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Matched Legal Cases: ['application No. 11002413', 'application No. 11002411', 'application No. 098131900', 'application No. 200910178607', 'application No. 200910178607', 'application No. 098129229', 'application No. 201110356838', 'application No. 098129232']

Method of controlling cell selection for a wireless communication system and related device - Patent # 8666410 - PatentGenius
8666410 Method of controlling cell selection for a wireless communication system and related device
U.S. Class: 455/435.2; 370/340; 455/434; 455/518; 455/519; 455/525
Field Of Search: ;455/518; ;455/519; ;455/525; ;455/434; ;455/435.2; ;370/340
Foreign Patent Documents: 1685754; 101072433; 101227705; 101309499; 101321372; 396698; 2008108716; 2009115897
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Abstract: A method of controlling CSG, known as closed subscriber group, cell selection for a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a network and a user equipment including a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells. The method includes updating the whitelist when the user equipment subscribes to a CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist or does not subscribe to a CSG cell in the whitelist.
1. A method of controlling closed subscriber group, hereinafter called CSG, cell selection for a user equipment, hereinafter called UE, used in a wireless communicationsystem comprising a network, the UE comprising a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells, the method comprising: updating the whitelist when the UE subscribes to a CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist or does not subscribeto a CSG cell in the whitelist, wherein updating the whitelist comprises: receiving a first message from the network; and adding the CSG cell not included in the whitelist to the whitelist according to the first message when the UE subscribes to the CSGcell not included in the whitelist, or removing the CSG cell from the whitelist according to the first message when the UE does not subscribe to the CSG cell in the whitelist.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the CSG cell is manually added to the whitelist or manually removed from the whitelist.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message is an ATTACH ACCEPT message comprising an up-to-date whitelist comprising the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist, and the ATTACH ACCEPT message is received through an attachprocedure initiated by the UE in response to a re-attach request sent from the network.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message is a short message service (SMS) message, CM SERVICE REJECT message, a SERVICE REJECT message, a ATTACH REJECT message, a TRACKING AREA UPDATE REJECT message, a ROUTING AREA UPDATE REJECTmessage or a LOCATION UPDATING REJECT message.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message is an ATTACH ACCEPT message comprising an up-to-date whitelist excluding the CSG cell to be removed, and the ATTACH ACCEPT message is received through an attach procedure initiated by the UEin response to a re-attach request sent from the network.
6. A method of controlling CSG (Closed Subscriber Group) cell selection for a user equipment of a wireless communication system, the user equipment (UE) comprising a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells, the methodcomprising: performing CSG cell searching when a new CSG cell is added to the whitelist, such that the UE is able to reselect the new CSG cell even though none of cell reselection criteria for the new CSG cell measurement is met or none of measurementcriteria for the new CSG cell measurement is met.
7. The method of claim 6 further comprising stopping the CSG cell searching when the CSG cell searching is done once and the CSG cell cannot be found.
8. A method of controlling CSG (closed subscriber group) cell selection for a user equipment, hereinafter called UE, used in a wireless communication system with a network, the UE comprising a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessibleCSG cells, the method comprising: receiving a paging message from the network when the UE camps on a CSG cell in the whitelist and does not subscribe to the CSG cell; initiating a service request procedure when the paging message is received; throughthe service request procedure, receiving a SERVICE REJECT message comprising a reject cause value from the network; and searching a cell other than the CSG cell when the reject cause value of the SERVICE REJECT message is received.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the CSG cell belongs to a first defined area, and the UE searching the cell other than the CSG cell when the reject cause value of the SERVICE REJECT message is received comprises: searching the cell in asecond defined area.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising: initiating an area update procedure when the cell in the second defined area is searched and found; through the area update procedure, receiving a first message from the network, the first messagecomprises an up-to-date whitelist excluding the CSG cell in the whitelist; and removing the CSG cell from the whitelist according to the up-to-date whitelist.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first defined area is a tracking area, a routing area or a location area, the second defined area is a tracking area, a routing area or a location area, the area update procedure is a tracking area updateprocedure, a location area update procedure or a routing area update procedure, and the first message is a TRACKING AREA UPDATE ACCEPT message, a LOCATION UPDATING ACCEPT message, or a ROUTING AREA UPDATE ACCEPT message.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the second defined area is a location area of a GSM/EDEG radio access network or a UMTS radio access network in a same public land mobile network as the first defined area, the area update procedure is alocation area update procedure or a routing area update procedure, and the first message is a LOCATION UPDATE ACCEPT message or a ROUTING AREA UPDATE ACCEPT message.
