Patent ID: 8818323

Claim:
A method for supporting an emergency call by a Home NodeB gateway in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the Home NodeB gateway, a register request message containing a User Equipment (UE) IDentity (ID) from a Home NodeB; determining, by the Home NodeB gateway, whether a UE is allowed to access the Home NodeB based on information included in the register request message; and transmitting, by the Home NodeB gateway, if the UE is allowed to access the Home NodeB, a register accept message to the Home NodeB, wherein if the register request message contains at least an indication for an emergency call, the UE is allowed to access the Home NodeB, wherein the indication for the emergency call is contained in the register request message according to information included in a message received from the UE, and wherein the Home NodeB gateway and the Home NodeB are separate devices.