Patent ID: 8934913
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, in a home base station operating a closed subscriber group (CSG), for performing a handover of a mobile terminal from a macro wireless network to the home base station, the method comprising: receiving a request for handover of the mobile terminal from a radio network controller of the macro wireless network; sending, to a core network node associated with the macro wireless network, a closed subscriber group (CSG) identifier for the home base station and a cell access mode for the home base station, for use by the core network node in membership verification or access control for the mobile terminal; and receiving a CSG membership status for the mobile terminal from the core network node, responsive to sending the CSG identifier and the cell access mode to the core network node; wherein said home base station is operating in hybrid access mode and the method further comprises: determining, based upon the CSG membership status received from the core network node, whether or not to prioritize the mobile terminal in the CSG; and temporarily admitting the mobile terminal to the CSG, prior to receiving the CSG membership status for the mobile terminal from the core network node, based on a reported CSG membership status for the mobile terminal received in the request for handover.