13. A method of controlling closed subscriber group, CSG, cell selection for a network of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: sending a paging message to a user equipment, UE, of the wireless communication system, the UEcomprising a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells, wherein the UE camps on a CSG cell in the whitelist and does not subscribe to this CSG cell; and sending a SERVICE REJECT message including a reject cause value to the UE whenUE initiates a SERVICE REQUEST procedure in response to the paging message, such that the UE has to search a cell other than the currently camped CSG cell when the reject cause value of the SERVICE REJECT message is received by the UE.
The present invention relates to methods and devices utilized in a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to methods and devices utilized in the wireless communication system for controlling cell selection.
A System Architecture Evolution (SAE) system, set forth by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is a new core network architecture for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), addressing cost-efficient deployment and operationsfor mass-market usage of IP services. The main network evolutions include meeting the targets for a radio-interface of a long term evolution (LTE) system, simplified network architecture, an All-IP Network, only packet switched means for all services,no circuit switching, and support for mobility and service continuity between heterogeneous access networks, such as between 2G/3G, LTE, non-3GPP access systems.
The SAE core network includes an MME (Mobility Management Entity), an S-GW (Serving Gateway) and a P-GW (PDN gateway). The MME is a control plane entity that manages the attachment to the network, the authentication of the user equipment (UE),and interfaces an E-RAN (evolved radio access network) for the creation of relevant radio bearers.
Functions of the SAE include the Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) functions to be performed by the UE in idle mode, the NAS signalling procedures between the UE and an evolved packet core network (EPC) via an E-UTRAN (evolved UMTS radio access network)including eNBs (evolved Node-Bs), and layer 3 signalling procedures between the UE and the EPC via non-3GPP access networks.
Under NAS functions, home cell deployments are defined as a single eNB used in a building or a small group of cells, e.g. in a campus deployment. Access to home cells is restricted to particular subscribers. In home cell deployments, a CSG(closed subscriber group) cell as part of the PLMN (public land mobile network) is only suitable for a UE if an id of the CSG cell is in a whitelist of the UE. Coverage of the CSG cell may be home, building, campus coverage, etc. The whitelist is a listof CSG cell ids where the UE is allowed to camp.
For home cell deployments, two options A and B provide different usage of the whitelist. In addition, an attach procedure and a tracking area updating (TAU) procedure, are both EMM (EPS Mobility Management) specific procedures as part of theNAS signalling procedures, and can be used for updating the whitelist of the UE.
In the option A, a CSG area is defined as a tracking area (TA) that consists of a cell or group of cells to which access is restricted to a defined group of users. A single cell can only belong to one TA or one CSG-TA. To achieve a concept of"registration to multiple tracking areas", the MME can assign several TAs and CSG-TAs to the UE. As part of the attach and/or TAU procedures, the MME may provide the UE with one or more TACs (TA cells) identifying a CSG or non-CSG tracking area. If theTA identifies a CSG, the UE adds this identity to the whitelist. The MME indicates the UE whether or not a CSG, to which the UE is subscribed, belongs to a current registration area assigned to the UE, and if it does, the UE does not trigger thetracking area update when entering the CSG.
In the option B, a CSG area consists of a cell or group of cells to which access is restricted to a defined group of users. A single cell can only belong to one CSG area or one non-CSG area. To achieve a concept of "registration to multipletracking areas", the MME assigns several TAs to the UE. The CSG cell area identity consists of a TAI+a cell identity code. The list of allowed CSG cell area identities (whitelist) shall be stored in the UICC. The MME may provide the whitelist in, forexample, a similar way as today's Equivalent PLMN list or the tracking area list (e.g., acceptance message of the attach/tracking area updating procedures). The UE considers its whitelist as valid until it receives a new list in the next EMM procedureor it is commanded by the network to delete all entries in the whitelist. The UE shall treat all CSG cells where the UE does not belong to the associated CSG as though they are NOT a suitable cell.
An eNB, which belongs to a CSG area, sends the CSG cell area identity, i.e., TAI plus (parts of) cell identity, to the MME whenever authorization needs to be checked in the MME. On receipt of a new cause value the UE removes CSG cell areaidentity (outdated information) from the stored whitelist. This prevents non-allowed UEs from accessing cells indicated as restricted.
