Patent ID: 8868076
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An information method of a user access mode to provide access control for handover to a target hybrid home (e)NodeB, comprising: when attempting to hand over a User Equipment (UE) to a target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell, a network element at a network side informing a target hybrid home (e)NodeB of a current user access mode of the UE via a handover signaling, wherein the user access mode is information on whether or not the UE is a member user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell; wherein the network element at the network side is a network element at a source network side, a network element at a core network side, or a network element at a target network side; when access control is carried out by the network element at a source network side, the method further comprises: determining, by the network element at the source network side, whether or not the UE is a member user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell and determining the user access mode; handovering, by the network element at the source network side after carrying out access control, the UE to the target hybrid home (e)NodeB and encapsulating the user access mode in the handover signaling; informing, by the network element at the source network side, the target hybrid home (e)NodeB of the user access mode in the handover signaling; and acquiring, by the target hybrid home (e)NodeB, the user access mode, allowing the access of the UE if the user access mode indicates that the UE is a member user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell, or selectively allowing the access of the UE according to current related information of the home (e)NodeB if the user access mode indicates that the UE is a nonmember user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell; when access control is carried out by the network element at a core network side, the method further comprises: determining, by the network element at the core network side, whether or not the UE is a member user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell and determining the user access mode; handovering, by the network element at the core network side after carrying out access control, the UE to the target hybrid home (e)NodeB and encapsulating the user access mode in the handover signaling; informing, by the network element at the core network side, the target hybrid home (e)NodeB of the user access mode in the handover signaling; and acquiring, by the target hybrid home (e)NodeB, the user access mode, allowing the access of the UE if the user access mode indicates that the UE is a member user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell, or selectively allowing the access of the UE according to current related information of the home (e)NodeB if the user access mode indicates that the UE is a nonmember user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell; when access control is carried out by the network element at a target network side, the method further comprises: determining, by the network element at the target network side, whether or not the UE is a member user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell and determining the user access mode; handovering, by the network element at the target network side after carrying out access control the UE to the target hybrid home (e)NodeB and encapsulating the user access mode in the handover signaling; informing, by the network element at the target network side, the target hybrid home (e)NodeB of the user access mode in the handover signaling; and acquiring, by the target hybrid home (e)NodeB, the user access mode, allowing the access of the UE if the user access mode indicates that the UE is a member user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell, or selectively allowing the access of the UE according to current related information of the home (e)NodeB if the user access mode indicates that the UE is a nonmember user of the target hybrid home (e)NodeB cell.