# US 2014/0155070 A1 · HYBRID ACCESS MODE DYNAMIC TRAFFIC OFFLOADING IN AN H(e)NB CELL ASSOCIATED WITH A CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0155070 A1 - Document ID: US20140155070A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/690,326 - Filed: 2012-11-30 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Sony Mobile Communications Inc. - Applicants: Sony Mobile Communications AB - Inventors: Rickard Ljung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155070A1 ## CPC - H04W 36/22: for handling the traffic - H04W 48/08: Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) - H04W 48/12: using downlink control channel - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method of hybrid access mode dynamic traffic offloading in a H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) includes determining that traffic load in the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode exceeds a threshold, and, based on this determination, transmitting a signal indicating to at least one non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of hybrid access mode dynamic traffic offloading in an H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG), the method comprising: determining that traffic load in the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode exceeds a threshold; and based on the determining, transmitting a signal indicating to at least one non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: in response to the transmitting the signal indicating to the at least one non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal, receiving a signal indicating that the at least one non-CSG terminal requests connection to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the signal indicating to the at least one non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection includes: transmitting a system information block (SIB) that includes at least one of identification information of the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell and authorization information for the at least one non-CSG terminal to achieve access to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is one of: a second H(e)NB cell operating in open mode, a second H(e)NB cell operating in a different radio access technology (RAT) from the RAT in which the H(e)NB cell operates, a cell operating in an unlicensed frequency band, and an IEEE 802.11 cell. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: determining that CSG terminals are connected to the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode, wherein the determining that the traffic load in the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode exceeds the threshold includes: determining that handling by the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode of traffic load associated with the at least one non-CSG terminal would negatively affect QoS to the CSG terminals. ### Claim 6 A method of hybrid access mode dynamic traffic offloading in an H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG), the method comprising: transmitting a signal indicating that a non-CSG terminal requests connection to the H(e)NB cell; and in response to the signal indicating that the non-CSG terminal requests connection to the H(e)NB cell, receiving a signal indicating to the non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the non-CSG terminal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, comprising: in response to the signal indicating to the non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the non-CSG terminal, transmitting a signal indicating that the non-CSG terminal requests connection to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the receiving the signal indicating to the non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection includes: receiving a system information block (SIB) that includes at least one of identification information of the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell and authorization information for the non-CSG terminal to achieve access to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is one of: a second H(e)NB cell operating in open mode, a second H(e)NB cell operating in a different radio access technology (RAT) from the RAT in which the H(e)NB cell operates, a cell operating in an unlicensed frequency band, and an IEEE 802.11 cell. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, comprising: in response to the signal indicating to the non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the non-CSG terminal, establishing connection with the H(e)NB cell for voice communication and with the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell for data communication. ### Claim 11 A network entity in an H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) and operating in hybrid access mode, the network entity comprising: a dynamic traffic offloading logic configured to determine that traffic load in the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode exceeds a threshold and further configured to, based on the determination, encode a signal indicating to at least one non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal indicating to the at least one non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The network entity of claim 11, comprising: a receiver configured to, in response to the transmitting the signal indicating to the at least one non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal, receive a signal indicating that the at least one non-CSG terminal requests connection to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The network entity of claim 11, wherein the signal indicating to the at least one non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the at least one non-CSG terminal includes a system information block (SIB) that includes at least one of identification information of the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell and authorization information for the at least one non-CSG terminal to achieve access to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The network entity of claim 11, wherein the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is one of: a second H(e)NB cell operating in open mode, a second H(e)NB cell operating in a different radio access technology (RAT) from the RAT in which the H(e)NB cell operates, a cell operating in an unlicensed frequency band, and an IEEE 802.11 cell. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The network entity of claim 11, wherein the dynamic traffic offloading logic is configured to determine that handling by the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode of traffic load associated with the at least one non-CSG terminal would negatively affect QoS to CSG terminals connected to the H(e)NB cell operating in hybrid access mode. ### Claim 16 A wireless terminal in an H(e)NB cell associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) and operating in hybrid access mode, wherein the wireless terminal is a wireless non-CSG terminal, the wireless terminal comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a signal indicating that the wireless non-CSG terminal requests connection to the H(e)NB cell; a receiver configured to receive in response to the signal indicating that the wireless non-CSG terminal requests connection to the H(e)NB cell a signal indicating to the wireless non-CSG terminal that a second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, other than a (e)NB cell, is available for connection to the wireless non-CSG terminal; and a hybrid access mode logic configured to determine, based on the signal indicating to the wireless non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the wireless non-CSG terminal, whether the wireless non-CSG terminal is to request connection to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The wireless terminal of claim 16, wherein the hybrid access mode logic is configured to encode a signal indicating that the wireless non-CSG terminal requests connection to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell, and the transmitter is configured to transmit the signal indicating that the wireless non-CSG terminal requests connection to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The wireless terminal of claim 16, wherein the signal indicating to the wireless non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the wireless non-CSG terminal includes a system information block (SIB) that includes at least one of identification information of the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell and authorization information for the wireless non-CSG terminal to achieve connection to the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The wireless terminal of claim 16, wherein the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is one of: a second H(e)NB cell operating in open mode, a second H(e)NB cell operating in a different radio access technology (RAT) from the RAT in which the H(e)NB cell operates, a cell operating in an unlicensed frequency band, and an IEEE 802.11 cell. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The wireless terminal of claim 16, wherein the hybrid access mode logic is configured to determine, based on the signal indicating to the wireless non-CSG terminal that the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell is available for connection to the wireless non-CSG terminal, that the wireless non-CSG terminal is to request connection with the H(e)NB cell for voice communication and with the second cell associated with the H(e)NB cell for data communication.