Patent ID: 9148786
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communication, comprising: receiving, from an access terminal, first information indicative of whether the access terminal supports closed subscriber groups; identifying, at an access point, a network entity for performing access control for the access terminal based at least in part on the first information received from the access terminal; determining, at the access point, whether to include second information in a message, wherein inclusion of the second information in the message or exclusion of the second information from the message is indicative of whether the network entity is to perform the access control for the access terminal, wherein determining whether to include the second information in the message is based on the first information received from the access terminal, wherein the inclusion of the second information indicates that the network entity is to perform the access control and the exclusion of the second information indicates that the network entity is not to perform the access control, and wherein the inclusion of the second information indicates that the access terminal supports closed subscriber groups and the exclusion of the second information indicates that the access terminal does not support closed subscriber groups; and sending the message to the network entity.