362 results about "Closed subscriber groups" patented technology

A method for operating a femtocell in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: triggering the switching from the operation mode for providing a service to closed subscriber group (CSG) terminals which belong to a specific terminal group and to non-CSG terminals which do not belong to the specific terminal group, to the operation mode for providing the service only to said CSG terminals; and commanding said non-CSG terminals to change the operation mode, and carrying out a handover. The method of the present invention improves efficiency of femtocell operation, and reduces restrictions on terminals disposed in the vicinity of the femtocell. The method of the present invention can utilize the unused frequency range of the femtocell, thereby providing a service with a high data ratio.

A method for handover of User Entity (UE) by a source Base Station (BS) is provided. The method includes determining whether to handover the UE using an X2 interface, transmitting a handover request message to a target BS, the handover request message including Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) information of the target BS, and receiving a handover request acknowledgement message from the target BS, wherein the determining of whether to handover the UE using the X2 interface includes, if there is the X2 interface between the source BS and the target BS, and if the target BS does not support a CSG or the target BS supports a same CSG supported by the source BS, determining to perform the handover of the UE using the X2 interface, and obtaining the CSG information of the target BS through an X2 interface set up procedure.

There is a problem that when a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell (1303) available to subscribers is installed in a macro cell area (1301), communication cannot be performed due to the interference between a macro cell (1302) and the CSG cell (1303) in an area (1304) thereof. The CSG cell (1303) that is provided in the CSG cell area (1304) and transmits a downlink synchronization signal using a radio frame assigns control signals to a first subframe and a second subframe among a plurality of subframes constituting the radio frame, and the macro cell (1302) that is provided in the macro cell area (1301) and transmits a downlink synchronization signal using the radio frame assigns control signals to a third subframe and a fourth subframe, which are shifted from the first subframe and the second subframe by a predetermined number of subframes, respectively, among the plurality of subframes constituting the radio wave, the CSG cell (1303) and the macro cell (1302) being configured to perform transmission in synchronization with each other.

Systems and methods for providing radio frequency transceiver user equipment in a packet based radio frequency signaling communication system are disclosed. User equipment is provided with closed subscriber group “CSG” capability including permanent storage for a CSG whitelist, the whitelist including identifiers of CSGs the user equipment is a member of. Base stations transmit signals including identifiers corresponding to CSGs the base station supports. The base station or cell selection process performed by the user equipment includes selecting cells that are part of the CSG whitelist. In additional embodiments, the user equipment includes user alterable storage for a user controlled CSG whitelist. The user alterable storage may further be partitioned into permanent and temporary portions. In an exemplary method, the user controls the cell selection process using the CSG whitelist information stored in the user equipment. Methods for managing the CSG whitelist are described.

A method of controlling CSG, known as closed subscriber group, cell selection for a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a network and a user equipment including a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells. The method includes updating the whitelist when the user equipment subscribes to a CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist or does not subscribe to a CSG cell in the whitelist.

Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. Some embodiments provides a method of user equipment registration with a closed subscriber group (CSG) where a network controller receives a registration request for a UE from an access point including an initial non-access stratum (NAS) message from the user equipment and a CSG identifier (CSG-ID). The network controller forwards the NAS and CSG-ID the core network. The method receives, at the network controller, a permanent identifier from the core network and completing registration. The method uses the permanent identity of the UE to complete the ULE registration.

A method of handling an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) for a network of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises determining a first plurality of closed subscriber group (CSG) cells of the wireless communication system with a first CSG identity, for a mobile device of the wireless communication system to communicate with an evolved packet core (EPC) network of the wireless communication system via the first plurality of CSG cells, after the network determines the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) as an access technology for the mobile device; and configuring an inter-system mobility policy (ISMP) node such that a value of an AccessTechnology leaf of a PrioritizedAccess node is configured as the 3GPP, and a value of a first AccessId leaf of the PrioritizedAccess node is configured as the first CSG identity of the first plurality of CSG cells.

A method and apparatus for performing cell selection is provided. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store basic priorities of a plurality of frequencies, and a processor configured to measure the signal strength of at least one cell in at least one of the plurality of frequencies, and perform cell selection based on an overrided priority if a cell with a highest measured signal strength is a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell and the highest measured signal strength is greater than a CSG threshold. When the quality of a serving CSG cell deteriorates, another cell from a different frequency may be selected.

A subscriber station can efficiently determine an accessible base station by scanning a subset of base stations based on an optimized list received from a serving base station. The subscriber station includes a white list that contains information regarding a number of closed subscriber group (CSG) base stations to which the subscriber station is subscribed. The subscriber station can transmit a request message that includes one or more of: indication of whether the detected identifier of the femto base station is in the whitelist or not; and its location information. In response, the base station can send a message that includes the nearby femtocells and whether the femtocell is accessible or inaccessible to the subscriber station. The femto base station can be designed to be in transmission off mode when none of its subscribers is in its coverage. The serving base station can select a set of the accessible femtocells to the subscriber station, and request the selected femtocells to monitor an uplink signaling of the subscriber station so that the femtocell can be awaken when the femtocell is in transmission off mode or be aware that the subscriber station is in proximity, if the uplink signaling is detected.

