Methods and arrangements for paging a communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9549389-B2
Application number	US-99150209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2009
Priority date	May 7, 2008
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

A method for forwarding a page message to a communication device includes receiving a page message and a list of Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) Identities in conjunction therewith. Each of the CSG Identities is indicative of which radio base stations among said plurality of radio base stations the communication device is allowed to access. The method also includes selecting, based on the list of CSG Identities received in conjunction with the received page message, a subset of radio base stations among said plurality of radio base stations and forwarding the page message to each radio base station in the selected subset of radio base stations, whereby the communication device is paged only via radio base stations that the communication device is allowed to access.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method in a gateway node for forwarding a page message to a communication device, wherein the gateway node serves a plurality of radio base stations, wherein a radio communication system comprises the gateway node, the communication device and said plurality of radio base stations, the method comprising:
receiving the page message and a list of Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) Identities, in conjunction therewith, wherein each of the CSG identities is indicative of which radio base stations among said plurality of radio base stations the communication device is allowed to access;
selecting, based on the list of CSG Identities received in conjunction with the received page message, a subset of radio base stations among said plurality of radio base stations; and
forwarding the page message to each radio base station in the selected subset of radio base stations, whereby the communication device is paged only via radio base stations that the communication device is allowed to access.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further configuring the gateway node, before receiving the page message, to select the subset of radio base stations based on the list of CSG Identities that will be received in conjunction with the page message.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the page message comprises the list of CSG Identities.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the page message comprises at least one area identity indicating areas in which the communication device is to be paged in, and wherein selecting the subset of radio base stations comprises selecting the subset of radio base stations based on said at least one area identity, wherein the area identity comprises a Tracking Area Identity (TAI) and wherein the radio communication system comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein gateway node comprises a Home eNode B (HeNb) Gateway or a Home Node B (HNB) Gateway.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the radio base stations is configured to support use of CSG Identities.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining information about CSG Identities and the radio base stations serving the CSGs, identified by the CSG Identities.

8. Art apparatus in a gateway node for forwarding a page message to a communication device, wherein the gateway node serves a plurality of radio base stations, wherein a radio communication system comprises the gateway node, the communication device and said plurality of radio base stations, the apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive the page message and a list of Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) identities, in conjunction therewith, wherein each of the CSG Identities is indicative of which radio base station among said plurality of radio base stations the communication device is allowed to access;
a processing unit configured to select, based on the list of CSG Identities receivable in conjunction with the received page message, a subset of radio base stations among said plurality of radio base stations; and
a sending unit configured to forward the page message to each radio base station in the selected subset of radio base stations, whereby the communication device is paged only via radio base stations that the communication device is allowed to access.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive the page message by receiving a page message that comprises the list of CSG Identities.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive the page message by receiving a page message that comprises at least one area identity indicating areas in which the communication device is to be paged in, and wherein selecting the subset of radio base stations comprises selecting the subset of radio base stations based on said at least one area identity, wherein the area identity comprises a Tracking Area Identity (TAI) and wherein the radio communication system comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the apparatus comprises a Home eNode B (HeNb) Gateway or a Home Node B (HNB) Gateway.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the receiving unit is further configured to obtain information about CSG Identities and the radio base stations serving the CSGs identified by the CSG Identities.

Assignees

• Nylander Tomas
• Buchmayer Mats
• Vikberg Jari
• ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M (publ)

Inventors

• Nylander Tomas
• Buchmayer Mats
• Vikberg Jari

Classifications

• H04W84/045

  using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B · CPC title

• H04W88/12

  Access point controller devices · CPC title

• H04W68/00 Primary

  User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like · CPC title