The first problem is that, in the option A or B, the whitelist is updated by the attach or tracking area updating procedure. However, the attach and tracking area updating procedures can only be initiated by the UE. The initiating criteria ofthe attach procedure is the UE attempting to enter an EMM-CONNECTED mode from the in an EMM-IDLE mode. The tracking area updating procedure is used for the following purposes of normal tracking area updating, periodic tracking area updating andintersystem change.
As can be seen from the above, the UE only initiates the attach or tracking area updating procedure when certain conditions are met. This means the UE cannot initiates the attach or tracking area updating procedure anytime. Besides, thenetwork only can update the whitelist of a UE when the UE performs the attach or tracking area updating procedure.
The UE cannot access a new subscribed CSG cell immediately because the UE has to wait for completion of whitelist updating that adds this CSG cell to the whitelist through the attach procedure or tracking area updating procedure. Even the UEfinds the new subscribed CSG cell is the best cell for cell reselection, this CSG cell cannot be selected because this cell is not in whitelist.
The second problem is described as bellow. According to the prior art, the cell measurement and reselection rules for macro cell are applied for CSG cell as well. Besides, the user pays less money if the UE accesses the service via thesubscribed CSG cell than via a non-CSG cell. When a UE subscribed CSG cell, the UE camps on the macro cell and also stays in coverage of a CSG cell deployed in coverage of the macro cell, the UE is not able to reselect this CSG cell when none of thecell reselection criteria is met or even the UE does not measure this CSG cell since measurement criteria are not met. In this situation, the UE can only continue receiving service via the macro cells even though the UE has entered the CSG cellcoverage.
In addition to the abovementioned problems, the whitelist of the UE possibly includes a listed CSG cell that is not subscribed by the UE. The related specification does not specify actions of dealing with the whitelist. Furthermore, thespecification specifies no actions for the UE or the network about a situation where the UE camps on the listed CSG cell that is not subscribed. In this situation, the CSG cell can be misused by the non-subscriber UE.
The present invention therefore provides a method and related apparatus of controlling CSG cell selection for a wireless communication system to solve the abovementioned problems.
The present invention discloses a method of controlling CSG cell selection for a wireless communication system including a UE and a network. The UE includes a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells. The method includesupdating the whitelist when the UE subscribes to a CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist or does not subscribe to a CSG cell in the whitelist.
The present invention further discloses a method of controlling CSG cell selection for a UE of a wireless communication system. The UE comprises a whitelist providing a list of accessible CSG cells. The method comprises periodically searchingthe CSG cells in the whitelist according to a searching period when the UE camps on a macro cell and does not meet any of measurement criteria for CSG cell measurement
The present invention further discloses a method of controlling CSG cell selection for a UE of a wireless communication system. The UE comprises a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells. The method comprises performingCSG cell searching when a new CSG cell is added to the whitelist.
The present invention further discloses a method of controlling CSG cell selection for a UE of a wireless communication system. The UE comprises a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells. The method comprises performingcell selection to select a cell to camp on when a CSG cell that the UE currently camps on is removed from the whitelist
The present invention further discloses a method of controlling CSG cell selection for a UE of a wireless communication system comprising a network. The UE includes a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible CSG cells. The methodincludes receiving a paging message from the network when the UE camps on a CSG cell in the whitelist and does not subscribe to the CSG cell, initiating a service request procedure when the paging message is received, through the service requestprocedure receiving a SERVICE REJECT message comprising a reject cause value from the network, and then searching a cell other than the CSG cell when the reject cause value of the SERVICE REJECT message is received.
Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system 10. The wireless communication system 10 includes a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) core network (CN) 102, a macro cell 104, an E-UTRAN (evolved UMTSradio access network) 105 and a user equipments (UE) 106. The macro cell 104 includes CSG (closed subscriber group) cells 108 and 110. For simplicity, only a UE 106 is shown in FIG. 1. For the UE 106 subscribing CSG services, coverage of the macrocell 104 other than coverage of the CSG cells 108 and 110 is seen as non-CSG area. Coverage of the CSG cells 108 and 110 is smaller than coverage of the macro cell 104 and may be home, building, campus coverage, etc. The SAE CN 102 includes a MME(Mobility Management Entity) 110, which is a control plane entity for performing Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) communication with the UE 106 through a radio interface established between the UE 106 and one or more evolved Node-Bs (e-Node Bs), which is a partof the E-UTRAN 105. For NAS usage about CSG cell selection, the UE 106 stores a whitelist capable of providing a list of CSG cells which the UE 106 is allowed to access. That is, the whitelist can include a list of CSG cells or nothing, depended onconfiguration sent by the MME 110.
