Method for identifying home cell and apparatus thereof
First Claim
1. A method for identifying a home cell that provides a differentiated service in a mobile communication system where public cells and home cells coexist, the method comprising the steps of:
- searching for a plurality of pilots having a strength greater than a minimum pilot strength;
comparing strengths of the pilots, and designating a pilot having the greatest strength as an active pilot;
determining whether a corresponding cell of the active pilot transmits a cell classifier of the home cell for providing the differentiated service along with an overhead message;
when the corresponding cell transmits the cell classifier of the home cell, determining whether the cell classifier of the home cell matches one among cell classifiers stored in an access terminal; and
when the cell classifier of the home cell matches with the one among the cell classifiers stored in the access terminal, receiving the differentiated service under the control of the corresponding cell,wherein each of the home cells corresponding to the cell classifiers stored in the access terminal provides the differentiated service to an access terminal registered and provides a non-differentiated service for the non-registered access terminal,wherein the differentiated service is at least one of per-call permission, call barring, differentiated accounting, and virtual zone using home solution of the access terminal.
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Abstract
A method for identifying a cell that provides a differentiated service in a mobile communication system. The method comprises searching for a plurality of pilots having strength greater than a minimum pilot strength; comparing strengths of the pilots, and designating a pilot having the greatest strength as an active pilot; determining whether a corresponding cell of the active pilot transmits a cell classifier for the differentiated service along with an overhead message; if the corresponding cell transmits a cell classifier, determining whether the cell classifier matches a cell classifiers stored in an access terminal; and if the cell classifier matches with a cell classifier stored in the access terminal, performing an operation under the control of the corresponding cell.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for identifying a home cell that provides a differentiated service in a mobile communication system where public cells and home cells coexist, the method comprising the steps of:
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searching for a plurality of pilots having a strength greater than a minimum pilot strength; comparing strengths of the pilots, and designating a pilot having the greatest strength as an active pilot; determining whether a corresponding cell of the active pilot transmits a cell classifier of the home cell for providing the differentiated service along with an overhead message; when the corresponding cell transmits the cell classifier of the home cell, determining whether the cell classifier of the home cell matches one among cell classifiers stored in an access terminal; and when the cell classifier of the home cell matches with the one among the cell classifiers stored in the access terminal, receiving the differentiated service under the control of the corresponding cell, wherein each of the home cells corresponding to the cell classifiers stored in the access terminal provides the differentiated service to an access terminal registered and provides a non-differentiated service for the non-registered access terminal, wherein the differentiated service is at least one of per-call permission, call barring, differentiated accounting, and virtual zone using home solution of the access terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A mobile communication system for identifying a home cell that provides a differentiated service where public cells and home cells coexist, comprising:
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means for searching for a plurality of pilots having a strength greater than a minimum pilot strength; means for comparing strengths of the pilots, and designating a pilot having the greatest strength as an active pilot; means for determining whether a corresponding cell of the active pilot transmits a cell classifier of the home cell for providing the differentiated service along with an overhead message; means for determining whether the cell classifier of the home cell matches one among cell classifiers stored in an access terminal, wherein it is determined whether the cell classifier of the home cell matches the one among the cell classifiers stored in the access terminal when the corresponding cell transmits the cell classifier of the home cell; and means for receiving the differentiated service under the control of the corresponding cell, when the cell classifier of the home cell matches with one among the cell classifiers stored in the access terminal, wherein each of the home cells corresponding to the cell classifiers stored in the access terminal provides the differentiated service to an access terminal registered and provides a non-differentiated service for the non-registered access terminal, wherein the differentiated service is at least one of per-call permission, call barring, differentiated accounting, and virtual zone using home solution of the access terminal. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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