Systems and methods for providing a femtocell hybrid access mode to user equipment

A femtocell, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive a closed access group (CAG) identifier (ID) for the femtocell and an indication of a hybrid mode of operation that causes the femtocell to provide an access network to a member user equipment (UE) and a non-member UE of the CAG;
• broadcast the CAG ID and the indication of the hybrid mode of operation to the member UE and the non-member UE;
• evaluate congestion associated with the access network based on a threshold level of active connections with the femtocell;
• determine that there is no congestion associated with the access network based on evaluating the congestion associated with the access network;
• and
• provide, to the member UE and the non-member UE, access to the access network based on determining that there is no congestion associated with the access network provided by the femtocell.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a femtocell, cause the femtocell to:
• receive a closed access group (CAG) identifier (ID) for the femtocell and an indication of a hybrid mode of operation that causes the femtocell to provide an access network to a member user equipment (UE) and a non-member UE of the CAG,
• wherein the hybrid mode of operation is indicated as an active operational status or an inactive operational status;
• broadcast the CAG ID and the indication of the hybrid mode of operation to the member UE and the non-member UE;
• determine that there is no congestion associated with the access network provided by the femtocell;
• and
• provide, to the member UE and the non-member UE, access to the access network based on determining that there is no congestion associated with the access network provided by the femtocell.