Patent ID: 8504039

Claim:
A mobile station for avoiding interference to restricted access cells, the mobile station comprising: a wireless transceiver, the mobile station configured to detect presence of a restricted access cell and to determine that the mobile station is not allowed to access the restricted access cell; and the mobile station configured to determine that a measured path-loss of a serving cell signal is larger than a path-loss threshold and to bar a carrier frequency on which the restricted access cell is deployed when the measured path-loss is larger than the path-loss threshold and when the mobile station is not allowed access to the restricted access cell; wherein the mobile station is further configured to: receive from the restricted access cell an indication that intra-frequency reselection is not allowed, and bar the carrier frequency on which the restricted access cell is deployed when all of the following conditions are satisfied: the measured path-loss is larger than the path-loss threshold, the mobile station is not allowed access to the restricted access cell, and an indication that intra-frequency reselection is not allowed is received.