Patent ID: 9565626
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method by a network entity for wireless communication, the method comprising: storing priority information by the network entity, the priority information defining a priority ranking of cell types, wherein the cell types comprise at least one of different wireless technologies or different access control types, wherein the different access control types comprise a non-Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) type, wherein the priority information specifies a priority of the non-CSG type relative to a wireless technology of the different wireless technologies, wherein the priority of the non-CSG type relative to the wireless technology indicates that a first cell, of the non-CSG type, is ranked in relation to a second cell that uses the wireless technology, wherein the priority ranking is a first priority ranking for a first type of data traffic, and wherein the priority information further defines a second, different priority ranking for a second type of data traffic; and indicating the priority information to a mobile device using the different wireless technologies or the different access control types to connect to cells of a wireless communications system.