Managing access control to closed subscriber groups

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• select to access a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell associated with a CSG with a corresponding CSG Identifier (ID) included in an operator CSG list of a user equipment (UE), the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator;
• receive a reject message that indicates the UE lacks authorization for the CSG;
• and
• retain the CSG ID as a forbidden CSG ID of the UE in a set of forbidden CSG IDs in response to receipt of the reject message when the CSG ID is included in the operator CSG list.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to select to access a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell associated with a CSG with a corresponding CSG Identifier (ID) included in an operator CSG list of a user equipment (UE), the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator;
• and
• code for causing at least one computer to store the CSG ID as a forbidden CSG ID in response to receipt of a reject message that indicates that the UE lacks authorization for the CSG when the CSG ID is included in the operator CSG list.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a message indicating that a user equipment (UE) is not authorized for a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG);
• recognizing whether a CSG Identifier (ID) corresponding to the CSG is present in an operator CSG list, the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator;
• and
• inhibiting inclusion of the CSG ID in a list of allowed CSG IDs provided to an Access Stratum (AS) for cell selection when the CSG ID is present in the operator CSG list.

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• receive a message indicating that a user equipment (UE) is not authorized for a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG);
• recognize whether a CSG Identifier (ID) corresponding to the CSG is present in an operator CSG list, the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator;
• and
• inhibit inclusion of the CSG ID in a list of allowed CSG IDs provided to an Access Stratum (AS) for cell selection when the CSG ID is present in the operator CSG list.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to receive a message indicating that a user equipment (UE) is not authorized for a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG);
• and
• code for causing at least one computer to inhibit inclusion of a CSG Identifier (ID) corresponding to the CSG in a list of allowed CSG IDs provided to an Access Stratum (AS) for cell selection when the CSG ID is present in an operator CSG list, the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a message indicating that a user equipment (UE) is not authorized for a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG);
• recognizing whether a CSG Identifier (ID) corresponding to the CSG is present in an operator CSG list, the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator;
• and
• inhibiting the UE from indicating that the CSG ID is in the operator CSG list stored in the UE for manual CSG selection mode.

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• receive a message indicating that a user equipment (UE) is not authorized for a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG);
• recognize whether a CSG Identifier (ID) corresponding to the CSG is present in an operator CSG list, the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator;
• and
• inhibit the UE from indicating that the CSG ID is in the operator CSG list stored in the UE for manual CSG selection mode.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to receive a message indicating that a user equipment (UE) is not authorized for a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG);
• and
• code for causing at least one computer to inhibit the UE from indicating that a CSG Identifier (ID) corresponding to the CSG is in an operator CSG list stored in the UE for manual CSG selection mode, the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a display component that renders a list of Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) Identifiers (IDs) included in an operator CSG list stored in a user equipment (UE) for manual CSG selection, the operator CSG list being read only and controlled by an operator;
• a forbidden CSG management component that receives a message indicating that the UE is not authorized for a CSG;
• and
• a filter component that inhibits the display component from indicating that a CSG ID corresponding to the CSG is in the operator CSG list stored in the UE for manual CSG selection.