An optimized paging method for a Home (e)NodeB system comprises: receiving, by a network entity, a notification message indicating whether downlink data for a terminal exists or not; determining, by the network entity, one or more Home (e)NodeBs to which a paging message is to be transmitted among one or more base stations included in a base station list for the terminal, based on an access mode of the Home (e)NodeB, and based on whether the terminal is a member of a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) supported by the Home (e)NodeB; to transmitting, by the network, a paging message to the determined one or more Home (e)NodeBs or (e)NodeBs included in the base station list; and receiving, by the network, a paging response message from a specific (e)NodeB or Home (e)NodeB among the one or more (e)NodeBs or Home (e)NodeBs to which the paging message has been transmitted.

A handover control method is disclosed, including: obtaining an access mode and a closed subscriber group (CSG) identifier (ID) of a target area; deciding whether to allow an UE to be handed over to the target area according to the access mode and / or whether the CSG ID of the target area is included in the allowed CSG list of the UE. The handover control method can ensure the handover of the UE to the target area that the UE is allowed to access, therefore ensuring service continuity of the UE. A handover control apparatus and a handover control system are also disclosed.

There is proposed a mechanism providing functions of a so-called hybrid home node B (HHNB) where subscribers, depending on their belonging to a specific subscriber group, such as a closed subscriber group or an open subscriber group, are admitted for a connection to the communication network via different connection routes and systems. After a request for connecting a subscriber is received, an identification process is performed whether the subscriber belongs to a first subscriber group (CSG) or to a second subscriber group (OSG). On the basis of this identification, the subscriber is assigned to a first connection route or a second connection route. It is then checked whether available resources on the assigned connection route are sufficient, wherein on the basis of this check the request for connecting is allowed or rejected.

Systems and methods for providing improved location such as emergency services location of mobile devices in an over the air communications system are disclosed. On receiving a request, a user equipment (UE) mobile device makes observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) measurements on signals received from certain cell communication elements. The UE selects or prioritizes the cells based on one of several schemes, including comparing internally stored cell ID information to cell ID information provided by the network, and using lists of cells that are recently used, recently received, previously used, or on a closed subscriber group (CSG) list are alternative embodiments. The UE may prioritize home eNB cells that it is a member of for the measurements. By prioritizing the cells used for the measurements, the OTDOA measurements may be limited to a few cells and the time needed to make the measurements may be reduced.

A wireless cellular telecommunications device stores a first parameter obtained from system information of a first cell and measures an attribute of a signal received from a candidate cell, determines if the candidate cell is a closed subscriber group cell, and evaluates the candidate cell for re-selection. If the candidate cell is determined to be a closed subscriber group cell, the evaluation of the candidate cell for re-selection is based on at least the measured attribute irrespective of the first stored parameter, that first stored parameter indicating a minimum value for the measured attribute.

A method and apparatus of performing a handover from a macro cell to a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment transmits to a macro cell proxy information which indicates at least one frequency for at least one member CSG cell and receives from the macro cell a handover command which commands a handover from the macro cell to a target CSG cell. The user equipment performs the handover from the macro cell to the target CSG cell and checks whether additional proxy information indicating an additional frequency for at least one additional member CSG cell during the handover is found. The user equipment transmits to the target CSG cell the additional proxy information after completing the handover.

A measurement report method and apparatus of a user equipment is capable of improving system performance in a wireless communication system in which macro and Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cells are co-located. An inter-frequency measurement report method of a user equipment in a wireless communication system including macro and Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cells according to the present invention includes performing measurements for all cells identified by unique Physical Cell Identifiers (PCIs); determining whether at least one cell of which measurement fulfills inter-frequency measurement report events; checking, if at least one cell of which measurement fulfills inter-frequency measurement report events, a type of a best cell among the at least one cell in measurement; and transmitting, if the best cell is a macro cell or an accessible CSG cell, the inter-frequency measurement report to a serving base station.

A method of user equipment for direct communication through a HNB access system, comprises that: a first user equipment UE having a unique identification GII in a closed subscriber group CSG initiates calling request to a second user equipment UE belonging to the same CSG, informs the unique identification GII of the second user equipment of the HNB access system if the first user equipment and the second user equipment are in the same HNB access system, the HNB access system builds communication burdening passing through the HNB access system for the two user equipment. According to the method for direct communication through the HNB access system of the user equipment provided by the invention, transmission efficiency of applying HNB is increased, network resource is saved.

A method for User Equipments performing direct communication via HNB access system, the method comprising steps of: Initiating, by a first UE having a unique identifier GII in a closed subscriber group (CSG), a call request to a second UE in the same CSG to inform the HNB access system of the unique identifier GII of the second UE; establishing, by the HNB access system, communication bearer via the HNB access system for the first and the second UEs if the two UEs are under the same HNB access system. With the method for UEs performing direct communication via HNB access system of the present invention, transmission efficiency can be improved upon application of HNB, and network resources can also be saved.

