Terminal reconfigureability-the software download aspect

The reconfigureability of software radios provides the means to alter hardware and software settings within a mobile terminal and therefore requires the secure and reliable download of configuration software from any possible software source. This paper presents a viable software download protocol and describes the requirements on the supporting infrastructure. A detailed signalling message sequence necessary to perform these download sessions is presented and the list of required messages is also provided. Finally, the paper presents the description of a platform independent model implementation for the proposed download procedure.