diff --git a/src/main/com/siemens/ct/exi/datatype/NBitBigIntegerDatatype.java b/src/main/com/siemens/ct/exi/datatype/NBitBigIntegerDatatype.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/com/siemens/ct/exi/datatype/NBitBigIntegerDatatype.java
+++ b/src/main/com/siemens/ct/exi/datatype/NBitBigIntegerDatatype.java
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ public class NBitBigIntegerDatatype extends AbstractDatatype {
 		numberOfBits4Range = MethodsBag.getCodingLength(boundedRange);

 	}

 	

+	public int getNumberOfBits() {

+		return numberOfBits4Range;

+	}

+	

+	public BigInteger getLowerBound() {

+		return lowerBound;

+	}

+	

 	protected static final HugeIntegerValue getHugeInteger(BigInteger bi) {

 		if (bi.bitLength() <= 63) {

 			//	fits into long
consistency with other n-bit datatypes