Patent ID: 8503392

Claim:
A method for controlling access of a terminal to a first cell by a network entity, the terminal accessed to the first cell by using a specific closed subscriber group (CSG) membership, the method comprising: determining, by the network entity, whether the first cell is operated in a CSG mode or in a hybrid access mode; recognizing, by the network entity, that the CSG membership of the terminal to the first cell has expired; if the first cell is operated in the hybrid access mode and the CSG membership of the terminal has expired, transmitting a message to other network entity, the message including an indication indicating that the CSG membership is changed; and if the first cell is operated in the hybrid access mode and the CSG membership of the terminal has expired, transmitting a modify request message to the first cell to indicate whether the terminal is a CSG member or not, wherein the indication of the modify request message is used for the first cell to differentiate a process for the terminal having CSG membership and the terminal having non-CSG membership, wherein, if the first cell is operated in the CSG mode and the CSG membership of the terminal has expired, a handover of the terminal from the first cell to a second cell is initiated.