Patent ID: 9386506
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing connection type information in a mobile management entity (MME), the method comprising: receiving, by the MME from a Home (e)NodeB, an attach request message, the Home (e)NodeB having received an attach request from a user equipment (UE), wherein the attach request message includes a closed subscriber group (CSG) ID and an access mode of the Home (e)NodeB, when the Home (e)NodeB is a hybrid cell, and wherein the attach request message includes a CSG ID but does not include an access mode of the Home (e)NodeB, when the Home (e)NodeB is not a hybrid cell; transmitting, by the MME, an update location request message to a home subscriber server (HSS); receiving, by the MME from the HSS, an update location acknowledgement (ACK) message including the UE's subscriber information; determining, by the MME, whether the UE is a CSG member or a non-CSG member based on the access mode information and the UE's subscriber information, if the Home (e)NodeB is a hybrid cell and the Home (e)NodeB has received the attach request from the UE; and transmitting, by the MME to the Home (e)NodeB, a Connection accept message including an information indicating whether the UE is the CSG member or the non-CSG member when the Home (e)NodeB is the hybrid cell and the Home (e)NodeB has received the attach request from the UE, such that the Home (e)NodeB performs a radio resource control function according to a CSG membership of the UE.