In addition, an attach procedure and a tracking area updating procedure both initiated by a UE can be used for updating the whitelist. Furthermore, measurement criteria are provided in wireless communication system 10, allowing the UE toreselect a more suitable serving cell when any of the measurement criteria is met.
Please refer to FIG. 2, which illustrates a schematic diagram of a communication device 20 according to embodiments of the present invention. The communication device 20 can be a UE or a MME shown in FIG. 1 and includes a processor 200, acomputer readable recording medium 210, a communication interfacing unit 220 and a control unit 230. The computer readable recording medium 210 is any data storage device that stores storage data 212, including program code and NAS parameters, and thestorage data 212 is thereafter read and processed by the processor 200. Examples of the computer readable recording medium include read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices,and carrier waves (such as data transmission through the Internet). When the communication device 20 is used in the UE, the stored NAS parameters include the whitelist. The control unit 230 controls the communication interfacing unit 220 and relatedoperations and states of the communication device 20 according to processed results of the process 200. The communication interfacing unit 220 is responsible for exchanging signals with a peer communication device which represents a communication deviceperforms functions of a peer communication protocol. The communication device 20 can be the UE 106 or the MME 110, and thereby the corresponding communication interfacing unit 220 is realized by different interfacing device. When the communicationdevice 20 is used as the UE 106, the communication interfacing unit 220 is a radio transceiver for wirelessly communicating with the e-Node Bs. When the communication device 20 is used as the MME 110, the communication interfacing unit 220 can be anEthernet networking device exchanging NAS signals with the UE 106 through the e-Node Bs.
Please refer to FIG. 3, which illustrates a flowchart of a process 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process 30 is applied to the NAS functions between a UE (ex. the UE 106) and a network (ex. the MME 110) forcontrolling CSG cell selection and can be compiled into the program code of the storage data 212 stored in the computer readable recording medium 210. The process 30 includes the following steps:
According to the process 30, the embodiment of the present invention requires the MME to send a detach message with a re-attach request to the UE when the UE subscribes a CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist of the UE. Then, the UEinitiates the attach procedure by sending an ATTACH REQUEST message to the MME. In response to ATTACH REQUEST message, the MME creates the up-to-date whitelist including the original CSG cell list of the UE and the CSG cell that is not included in thewhitelist. The ATTACH ACCEPT message including the up-to-date whitelist is then sent to the UE. Finally, the UE replaces the whitelist with the up-to-date whitelist. Therefore, the UE has immediate access to the CSG cell that is not included in thewhitelist of the UE.
For example, assume that the UE 106 camping on the macro cell 104 subscribes to the CSG cell 108. The CSG cell 110 is mostly suitable for serving the UE 106 but not included in the whitelist of the UE 106. According to the prior art, when theUE 106 subscribes the CSG cell 110, the UE 106 cannot access the CSG cell 110 until access is granted after the UE 106 initiates the attach procedure or the tracking area updating procedure, possibly causing a great delay. According to the process 30 ofthe present invention, the MME 110, as well as a network, actively updates the whitelist of the UE 106 when the UE 106 subscribes the CSG cell 110 with an immediate request for initiation of the attach procedure or the tracking area updating procedure. Thus, the UE receives the access to the CSG cell with less delay.
Please note that, those skills in the art can determine content of the up-to-date whitelist and the way for the UE to include the CSG cell that is not included in the original whitelist. Taking an example for saving radio resources, the MME cancreate the up-to-date whitelist only including the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist. Accordingly, the UE adds this CSG cell in the up-to-date whitelist to the original whitelist. Compared to the process 30, transmission of such anup-to-date whitelist contains less information quantity and therefore saves more radio resources.
