Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing closed subscriber group access control
AssigneeCellular Communications Equipment LLC
InventorsLars Dalsgaard, Jarkko Tuomo Koskela, Benoist Pierre Sebire
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing closed subscriber group access control may include a processor. The processor may be configured to maintain a non-access register including an identifier of a communication cell associated with a closed subscriber group to which a communication device associated with the non-access register does not have access rights, and enable subsequent communication with another communication cell based on the other communication cell not being identified in the non-access register. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.
Claims1
A method for a communication device comprising:
- maintaining a non-access register for said communication device including an identifier of a communication cell within a mobile network for long-term evolution and associated with a closed subscriber group to which the communication device does not have access rights;
- and
- enabling subsequent communication with another communication cell based on the other another communication cell not being identified in the non-access register;
- wherein maintaining the non-access register comprises:
- updating of the non-access register by the communication device by monitoring attempts of the communication device to access communication cells,
- storing identifiers of each communication cell to which access is denied based on the communication cell to which access is denied being associated with the closed subscriber group, and
- updating the non-access register based on changes in status with respect to accessibility of the closed subscriber group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.