Patent ID: 8594629

Claim:
A method for processing failure of a handover to a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell, comprising: sending, by a source NodeB or a source Radio Network Controller (RNC) or a source Home NodeB (HNB), a handover required signaling or a relocation required signaling for a User Equipment (UE) handing over to a target CSG cell; receiving, by the source NodeB or the source RNC or the source HNB, a handover preparation failure signaling or a relocation preparation failure signaling with non-member reason when access control of the UE to be handed over fails; performing, by the source NodeB or the source RNC or the source HNB, handover failure processing operation after receiving the handover preparation failure signaling or the relocation preparation failure signaling; wherein the performing handover failure processing operation comprises: preventing, by the source NodeB or the source RNC or the source HNB, the UE to be handed over from sending a handover required signaling or a relocation required signaling to a target HNB cell with identical CSG Identity (ID).