Providing services according to subscription status of user equipment
AssigneeKt Corporation
InventorKwang-Jun HA
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Abstract
Provided are a femtocell base station and a method for providing different levels of service according to a user's subscription. The femtocell base station may include a determination unit and an IP request unit. The determination unit may be configured to determine whether user equipment coupled to the femtocell base station is a closed subscriber group (CSG) member or a non-CSG member based on subscription information of the user equipment. The IP request unit may be configured to allocate a private IP address to user equipment determined as the CSG-member and to allocate a public IP address to user equipment determined as the non-CSG member.
Claims20
A method for providing different levels of service by a femtocell base station according to a subscription status of user equipment, the method comprising:
- determining whether the user equipment coupled to the femtocell base station is a closed subscriber group (CSG) member or a non-CSG member based on subscription information of the user equipment;
- and
- allocating a first IP address to user equipment determined as the CSG-member and allocating a second IP address to user equipment determined as the non-CSG member.
A femtocell base station for providing different levels of service according to a subscription status of user equipment, the femtocell base station comprising:
- a determination unit configured to determine whether user equipment coupled to the femtocell base station is a closed subscriber group (CSG) member or a non-CSG member based on subscription information of the user equipment;
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- an IP request unit configured to allocate a private IP address to user equipment determined as the CSG-member and to allocate a public IP address to user equipment determined as the non-CSG member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.