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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. 01, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2015
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Michael Fitch, London, GB;

Richard MacKenzie, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/0094 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure includes a method in a cellular communications network, and a User Equipment, basestation and network management entity for implementing the method, the method comprising: a first basestation transmitting a first message including a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) identifier; determining, for a User Equipment (UE) whether the CSG identifier is present on a first allowed CSG list; determining the allowed service level for the UE, the allowed service level indicating one of at least a first and second allowed service level; and connecting the UE to the first basestation if the CSG identifier is present on the first allowed CSG list, wherein the Quality of Service (QoS) for the UE is dependent on the allowed service level.


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