Efficient reselections in the presence of closed subscriber group cells

1. A mobile station for avoiding interference to restricted access cells, the mobile station comprising:

a wireless transceiver,

the mobile station configured to detect presence of a restricted access cell and to determine that the mobile station is not allowed to access the restricted access cell; and

the mobile station configured to determine that a measured path-loss of a serving cell signal is larger than a path-loss threshold and

to bar a carrier frequency on which the restricted access cell is deployed when the measured path-loss is larger than the path-loss threshold and when the mobile station is not allowed access to the restricted access cell;

wherein the mobile station is further configured to:

receive from the restricted access cell an indication that intra-frequency reselection is not allowed, and

bar the carrier frequency on which the restricted access cell is deployed when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

the measured path-loss is larger than the path-loss threshold,

the mobile station is not allowed access to the restricted access cell, and

an indication that intra-frequency reselection is not allowed is received.

2. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile station is configured to receive the path-loss threshold from a serving cell.

3. The mobile station according to claim 1 wherein the mobile station is further configured to:

determine that the measured path-loss of the serving cell signal is not larger than the path-loss threshold, and

continue to operate on a carrier frequency on which the restricted access cell is deployed when the measured path-loss is not larger than the path-loss threshold.

4. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile station is further configured to determine the measured path-loss based on a signal from a serving cell, wherein the serving cell and the restricted access cell share the carrier frequency.

5. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile station is further configured to:

receive from the restricted access cell an indication that intra-frequency reselection is allowed, and

operate on the carrier frequency on which the restricted access cell is deployed when any one of the following conditions is satisfied:

the measured path-loss is not larger than the path-loss threshold,

the mobile station is allowed access to the restricted access cell,

an indication that intra-frequency reselection is allowed is received.

6. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile station is further configured to determine the measured path-loss, wherein the measured path-loss is a transmit power of the serving cell signal minus a received power of the serving cell signal.

7. A method in a wireless communication device comprising:

receiving, at the wireless communication device, at least a path-loss threshold;

measuring path-loss from a serving base station;

determining whether the wireless communication device is allowed to access a restricted access cell detected by the wireless communication device;

reselecting to a different frequency or radio access technology in response to determining that the wireless communication device is not allowed to access the restricted access cell and that the measured path-loss from the serving base station is equal to or greater than the path-loss threshold;

receiving from the restricted access cell an indication of whether intra-frequency reselection is allowed; and

determining that the wireless communication device is required to reselect to a different frequency or radio access technology in response to determining that the wireless communication device is not allowed to access the restricted access cell, that the measured path-loss from the serving base station is equal to or greater than the path-loss threshold, and receiving an indication from the restricted access cell that intra-frequency reselection is not allowed.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising determining that the wireless communication device is not required to reselect to a different frequency or radio access technology in response to determining that the wireless communication device is not allowed to access the restricted access cell and that the measured path-loss from the serving base station is less than the path-loss threshold.

9. The method according to claim 7 determining that the wireless communication device is not required to reselect to a different frequency or radio access technology in response to determining that the wireless communication device is not allowed to access the restricted access cell and that the measured path-loss from the serving base station is equal to or greater than the path-loss threshold, and receiving an indication from the restricted access cell that intra-frequency reselection is allowed.