A wireless cellular telecommunications device stores a first parameter obtained from system information of a first cell and measures an attribute of a signal received from a candidate cell, determines if the candidate cell is a closed subscriber group cell, and evaluates the candidate cell for re-selection. If the candidate cell is determined to be a closed subscriber group cell, the evaluation of the candidate cell for re-selection is based on at least the measured attribute irrespective of the first stored parameter, that first stored parameter indicating a minimum value for the measured attribute.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for access control handover of a user between base stations, which includes: acquiring, by one of a first base station and a second base station, a closed subscriber group identifier CSG ID supported by the other base station and CSG membership information of a user equipment UE in the first base station; and if the CSG ID acquired by the one base station is the same as a CSG ID supported by the local base station, performing, by the one base station, access control on the UE according to the acquired CSG membership information of the UE in the first base station and an access mode of the other base station.

A method and a Mobile Station (MS), for use in a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of Base Stations (BSs) capable of communicating with a plurality of MSs, wherein at least some of the BSs are Femtocell BSs (FBSs) and at least some of the BSs are Macrocell BSs (MBSs), for identifying the BSs at the MS, are provided. The method includes receiving at least one of a globally unique BS ID and an Operator ID from an FBS via a Broadcast CHannel (BCH), deriving a Closed Subscriber Group IDentifier (CSG ID) from the received at least one of the globally unique BS ID and the Operator ID, and determining, based on the derived CSG ID, if the FBS is a CSG FBS to which the MS is subscribed.

A Mobile Station (MS) and a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) Femtocell Base Station (FBS) for Interference Mitigation (IM) in a wireless communication system, and methods for their operation, are provided. A method for operating the MS includes determining if the MS cannot access a first CSG FBS due to interference from a second CSG FBS, the first CSG FBS being a CSG FBS that the MS is authorized to receive service from and the second CSG FBS being a CSG FBS that the MS is not authorized to receive service from, and if it is determined that the MS cannot access the first CSG FBS due to interference received from the second CSG FBS, transmitting an IM-Signal to the second CSG FBS requesting that the second CSG FBS mitigate the interference to the MS.

The invention discloses a reporting method of a measurement report. The method comprises the following step of: when user equipment (UE) reports a measurement report, if the identification information of a non-publically authorized user group CSG (Closed Subscriber Group) cell is acquired, reporting the identification information of the CSG cell to a network in the measurement report. In the invention, information such as the identification information of the CSG cell, PCI (Physical Layer Identity), the measurement quantity, and the like acquired by the UE are reported to the network in the measurement report, which ensures that the network can make a switching decision according to the measurement report reported by the UE so as to switch the UE to a proper CSG cell and realize the switching of the UE between a macro base station and a home base station as well as between home base stations.

The invention discloses a local IP access connection management method. The access connection management method comprises that whether the local IP access connection supports mobility is determined, if support, then the local IP access connection is processed, wherein the processing includes at least one of activation, establishment and update. According to the invention, an original / target mobility management entity or an original / target wireless side network element determines whether the local IP access connection supports mobility according to CSG (closed subscriber group) identification or local gateway information, so that the management operation to the local IP access connection is realized, the waste of system resources is avoided, processing load is prevented from being increased, and the processing efficiency of the mobile communication system is improved.

The present invention provides a method for controlling an access in a server in charge of a control plane in a visited network. The method for controlling the access comprises the step of the server in charge of receiving from a Home (e)Node B an access request message or an update request message by a roaming terminal. The Home (e)Node B can be operated as a closed subscriber group (CSG) or in a mixed access mode. The access request message or the update request message can include one or more of local CSG related information defined in the visited network or CSG related information in a home network.

The invention discloses an information processing method for a closed subscriber group, an access control method, a system and a device. The information processing method for the closed subscriber group comprises the following steps: acquiring information on the closed subscriber group (CSG) of modified user equipment (UE); and sending a message to the UE, wherein the message carries correlative information on the CSG. The method and the corresponding system and device can make the UE be capable of acquiring that the stored CSG information is changed.

The invention discloses an establishing method and a device of local (IP) Internet protocol access connection, wherein the establishing method of the local IP access connection comprises: a mobility management entity selects a local gateway according to parameters, wherein the parameters comprise at least one of the following: an identification of a wireless side network element, an identification of a closed subscriber group (CSG) Identification (ID), an identification of position, a tracking area identifier TAI, contract signing information and a connection type; and the mobility management entity establishes the local IP access connection through the local gateway. According to the invention, the mobility management entity selects the local gateway according to the parameters, so that the local IP access connection can be established through the selected local gateway, and the local IP access can be carried out effectively.

A method and user equipment for handling a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) selection in a mobile communication network is provided. The method includes obtaining, by a User Equipment (UE), a PLMN list of one or more Radio Access Technologies (RATs) comprising a list of available PLMNs, when the UE performs a Manual Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) selection, initiating a PLMN list validation timer, and reusing the previously obtained PLMN list, when at least one predefined event is triggered and the PLMN list validation timer is running. The at least one predefined event comprises at least one of Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) timer expiration, a manual PLMN selection, the manual CSG selection, and autonomous CSG selection.