METHOD OF MANAGING HOME CELL SELECTION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICE

• US 20110045830A1
• Filed: 08/23/2009
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Chih-Hsiang
• Application Number:
  US12/545,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20110045830A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/435.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point

Abstract

A method of managing home cell selection for a user equipment of a wireless communication system including a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible home cells includes utilizing a flag for storing a preference list of at least one of home cells and macro cells. The home cells are preferably a Closed Subscriber Group cell.

Claims

1. A method of managing home cell selection for a user equipment of a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible home cells, the method comprising:

utilizing a flag for storing a preference for at least one of home cells and macro cells for cell selection.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

reading the flag when the whitelist is not empty; and

selecting a home cell or a macro cell according to the flag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the flag is updated according to a dedicated signaling message sent by a network of the wireless communication system where the user equipment camps.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the dedicated signaling message is a short message service message.

5. A communication device of a wireless communication system for properly managing home cell selection, the communication device comprising:

a processor for processing storage data;

a communication interfacing unit for exchanging signals with a peer communication device of the wireless communication system;

a control unit coupled to the processor and communication interfacing unit, for controlling the communication interfacing unit and the communication device according to processing results of the processor; and

a computer readable recording medium coupled to the processor, for storing the storage data;

wherein the storage data comprises;

a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible home cells; and

a flag for storing a preference for at least one of home cells and macro cells for cell selection.

6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the storage data further comprises:

program code for reading the flag when the whitelist is not empty; and

program code for selecting a home cell or a macro cell according to the flag.

7. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the flag is updated according to a dedicated signaling message sent by a network of the wireless communication system where the user equipment camps.

8. The communication device of claim 7, wherein the dedicated signaling message is a short message service message.

9. A method of managing home cell selection for a user equipment of a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible home cells, the method comprising:

utilizing a flag for controlling manual home cell selection.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising determining activation of the manual home cell selection according to the flag.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the flag is updated according to a dedicated signaling message sent by a network of the wireless communication system where the user equipment camps.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the dedicated signaling message is a short message service message.

13. A communication device of a wireless communication system for properly managing home cell selection, the communication device comprising:

a processor for processing storage data;

a communication interfacing unit for exchanging signals with a peer communication device of the wireless communication system;

a control unit coupled to the processor and communication interfacing unit, for executing the communication interfacing unit and the communication device according to processing results of the processor; and

a computer readable recording medium coupled to the processor, for storing the storage data;

wherein the storage data comprises;

a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible home cells; and

a flag for controlling manual home cell selection.

14. The communication device of claim 13, wherein the storage data further comprises program code for determining activation of the manual home cell selection according to the flag.

15. The communication device of claim 13, wherein the flag is updated according to a dedicated signaling message sent by a network of the wireless communication system where the user equipment camps.

16. The communication device of claim 15, wherein the dedicated signaling message is a short message service message.

17. A method of managing manual home cell selection for a user equipment of a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible home cells, the method comprising:

forbidding the manual home cell selection when a home cell that is not included in the whitelist is selected during the manual home cell selection.

18. A communication device of a wireless communication system for properly managing manual home cell selection, the communication device comprising:

a processor for processing storage data;

a communication interfacing unit for exchanging signals with a peer communication device of the wireless communication system;

a control unit coupled to the processor and communication interfacing unit, for executing the communication interfacing unit and the communication device according to processing results of the processor; and

a computer readable recording medium coupled to the processor, for storing the storage data;

wherein the storage data comprises;

a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible home cells and corresponding networks; and

program code for forbidding the manual home cell selection when a home cell that is not included in the whitelist is selected during the manual home cell selection.