Patent ID: 8615215

Claim:
A mobile radio access network, comprising: a plurality of radio cells, the plurality of radio cells comprising at least a first cell type of radio cells and a second cell type of radio cells, the first cell type of radio cells being at least one of a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell and a hybrid cell, and the second cell type of radio cells being open cells; and a charging unit, configured to receive cell information corresponding to at least one subscriber out of a plurality of subscribers, wherein the cell information is dependent on whether the subscriber has entered, left, or accessed a radio cell of the first cell type; wherein a transmission of the cell information to the charging unit occurs or not at the at least one subscriber entering, leaving, or accessing the radio cell of the first type; wherein the transmission of the cell information depends on the at least one subscriber entering, leaving, or accessing the CSG cell, a CSG part of the hybrid cell, or an open part of the hybrid cell; wherein a first information indicates whether the cell information is to be transmitted or not to the charging unit in the case that the at least one subscriber enters, leaves, or accesses the CSG cell; wherein a second information indicates whether the cell information is to be transmitted or not to the charging unit in the case that the at least one subscriber enters, leaves, or accesses the CSG part of the hybrid cell; and wherein a third information indicates whether the cell information is to be transmitted or not to the charging unit in the case that the at least one subscriber enters, leaves, or accesses the open part of the hybrid cell.