ACCESS CONTROL FOR CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUPS

摘要

A network transmits (broadcasts) an access mode indicator that indicates whether a closed subscriber group CSG network is being operated as open or closed and if it indicates open a user equipment UE that is not a registered member of the CSG is allowed access as a guest member, a user group of the closed subscriber group network, and allowing the user equipment access to the closed subscriber group network as a guest member. The CSG network can provide higher priority services to its registered members by differentiating them over guest members by an indication, received from each UE in its RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL CONNECTION REQUEST message, whether it is registered or a guest. The CSG can also transmit its ID/name for display at the UE so they may select whether and which CSG to join.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving at a user equipment from a closed subscriber group network an access mode indicator that indicates whether the closed subscriber group network is being operated as open or closed; sending to the closed subscriber group network an indication of membership status of the user equipment based on membership information in a message from the user equipment; and establishing a bidirectional link between the user equipment and the closed subscriber group network, thereby the user equipment accessing the closed subscriber group network as a guest member for a case where the access mode indicator indicates that the closed subscriber group network is being operated as open and based at least in part on the indication of the membership status indicates that the user equipment is not a registered member of the closed subscriber group network, the bidirectional link between the user equipment and the closed subscriber group network being limited to a specific period of time.