Patent ID: 9578597
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
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.