Patent ID: 8923259

Claim:
A method performed by a gateway device via which a target home base station is connected in a communication network, the method comprising: receiving a relocation request message indicating that a relocation of a mobile communication device to the target home base station has been triggered, said relocation request message including, in an encoded form, at least one of: (a) information identifying a capability of the mobile communication device to support membership of a closed subscriber group (CSG); and (b) information identifying a cause of registration of the mobile communication device in the communication network; communicating said relocation request message to the target home base station; receiving, from said target home base station, a reply message including, in a form extractable by the gateway device, said at least one of: (a) information identifying the capability of the mobile communication device to support membership of the closed subscriber group (CSG); and (b) information identifying the cause of registration of the mobile communication device in the communication network; extracting, from said reply message, said at least one of: (a) information identifying the capability of the mobile communication device to support membership of the closed subscriber group (CSG); and (b) information identifying the cause of registration of the mobile communication device in the communication network, and extracting, from said relocation request message, said information identifying the cause of registration of the mobile communication device in the communication network, wherein said relocation request message includes: said information identifying the capability of the mobile communication device to support membership of the closed subscriber group (CSG) in an encoded form; and said information identifying the cause of registration of the mobile communication device in the communication network in a form extractable by the target gateway device.