WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HOME NODE-B IDENTIFICATION AND ACCESS RESTRICTION

摘要

A METHOD AND A WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT (WTRU) (600), INCLUDING A UNIVERSAL SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (USIM), FOR IDENTIFYING A CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP (CSG) CELL ARE DISCLOSED. THE WTRU (600) RECEIVES A BROADCAST FROM A CELL INCLUDING A CELL IDENTIFIER (ID). IF THE CELL ID IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CSG CELL, THE WTRU (600) DETERMINES WHETHER THE CSG ID IS PROGRAMMED IN THE USIM. THE CELL BROADCAST MAY INCLUDE A SINGLE BIT INFORMATION ELEMENT (IE) INDICATING THAT THE CELL IS A CSG CELL. IF THE CELL ID IS A CSG ID, THE CELL ID MAY FURTHER INCLUDE A PLURALITY OF FIELDS WHICH INDICATE AT LEAST ONE OF A COUNTRY, A REGION, AN OPERATOR, AND A HOME EVOLVED NODE-B (HeNB) NUMBER. THE CELL BROADCAST MAY FURTHER INCLUDE A BIT INDICATING WHETHER THE CSG CELL IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. THE CELL BROADCAST MAY FURTHER INCLUDE A BIT INDICATING THAT EMERGENCY CALLS ARE ALLOWED FROM ALL USERS.