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It consists of three fields, including an 8-bit regional code (RR), a 24-bit manufacturer code, and a 24-bit manufacturer-assigned serial number. The check digit (CD) is not considered part of the MEID. The MEID was created to replace electronic serial numbers (ESNs), whose virgin form was exhausted in November 2008. [1]
ESNs are currently mainly used with CDMA phones (and were previously used by AMPS and TDMA phones), compared to International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers used by all GSM phones. [ 1 ] The first eight bits of the ESN were originally the manufacturer code, leaving 24 bits for the manufacturer to assign up to 16,777,215 codes to mobiles.
The RBI numbers are allocated by the Global Decimal Administrator. IMEI numbers being decimal helps distinguish them from an MEID, which is hexadecimal and always has 0xA0 or larger as the first two hexadecimal digits. For example, the old style IMEI code 35-209900-176148-1 or IMEISV code 35-209900-176148-23 tells us the following:
The international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI; / ˈ ɪ m z iː /) is a number that uniquely identifies every user of a cellular network. [1] It is stored as a 64-bit field and is sent by the mobile device to the network.
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), including RCN-8, GTIN-8, GTIN-12, GTIN-13, ISBN, ISMN, ISSN for a class of products, goods or services; GTIN + Batch/Lot (LGTIN) Serialised Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN) for an individual product with a serial number; Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) for logistics assets
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Serial numbers are often used in network protocols. However, most sequence numbers in computer protocols are limited to a fixed number of bits, and will wrap around after sufficiently many numbers have been allocated. Thus, recently allocated serial numbers may duplicate very old serial numbers, but not other recently allocated serial numbers.
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