Method and apparatus of controlling cell selection for a wireless communication system

• US 8,965,370 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2014
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Chih-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Amancio
• Application Number:
  US14/154,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20140128071A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 455/434, 455/435.2, 455/518, 455/519, 455/525, 370/340
• US Class Current: 455/435.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0093 Neighbour cell search
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0061 of neighbour cell information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point

Abstract

A method of controlling closed subscriber group (CSG) cell selection for a network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises sending a first message to a user equipment (UE) in the wireless communication system to request the UE to update a whitelist of the UE which is capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells, when the UE subscribes to a CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE or unsubscribes to a CSG cell in the whitelist of the UE.

Claims

1. A method of controlling closed subscriber group (CSG) cell selection for a network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

sending a first message to a user equipment (UE) in the wireless communication system to request the UE to update a whitelist of the UE which is capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells, when the UE subscribes to a CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE or unsubscribes to a CSG cell in the whitelist of the UE.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a detach message with a re-attach request to the UE, when the UE subscribes to the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE or unsubscribes to the CSG cell in the whitelist of the UE.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein sending the first message to the UE to request the UE to update the whitelist of the UE when the UE subscribes to the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE comprising:

sending the first message through an attach procedure initiated by the UE in response to the re-attach request, wherein the first message is an ATTACH ACCEPT message comprising an up-to-date whitelist comprising the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein sending the first message to the UE to request the UE to update the whitelist of the UE when the UE unsubscribes to the CSG cell in the whitelist of the UE comprising:

sending the first message through an attach procedure initiated by the UE in response to the re-attach request, wherein the first message is an ATTACH ACCEPT message comprising an up-to-date whitelist excluding the CSG cell to be removed from the whitelist of the UE.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message is a short message service (SMS) message, CM SERVICE REJECT message, a SERVICE REJECT message, a ATTACH REJECT message, a TRACKING AREA UPDATE REJECT message, a ROUTING AREA UPDATE REJECT message or a LOCATION UPDATING REJECT message.

6. A communication device for a network of a wireless communication system for controlling closed subscriber group (CSG) cell selection, the communication device comprising:

a computer readable recording medium for storing program code corresponding to a process; and

a processor coupled to the computer readable recording medium, for processing the program code to execute the process;

wherein the process comprises;

sending a first message to a user equipment (UE) in the wireless communication system to request the UE to update a whitelist of the UE which is capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells, when the UE subscribes to a CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE or unsubscribes to a CSG cell in the whitelist of the UE.

7. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the process further comprises:

sending a detach message with a re-attach request to the UE, when the UE subscribes to the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE or unsubscribes to the CSG cell in the whitelist of the UE.

8. The communication device of claim 7, wherein sending the first message to the UE to request the UE to update the whitelist of the UE when the UE subscribes to the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE comprising:

sending the first message through an attach procedure initiated by the UE in response to the re-attach request, wherein the first message is an ATTACH ACCEPT message comprising an up-to-date whitelist comprising the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE.

9. The communication device of claim 7, wherein sending the first message to the UE to request the UE to update the whitelist of the UE when the UE unsubscribes to the CSG cell in the whitelist of the UE comprising:

sending the first message through an attach procedure initiated by the UE in response to the re-attach request, wherein the first message is an ATTACH ACCEPT message comprising an up-to-date whitelist excluding the CSG cell to be removed from the whitelist of the UE.

10. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the first message is a short message service (SMS) message, CM SERVICE REJECT message, a SERVICE REJECT message, a ATTACH REJECT message, a TRACKING AREA UPDATE REJECT message, a ROUTING AREA UPDATE REJECT message or a LOCATION UPDATING REJECT message.