Patent ID: 9125025
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for a user equipment, the apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer code, being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: monitor for a change in a state of association between a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell and the user equipment, said CSG cell having a Public Land Mobile Network Identity (PLMN ID) and a CSG Identity (CSG ID) associated therewith; and in response to a said change, communicate data indicative of the change, and of said CSG ID and said PLMN ID, for receipt by a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) associated with the user equipment, whereby to enable the UICC to control access to resources of said CSG cell, wherein said data indicative of said CSG ID and said PLMN ID are communicated via an envelope command of the type ‘Event Download—CSG Cell Selection’.