Please refer to FIG. 4, which illustrates a flowchart of a process 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process 40 is applied to the NAS functions between a UE (ex. the UE 106) and a network (ex. the MME 110) forcontrolling CSG cell selection and can be compiled into the program code of the storage data 212. The process 40 includes the following steps:
According to the process 40, the embodiment of the present invention requires the MME to directly send a message to the UE to add the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist to the whitelist when the UE subscribes a CSG cell that is notincluded in the whitelist of the UE.
Preferably, the message is defined in the NAS function of a long term evolution (LTE) wireless system when the UE communicates with the E-UTRAN. Depended on different procedures, the message can be a SMS (shot message service), a CM SERVICEREJECT, a SERVICE REJECT, an ATTACH REJECT, a TRACKING AREA UPDATE REJECT, a ROUTING AREA UPDATE REJECT or a LOCATION UPDATING REJECT message. Please note that the UE can also be the control of a GSM EDGE radio access network (GERAN) or an UTRAN. Inthis situation, the message is realized with a SMS message.
Instead of updating the whitelist through the attach or tracking area updating procedure in the process 30, the MME of the process 40 updates the whitelist by directly sending a message. Compared to the process 30, the process 40 brings nointerruptions to the services which the UE still receives when subscribing the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist, and also saves more signaling resources.
Please refer to FIG. 5, which illustrates a flowchart of a process 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process 50 is applied to a UE (ex. the UE 106) for controlling CSG cell selection and can be compiled into theprogram code of the storage data 212. The process 40 includes the following steps:
According to the process 50, the embodiment of the present invention requires the UE to update the whitelist by itself when the UE subscribes the CSG cell that is not included in the whitelist. Instead of relying on the MME for the whitelistupdating in the processes 30 and 40, the UE manually, actively adds the CSG cell to the whitelist and thus can access the CSG cell as soon as possible.
Please refer to FIG. 6, which illustrates a flowchart of a process 60 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process 60 is applied to a UE (ex. the UE 106) for controlling CSG cell selection and can be compiled into theprogram code of the storage data 212. The process 60 includes the following steps:
Step 602: Periodically search the CSG cells in the whitelist according to a searching period when the UE camps on a macro cell and doest not meet any of measurement criteria for CSG cell measurement.
According to the process 60, the UE periodically searches the CSG cells included in the whitelist when the UE camps on a non-CSG cell (ex. the macro cell 104) and doest not meet measurement criteria for CSG cell measurement.
Preferably, the searching period is configured by a network signaling message used for removing all CSG cells listed in the whitelist. The network signaling message can be an ATTACH ACCEPT message of the attach procedure or a TRACKING AREAUPDATE ACCEPT message of the tracking area updating procedure. A parameter of the searching period is stored in a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) or a flash memory of the UE if the SIM does not support storage of the searching period. When the UEcamps on the GERAN or UTRAN and the parameter of the searching period is stored in the SIM, the searching period is configured by an SMS message. In power consumption consideration, the searching period is set to several minutes, preferably about 5minutes. In addition, the UE executes the periodical cell search in background operation and therefore does not impact the service operation, such as terminal call paging.
With the process 60, the UE can select a subscribed CSG cell with less delay. For example, assume that the UE 106 camps on a macro cell 104. According to the prior art, the UE 106 has a chance to reselect the CSG cell 108 as a serving cellonly when any of the measurement criteria capable of triggering cell reselection is met. According to the process 60, although none of measurement criteria is met, the UE 106 begins to periodically search the CSG cells in the whitelist, and thereby canreselect the CSG cell 108 as the serving cell. From the above mentions, the fee of accessing services via a subscribed CSG cell is less than that of accessing services via a non CSG cell. In addition, the subscribed CSG cell can provide bettercommunication quality due to a limited number of UE subscribers. Thus, though the process 60, the UE can enjoy the service with the better communication quality and less service charge.
Please refer to FIG. 7, which illustrates a flowchart of a process 70 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process 70 is applied to a UE (ex. the UE 106) for controlling CSG cell selection and can be compiled into theprogram code of the storage data 212. The process 70 includes the following steps:
According to the process 70, the UE starts a CSG cell search for the CSG cells included in the whitelist when a new CSG cell is added to the whitelist. In this situation, the UE can reselect a CSG cell to use even when none of the measurementcriteria for CSG cell measurement is met. In addition, the UE stops the CSG cell searching when the CSG cell searching is done once and the new CSG cell cannot be found.
