Patent ID: 8559911

Claim:
A method for a Home NodeB (HNB) to obtain an access mode of a user equipment (UE), wherein the HNB supports a CSG function and is in a hybrid access mode, the method comprising: determining, by a Home NodeB Gateway (HNB GW), whether the UE supports a CSG function and whether the UE is making an emergency call, based on capability and register reason of the UE sent through the HNB from the UE during a UE registering process; performing, by the HNB GW, an access control on the UE when the UE does not support the CSG function; determining, by the HNB GW, an access mode of the UE based on a list of International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs) of UEs subscribed with the HNB, when the UE does not support the CSG function and the UE is not making an emergency call; and transmitting the access mode by the HNB GW to the HNB, wherein the list of IMSIs of UEs subscribed with the HNB is stored in the HNB GW and is not stored in the HNB.