Patent ID: 8219101
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of managing cells of base stations, the method comprising: a) at an outdoor base station, managing a list of indoor base stations of a conditional closed subscriber group (CCSG) selected from among indoor base stations of a closed subscriber group (CSG), which permit access of specific user equipments, wherein the indoor base stations of the CCSG allow a user equipment, which is not the specific user equipments, to access the indoor base stations when the user equipment meets an access condition; b) at the outdoor base station, broadcasting a reporting criteria and reporting information; c) at the outdoor base station, receiving measurement values that match the reporting criteria and an identity of an indoor base station as the reporting information from the user equipment; and d) at the outdoor base station, recognizing an environment of the user equipment based on the measurement value, determining the identity of the indoor base station in the list of the CCSG, and allowing the user equipment to access to the indoor base station based on a result of determining when the recognized environment meets the access condition.