APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT PROVIDING SIGNALING BETWEEN MOBILE TERMINAL AND NETWORK IN PRESENCE OF PRIVATE CELLS/CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUPS

摘要

A user equipment UE receives an indication that another cell apart from a serving network cell is a private network cell, determines that it is restricted from accessing the another cell, and excludes measurements of the another cell from uplink measurement reports that it sends to the serving network cell. The indication may be received in dedicated downlink signaling (handover command after a triggered measurement report), or broadcast from the serving cell or the private cell and the UE sees the private cell is not on its private cell whitelist. Depending on who sent the indication, the UE may signal the serving or a next eNB that it is restricted access to that private cell. The indication may be that an entire frequency layer is restricted access. The UE carries over its neighbor list from the most recent cell on which it was camped when transiting the restricted private cell.