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US 2011/0218004 A1Published application
Resource management and admission control for non-members of a closed subscriber group in home radio access networks
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAmer Catovic, Gavin Bernard Horn
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate resource management and admission control with respect to non-members of a closed subscriber group associated with femto access points. A set of parameters can be provisions to a femto access point, wherein the set of parameters specify an access mode, a maximum number of concurrent non-members, and/or a maximum amount of resources assignable to non-members. The femto access point can implement resource scheduling decisions and/or access control decisions in accordance with the set of parameters.
Claims56
A method for scheduling resources for a home base station operating in a hybrid access mode, comprising:
- identifying whether a mobile device, connected to the home base station, is a member or non-member of a closed subscriber group associated with the home base station;
- and
- assigning resources for data transmission to the mobile device in accordance with a parameter when the mobile device is a non-member, wherein the parameter indicates a level of resources to provide to non-members of the closed subscriber group.
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- identify whether a mobile device, connected to the wireless communication apparatus, is a member or non-member of a closed subscriber group;
- and
- assign resources for data transmission to the mobile device in accordance with a parameter when the mobile device is a non-member, wherein the parameter indicates a level of resources to provide to non-members of the closed subscriber group.
1 more element
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for identifying whether a mobile device, connected to the apparatus, is a member or non-member of a closed subscriber group;
- and
- means for assigning resources for data transmission to the mobile device in accordance with a parameter when the mobile device is a non-member, wherein the parameter indicates a level of resources to provide to non-members of the closed subscriber group.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium, comprising:
- code for causing at least one computer to identify whether a mobile device, connected to a home base station, is a member or non-member of a closed subscriber group associated with the home base station;
- and
- code for causing the at least one computer to assign resources for data transmission to the mobile device in accordance with a parameter when the mobile device is a non-member, wherein the parameter indicates a level of resources to provide to non-members of the closed subscriber group.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an identification module that determines whether a mobile device is one of a member or non-member of a closed subscriber group;
- and
- a scheduler that assigns resources to the mobile device;
- and
- a resource control module that restricts an amount of resources assigned to the mobile device, in accordance with a parameter, when the mobile device is a non-member of the closed subscriber group.
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A method for managing access to a home base station, comprising:
- receiving a request, from a mobile device, to establish a connection;
- identifying whether the mobile device is one of a member or a non-member of a closed subscriber group associated with the home base station;
- and
- determining whether to admit or deny the mobile device based at least in part on a parameter, wherein the parameter specifies a maximum number of concurrent non-member users.
1 more element
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive a request, from a mobile device, to establish a connection;
- identify whether the mobile device is one of a member or a non-member of a closed subscriber group associated with the wireless communication apparatus;
- and
- determine whether to admit or deny the mobile device based at least in part on a parameter, wherein the parameter specifies a maximum number of concurrent non-member users.
2 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for receiving a request, from a mobile device, to establish a connection;
- means for identifying whether the mobile device is one of a member or a non-member of a closed subscriber group associated with the apparatus;
- and
- means for determining whether to admit or deny the mobile device based at least in part on a parameter, wherein the parameter specifies a maximum number of concurrent non-member users.
1 more element
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium, comprising:
- code for causing at least one computer to receive a request, from a mobile device, to establish a connection;
- code for causing the at least one computer to identify whether the mobile device is one of a member or a non-member of a closed subscriber group associated with a home base station;
- and
- code for causing the at least one computer to determine whether to admit or deny the mobile device based at least in part on a parameter, wherein the parameter specifies a maximum number of concurrent non-member users.
2 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- an identification module that determines whether a mobile device is one of a member or non-member of a closed subscriber group;
- and
- an access control module that determines whether to establish a connection with the mobile device based upon a parameter, when the mobile device is a non-member of the closed subscriber group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.