Patent ID: 9497687
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of establishing, by a first user equipment (UE), a connection in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the first UE, cell type information via a system information block type 1 (SIB1), wherein the cell type information indicates that a closed subscriber group (CSG) indication is set to ‘false’ and that a CSG identity is present; receiving, by the first UE, first barring information for member UEs and second barring information for non-member UEs, wherein the member UEs are members of a specific CSG, wherein the non-member UEs are not members of the specific CSG, wherein the first barring information and the second barring information are received via system information block type 2 (SIB2), wherein the first barring information and the second barring information include two different sets of equivalent parameters, respectively, and wherein each set of the equivalent parameters includes a barring factor and a barring time; determining, by the first UE, whether or not the first UE is able to access a cell based on one of the first barring information and the second barring information according to whether the first UE is a member UE or a non-member UE, wherein the cell is a hybrid cell; and transmitting, by the first UE, an access request if it is determined that the first UE is able to access the cell.