Patent ID: 6334052
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A mobile communication device for use in a communication system that includes a public land mobile network and that is partitioned into a number of cells, the mobile communication device comprising:wireless means for communicating with the public land mobile network; andmeans for determining whether the mobile communication device is permitted to camp on one of the cells in the communication system, wherein a result of determining whether the mobile communication device is permitted to camp on one of the cells in the communication system is not indicative of whether the mobile communication device is permitted to camp on another cell in the communication system; andwherein said means for determining whether the mobile communication device is permitted to camp on one of the cells in the communication system comprises:means for receiving cell-related information, wherein the cell-related information indicates whether the cell belongs to a part of the public land mobile network in which allowed access is controlled by subscription data;detecting means for detecting that the cell-related information indicates that the cell belongs to a part of the public land mobile network in which allowed access is controlled by subscription data;means for receiving cell barred information from the communication system;means, responsive to the detecting means, for ignoring the cell barred information if the determining means determines that the cell may be camped on.