Patent ID: 9185636
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method to perform an automatic search on a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell by a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising: determining, by the UE, whether the automatic search needs to be performed on the CSG cell; when the automatic search does not need to be performed on the CSG cell, turning off, by the UE, a CSG cell automatic search function of the UE by emptying a first white list including CSG IDentifiers (IDs) of accessible CSG cells; when the automatic search needs to be performed on the CSG cell, determining, by the UE, whether the first white list is empty; and when the first white list is empty, turning on, by the UE, the CSG cell automatic search function of the UE by recovering the first white list through a second white list including at least one CSG ID of at least one CSG cell to which the UE is registered.