Mobile communication system

• US 9,788,268 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2009
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Maeda, Miho, Mochizuki, Mitsuru, Saegusa, Taiga, Iwane, Yasushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bednash, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/141,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20110261777A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,849 Days
• Field of Search: 370329, 370312, 370319, 370328, 370342, 370444, 370461
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In a communication system including a specified subscriber cell which allows a specific mobile terminal to use the specified subscriber cell, and an unspecified user cell which an unspecified mobile terminal can use, in which each mobile terminal receives cell identification information assigned to each communication cell and makes a cell selection, identification information for identifying the CSG cell operating in an open access mode is included in the cell identification information.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system including:

mobile terminals;

a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell operating in a closed access mode in which a specified one of the mobile terminals can access the CSG cell; and

a non-CSG cell operating in an open access mode in which an unspecified one of the mobile terminals can access the non-CSG cell, wherein

a CSG indicator indicates whether a cell is a CSG cell or not is broadcasted,

the mobile communication system further includes a hybrid cell operating in a hybrid access mode which shows an operation form of the CSG cell and supports both the closed access mode and the open access mode at the same time,

the hybrid cell sets the CSG indicator to indicate that the cell is not the CSG cell, and

the mobile terminals receive the CSG indicator.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1,

wherein on the basis of the CSG indicator set by the hybrid cell, the mobile terminals determine the cell by which the CSG indicator is set as the non-CSG cell or the hybrid cell.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the hybrid cell broadcasts a CSG identifier (CSG-ID) which is a specific identification number.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 3,

wherein the mobile terminals receive the CSG-ID broadcasted by the hybrid cell and select a cell having a desired CSG-ID.

5. A cell used in a mobile communication system including mobile terminals, the cell comprising:

a CSG cell operating in a closed access mode in which a specified one of the mobile terminals can access the CSG cell; and

a non-CSG cell operating in an open access mode in which an unspecified one of the mobile terminals can access the non-CSG cell, wherein

a CSG indicator indicates whether a cell is a CSG cell or not is broadcasted, and

in a hybrid access mode which shows an operation form of the CSG cell and supports both the closed access mode and the open access mode at the same time, the cell sets the CSG indicator to indicate that the cell is not the CSG cell.

6. The cell according to claim 5,

wherein the cell broadcasts a CSG-ID, which is a specific identification number.

7. A mobile terminal used in a mobile communication system including

a CSG cell operating in a closed access mode in which a specified mobile terminal can access the CSG cell, and

a non-CSG cell operating in an open access mode in which an unspecified mobile terminal can access the non-CSG cell, wherein

a CSG indicator indicates whether a cell is a CSG cell or not is broadcasted,

the mobile terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives the CSG indicator set by a hybrid cell operating in a hybrid access mode which shows an operation form of the CSG cell and supports both the closed access mode and the open access mode at the same time.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 7,

wherein on the basis of the CSG indicator set by the hybrid cell, the mobile terminal determines the cell by which the CSG indicator is set as the non-CSG cell or the hybrid cell.

9. A mobile terminal used in a mobile communication system including

a CSG cell operating in a closed access mode in which a specified mobile terminal can access the CSG cell, and

a non-CSG cell operating in an open access mode in which an unspecified mobile terminal can access the non-CSG cell,

the mobile terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a CSG-ID, which is a specific identification number, broadcasted by a hybrid cell operating in a hybrid access mode which shows an operation form of the CSG cell and supports both the closed access mode and the open access mode at the same time; and

a controller that selects a cell having a desired CSG-ID.