and is able to make an emergency call, the limited service state controller performing the following steps:

getting mobile device state information indicating that the mobile device is in the limited service state,

getting radio environment parameters related to a radio environment of the mobile device which is in the limited service state,

determining activity parameters to be set in the mobile device based on the mobile device state information which indicates the mobile device is in the limited service state and based on the radio environment parameters, and

setting the determined activity parameters in the mobile device by the limited service state controller,

wherein the activity parameters limit the activity of the mobile device in the limited service state to reduce power consumption of the mobile device compared to the activity of the mobile device allowed in a normal service state,

wherein the radio environment parameters comprise two or more of the following: a parameter related to a number of neighbor cells, a parameter related to a speed of mobile device and a parameter related to a geographical type of environment, and

wherein the activity parameters comprise at least one of the following: serving parameters, neighbour cells monitoring parameters, paging filtering parameters, and system information filtering parameters.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the activity parameters comprise serving parameters, which are processed in order to keep the serving cell synchronization and to get a periodic measurement of a serving cell.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the activity parameters comprise neighbor cells monitoring parameters, which are processed in order to reduce the activity of a cell reselection process in the limited service state compared to the activity of a cell reselection process in a normal service state, in which the mobile device camps on a suitable serving cell.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the activity parameters include paging filtering parameters for filtering paging channels reading, in order to limit the activity on a paging channel to a minimum required for cell synchronization.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the activity parameters include system information filtering parameters for filtering system information reading.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodied in a mobile device, for controlling activity of the mobile device when the mobile device is in a limited service state, in which the mobile device camps on an acceptable serving cell of a cellular telecommunications network and is able to make an emergency call,

wherein said non-transitory computer readable medium comprises a computer program comprising program instructions, the computer program being executable by a processor on the non-transitory computer readable medium to perform the following steps:

getting mobile device state information indicating that the mobile device is in the limited service state,

getting radio environment parameters related to a radio environment of the mobile device which is in the limited service state,

determining activity parameters to be set in the mobile device based on the mobile device state information which indicates the mobile device is in the limited service state and based on the radio environment parameters, and

setting the determined activity parameters in the mobile device by the limited service state controller,

wherein the activity parameters limit the activity of the mobile device in the limited service state to reduce power consumption of the mobile device compared to the activity of the mobile device allowed in a normal service state,

wherein the radio environment parameters comprise two or more of the following: a parameter related to a number of neighbor cells, a parameter related to a speed of mobile device and a parameter related to a geographical type of environment, and

wherein the activity parameters comprise at least one of the following: serving parameters, neighbour cells monitoring parameters, paging filtering parameters, and system information filtering parameters.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein the activity parameters comprise serving parameters, which are processed in order to keep a serving cell synchronization and to get a periodic measurement of a serving cell.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein the activity parameters comprise neighbor cells monitoring parameters, which are processed in order to reduce the activity to be done for a cell reselection process in the limited service state compared to a cell reselection process in a normal service state, in which the mobile device camps on a suitable serving cell.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16 , wherein the neighbor cells monitoring parameters are processed in order to reduce the number of neighbor cells monitored and/or the amount of monitoring activity for each monitored cell.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 , wherein the number of neighbor cells monitored is determined based on measurements of radio condition variation.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein the activity parameters include paging filtering parameters for filtering paging channels reading, in order to limit the activity on the paging channel to a minimum required for cell synchronization.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein the activity parameters include system information filtering parameters for filtering system information reading.