Extended access barring for CSG cells

• US 9,578,597 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2012
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Du, Lei, Sebire, Benoist Pierre, Decarreau, Guillaume
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US14/401,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20150141007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,744 Days
• Field of Search: 455418-4221, 455434-453, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455 411- 412, 455/509, 455/67.11, 455/552.1, 370/322, 370/324, 370328-338, 370341-344
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 based on traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

It is provided an apparatus, comprising CSG (closed subscriber group) determining means adapted to determine one of plural CSG types to which the apparatus belongs, based on a CSG entry stored by the apparatus, wherein the plural CSG types are related to a closed subscriber group advertisement received from a cell of a base station; selecting means adapted to select one of plural EAB (extended access barring) parameter sets based on the determined one of the plural CSG types, wherein the plural EAB parameter sets are received from the cell and wherein each of the plural EAB parameter sets is related to one of the plural CSG types; applying means adapted to apply extended access barring to an access of the apparatus to the cell based on the selected EAB parameter set.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining one of plural CSG (closed subscriber group) types to which an apparatus performing the method belongs, based on a CSG entry stored by the apparatus, wherein the plural CSG types are related to a closed subscriber group advertisement of a cell;

receiving a plural CSG-EAB (extended access barring) parameter sets;

selecting one of the plural CSG-EAB (extended access barring) parameter sets based on the determined one of the plural CSG types, wherein the plural CSG-EAB parameter sets are received from the cell and wherein each of the plural CSG-EAB parameter sets is related to one of the plural CSG types;

receiving a public land mobile network (PLMN)-EAB parameter set;

receiving a priority indication from the cell;

prioritizing one of the EAB parameter sets, either the selected CSG-EAB parameter set or the received PLMN-EAB parameter set, based on the priority indication; and

applying extended access barring to the access of the apparatus to the cell based only on the prioritized one of the EAB parameter set.

2. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising the following if the PLMN-EAB parameter set is prioritized:

determining, based on a home network of the apparatus, if the apparatus belongs to one of plural categories related to a network indication received from the cell;

evaluating a category indication comprised in the PLMN-EAB parameter set to obtain a category of the PLMN-EAB parameter set;

checking if the category of the apparatus corresponds to the category of the PLMN-EAB parameter set; and

applying extended access barring to an access of the apparatus to the cell based on the PLMN-EAB parameter set if the result of the checking is affirmative.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

applying extended access barring to the access based on the PLMN-EAB parameter set if the closed subscriber advertisement is not received.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plural CSG types comprise a first and a second CSG type, wherein the first CSG type comprises that the apparatus is configured for extended access barring, and the second CSG type comprises that the apparatus is configured for extended access barring and is not a member of the closed subscriber group.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the plural CSG types comprise a third CSG type, and the third CSG type comprises that the apparatus is configured for extended access barring and is a guest member of the closed subscriber group, wherein a guest member is only temporarily included in the closed subscriber group.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plural CSG types comprises a fourth CSG type, wherein the fourth CSG type comprises that the apparatus is not a member of the closed user group.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein if the prioritization is for the CSG-EAB, the method further comprises:

applying extended access barring to an access of the apparatus to the cell based on the selected CSG-EAB parameter set.

8. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine one of plural CSG (closed subscriber group) types to which an apparatus performing the method belongs, based on a CSG entry stored by the apparatus, wherein the plural CSG types are related to a closed subscriber group advertisement of a cell;

receive a plural CSG-EAB (extended access barring) parameter sets;

select one of the plural CSG-EAB parameter sets based on the determined one of the plural CSG types, wherein the plural CSG-EAB parameter sets are received from the cell and wherein each of the plural CSG-EAB parameter sets is related to one of the plural CSG types; and

receive a public land mobile network (PLMN)-EAB parameter set;

receive a priority indication from the cell;

prioritize one of the EAB parameter sets, either the selected CSG-EAB parameter set or the received PLMN-EAB parameter set, based on the priority indication; and

apply extended access barring to the access of the apparatus to the cell based only on the prioritized one of the EAB parameter set.

9. A method, comprising:

detecting, by an apparatus, whether or not a closed subscriber group advertisement is received from a cell;

upon detecting that the closed subscriber group advertisement is received, performing the following;

determining one of plural CSG (closed subscriber group) types to which the apparatus belongs based on a CSG entry stored by the apparatus, wherein the plural CSG types are related to the closed subscriber group advertisement;

selecting one of plural CSG-EAB (extended access barring) parameter sets corresponding to the determined CSG type, wherein the plural EAB parameter sets are received from the cell and wherein each of the plural CSG-EAB parameter sets is related to one of the plural CSG types; and

applying extended access barring to an access of the apparatus to the cell based on the selected CSG-EAB parameter set; and

upon detecting that the closed subscriber group advertisement is not received, applying extended access barring to the access based on a PLMN-EAB parameter set, wherein the PLMN-EAB parameter set is received from the cell.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

checking, based on a CSG-EAB indication, whether a received parameter set comprising the CSG-EAB indication is a CSG-EAB parameter set or a PLMN-EAB parameter set, wherein

the applying comprises applying extended access barring to the access based on the CSG-EAB parameter set if the CSG-EAB indication is received, and applying extended access barring to the access based on the PLMN-EAB parameter set if the CSG-EAB indication is not received.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the applying extended access barring based on a PLMN-EAB parameter set comprises:

determining, based on a home network of the apparatus, if the apparatus belongs to one of plural categories related to a network indication received from the cell;

evaluating a category indication comprised in the PLMN-EAB parameter set to obtain a category of the PLMN-EAB parameter set;

checking if the category of the apparatus corresponds to the category of the PLMN-EAB parameter set; and

applying extended access barring to the access of the apparatus to the cell based on the PLMN-EAB parameter set if the result of the checking is affirmative.

12. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

detect whether or not a closed subscriber group advertisement is received from a cell;

upon detecting that the closed subscriber group advertisement is received, cause the apparatus to;

determine one of plural CSG (closed subscriber group) types to which the apparatus belongs based on a CSG entry stored by the apparatus, wherein the plural CSG types are related to the closed subscriber group advertisement;

select one of plural CSG-EAB (extended access barring) parameter sets corresponding to the determined CSG type, wherein the plural EAB parameter sets are received from the cell and wherein each of the plural CSG-EAB parameter sets is related to one of the plural CSG types; and

apply extended access barring to an access of the apparatus to the cell based on the selected CSG-EAB parameter set; and

upon detecting that the closed subscriber group advertisement is not received,

apply extended access barring to the access based on a PLMN-EAB parameter set, wherein the PLMN-EAB parameter set is received from the cell.