Method and Apparatus for Home Node B Registration using HNBAP

In a communication system comprising (i) a first network comprising a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network and (ii) a second network comprising a plurality of user hosted access points for establishing service regions of the second network using short range licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling user equipment operating in the service regions to the core network, a method of registering a particular access point at the network controller, the method comprising:

• at the network controller, receiving a registration request message to register the particular access point with the second network, said registration request message comprising (i) location information identifying a location of the particular access point and (ii) an identity of the particular access point;
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• sending a registration accept message from the network controller to the particular access point when said particular access point is permitted access to services of the second network.

In a communication system comprising (i) a first network comprising a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network and (ii) a second network comprising a plurality of user hosted access points for establishing service regions of the second network using short range licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling user equipment operating in the service regions to the core network, a computer readable storage medium of a particular access point storing a computer program for registering the particular user equipment, said computer program comprising:

• a set of instructions for sending a registration request message to the network controller to register the particular access point with the second network, said registration request message comprising (i) location information identifying a location of the particular access point and (ii) an identity of the particular access point;
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• a set of instructions for receiving a registration accept message from the network controller when said particular access point is permitted access to services of the second network.

In a communication system comprising (i) a first network comprising a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network and (ii) a second network comprising a plurality of user hosted access points for establishing service regions of the second network using short range licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling user equipment operating in the service regions to the core network, a computer readable storage medium of the network controller storing a computer program for registering a particular user equipment, said computer program comprising:

• a set of instructions for receiving a registration request message to register the particular access point with the second network, said registration request message comprising (i) location information identifying a location of the particular access point and (ii) an identity of the particular access point;
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• a set of instructions for sending a registration accept message from the network controller to the particular access point when said particular access point is permitted access to services of the second network.