Patent ID: 8340669

Claim:
A method for performing cell selection to a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system, comprising: determining, by the UE, a candidate cell by measuring neighbor cells; receiving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) information, an indicator indicating information related to the CSG cell, and a CSG IDentification (ID) from the candidate cell; determining whether the candidate cell belongs to a registered or selected PLMN, based on the PLMN information; determining whether the indicator indicates that the UE is accessible to the CSG cell; determining whether the CSG ID of the candidate cell is included in a CSG list; and selecting the candidate cell, if the candidate cell belongs to the registered or selected PLMN, the indicator indicates that the UE is accessible to the CSG cell, and the CSG ID of the candidate cell is included in the CSG list.