US 11,882,575 B2
Network sharing
Francesca Serravalle, London (GB); Neeraj Gupta, London (GB); Robert Paterson, London (GB); and Satoshi Noma, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/065,579.
Application 17/065,579 is a continuation of application No. 16/299,624, filed on Mar. 12, 2019.
Application 16/299,624 is a continuation of application No. 15/951,080, filed on Apr. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,278,186, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Application 15/951,080 is a continuation of application No. 14/119,061, granted, now 9,974,083, issued on May 15, 2018, previously published as PCT/JP2012/061930, filed on May 1, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 1108525 (GB), filed on May 20, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0029702 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/52 (2023.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/52 (2023.01) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/0861 (2023.05); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a radio access network (RAN) node supporting a RAN sharing by at least one operator, each of the at least one operator being associated with a respective Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identity, the UE comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to process the instructions to control the UE to:
receive a system information block (SIB) that includes first information related to at least one access class barring (ac-barring) per each of a plurality of PLMNs,
wherein the first information per each of the plurality of PLMNs includes:
second information related to the PLMN identity, third information related to an access category, and
at least one ac barring parameter specific to the third information related to the access category.