WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

Title:

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/030105

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention provide methods, devices and computer programs arranged to control access to resources of a communication network by a User Equipment (UE). One embodiment comprises an apparatus for a user equipment for use in controlling access to resources of a communication network, the apparatus comprising a processing system arranged to cause the apparatus to: monitor for a change in a state of association between a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell and the user equipment, said CSG cell having a Public Land Mobile Network Identity (PLMN ID) and a CSG Identity (CSG ID) associated therewith; and in response to a said change, communicate data indicative of the change, of said CSG ID and of said PLMN ID,for receipt by a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) associatedwith the user equipment, whereby to enable the UICC to control access to resources of said CSG cell.

Inventors:

NIEMI MARKO (FI)

Application Number:

PCT/IB2013/056667

Publication Date:

April 17, 2014

Filing Date:

August 15, 2013

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Assignee:

BROADCOM CORP (US)
NIEMI MARKO (FI)

International Classes:

H04L29/06; H04M1/725; H04W4/00; H04W48/08; H04W92/08

Domestic Patent References:

WO2010059122A2

2010-05-27

Foreign References:

EP2117261A1

2009-11-11

Other References:

"3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network and Terminals; Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) Application Toolkit (USAT) (Release 11)", 3GPP STANDARD; 3GPP TS 31.111, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, vol. CT WG6, no. V11.2.0, 29 June 2012 (2012-06-29), pages 1 - 123, XP050581122
RENESAS MOBILE EUROPE LTD: "PLMN ID to CSG Cell Selection ENVELOPE COMMAND", vol. CT WG6, no. Wroclaw, Poland; 20130506 - 20130509, 8 August 2013 (2013-08-08), XP050715546, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20130808]

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

McCann, Heather (15 Fulwood Place, London Greater London WC1V 6HU, GB)

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