MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE FOR CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A mobile radio communications device arranged for closed subscriber group selection and for the storage of closed subscriber group information, the stored information including information configured as a whitelist of closed subscriber group identities delivered between a non-access-stratum layer and an access-stratum layer within the device, and the device being further arranged to remove a previous user-selected closed subscriber group identity from the whitelist responsive to the device connecting to a cell different from that identified by the previous user-selected closed subscriber group identity.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a mobile radio communications device, and related method of operation, arranged for closed subscriber group selection and for the storage of closed subscriber group information in the device, the stored information including information configured as a whitelist of closed subscriber group identities delivered between non-access-stratum layer and access-stratum layer within the device, and the device being further arranged to remove a previous user-selected closed subscriber group identity from the whitelist responsive to the device connecting to a cell is different from that identified by the previous user-selected closed subscriber group identity, and which different cell can comprise for example a non-CSG cell.
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- 1. A mobile radio communications device arranged for closed subscriber group selection and for the storage of closed subscriber group information, the stored information including information configured as a whitelist of closed subscriber group identities delivered between a non-access-stratum layer and an access-stratum layer within the device, and the device being further arranged to remove a previous user-selected closed subscriber group identity from the whitelist responsive to the device connecting to a cell different from that identified by the previous user-selected closed subscriber group identity.
- 17. A method of managing closed subscriber group selection in a mobile radio communications device and including the step of storing closed subscriber group information configured as a whitelist of closed subscriber group identities to be delivered between non-access stratum layers and access stratum layers within the mobile radio communications device, and removing a previous user-selected closed subscriber group identifier from the whitelist responsive to the device connecting to a cell which is different from that identified by the previous user-selected closed subscriber group identifier.
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