摘要 |
<p>A METHOD AND A MOBILE STATION (MS) (140), 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) (120) AND AT LEAST SOME OF THE BSS ARE MACROCELL BSS (MBSS) (100), 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.</p> |