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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Gino Masini, Stockholm, SE;

Angelo Centonza, Stockholm, SE;

Mojgan Fadaki, Solna, SE;

Alexander Vesely, Feldbach, AT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 16/32 (2009.01); H04W 92/20 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/186 (2013.01); H04W 16/32 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 36/0069 (2018.08); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method according to some embodiments includes receiving identification of a cell in a Secondary eNodeB (SeNB cell) that is proposed to be added to a Secondary Cell Group of a user equipment node, a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) ID associated with the SeNB cell and a CSG Membership status of the user equipment node relative to the CSG ID; determining if the SeNB cell is operating in a closed or hybrid access mode; adding the SeNB cell to the Secondary Cell Group of the user equipment node in response to determining that the SeNB is operating in the hybrid access mode; and thereafter, verifying the CSG Membership status of the user equipment node relative to the CSG ID.


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