Communication system

摘要

A communication system is described in which a home base station operating in a hybrid access mode is able to provide preferential connectivity to mobile communication devices that are members of a closed subscriber group associated with the home base station compared to mobile communication devices that are not members of the closed subscriber group.

主权项

1. A mobile communication device for connection in a communication network that comprises a base station, the mobile communication device comprising:
a receiver for receiving information identifying a closed subscriber group (CSG) associated with a home base station that operates, using a hybrid access mode, in which members and non-members are allowed to access the CSG; a processor configured to:
identify the CSG associated with said home base station from the received information;determine whether the mobile communication device is a member of the identified CSG associated with said home base station; andgenerate a message comprising a measurement report and including an indication of whether the mobile communication device is a member of the identified CSG, in dependence on a result of a determination to whether the mobile communication device is the member of the identified CSG associated with said home base station; and a transmitter for sending said generated message to a base station to which the mobile communication device is connected.