The CSG cells in the whitelist may not all be subscribed by the UE. In this situation, several processes are provided below to prevent the UE from misusing the CSG cell which the UE does not subscribe to. Please refer to FIG. 8, whichillustrates a flowchart of a process 80 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process 80 is applied to a network for managing a whitelist of a UE and can be compiled into the program code of the storage data 212. The process 80includes the following steps:
According to the process 80, when the UE does not subscribe to the CSG cell in the whitelist, the network updates the whitelist by removing the CSG cell. As a result, the UE does not search the unsubscribed CSG cell when next time performingcell search according to the updated whitelist.
To remove the CSG cell, preferably, the network first sends a detach message with a re-attach request to the UE when the UE does not subscribe to the CSG cell in the whitelist. In response to the re-attach request, the UE initiates an attachprocedure. Through the attach procedure, the network sends an ATTACH ACCEPT message to the UE, and the ATTACH ACCEPT message includes an up-to-date whitelist excluding the unsubscribed CSG cell. Finally, the UE removes the CSG cell according to theup-to-date whitelist.
Another preferred way to remove the CSG cell is described as below. The network directly sends a message to the UE, and thereby the UE removes the CSG cell. The message is preferably used in a GERAN, an UTRAN, or a NAS function of SAE for theLTE wireless system or). The message can be a SMS (shot message service), a CM SERVICE REJECT, a SERVICE REJECT, an ATTACH REJECT, a TRACKING AREA UPDATE REJECT, a ROUTING AREA UPDATE REJECT or a LOCATION UPDATING REJECT message.
The embodiment of the present invention further provides processes for the UE when the unsubscribed CSG cell is removed from the whitelist. Please refer to FIG. 9, which illustrates a flowchart of a process 90 according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. The process 90 is applied to a UE for controlling CSG cell selection corresponding to a whitelist of the UE and can be compiled into the program code of the storage data 212. The process 90 includes the following steps:
According to the process 90, the UE performs cell selection to select a new cell to camp on when the currently-camped CSG cell is removed from the whitelist. The selected cell is never the currently-camped CSG cell and can be a CSG or normalcell. Through the process 90, the UE actively selects another cell to camp on when the currently camped CSG cell is removed from the whitelist.
Please refer to FIG. 10, which illustrates a flowchart of a process 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process 1000 is utilized for a UE and a network to control CSG cell selection corresponding to a whitelist of theUE and can be compiled into the program code of the storage data 212. The process 1000 includes the following steps:
According to the process 1000, when the UE does not subscribe to the currently camped CSG cell, the network sends the paging message. When receiving the paging message, the UE initiates the service request procedure where the network sends theSERVICE REJECT message including the reject cause value utilized for triggering the UE to search the cell other than the currently camped CSG cell. Thus, through the process 1000, the network can actively require the UE to search another cell to camp onwhen the UE does not subscribe to the currently camped CSG cell.
Preferably, the searched cell is a CSG cell or a normal cell. The reject cause value is 15. The currently camped CSG cell and the searched cell belong to different defined area in the same or different PLMN. The defined area can be a routingarea, a tracking area, or a location area. In this situation, when the cell in another routing, tracking, or location area is searched and found, the UE accordingly initiates a tracking, a routing, or a location update procedure. Through the procedureinitiated by the UE, the network sends a TRACKING AREA UPDATE ACCEPT, a ROUTING AREA UPDATE ACCEPT, or a LOCATION UPDATING ACCEPT message to the UE. Any of the messages include an up-to-date whitelist excluding the CSG cell in the whitelist so that theUE removes the currently camped CSG cell from the whitelist according to the up-to-date whitelist.
In a special case where the searched cell belong to another location area of the GERAN or the UTRAN in the different or same PLMN as the currently camped CSG cell, the UE initiates the location or the routing area update procedure instead of anyof the three types of area update procedures. In this situation, the network sends the ROUTING AREA UPDATE ACCEPT or a LOCATION UPDATE ACCEPT message according to the initiated process to trigger the UE to the currently camped CSG cell from thewhitelist.
The processes 30-50 solve the first problems of the prior art by means of the fast update of the whitelist. The processes 60 and 70 solve the second problems of the prior art by means of periodical cell searching and cell searching in responseto the whitelist update respectively. The processes 80-90, 1000 provides actions for the UE to deal with a situation where the UE camps on an unsubscribed CSG cell, and a related situation where the currently camped CSG cell is removed from thewhitelist.
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