Apple Inc.
Multefire Architecture Supporting Access Classes and Barring

Abstract:

An apparatus of a MulteFire (MF) user equipment (MF UE) includes processing circuitry to configure the MF UE for access class barring. The processing circuitry is to decode a subscription profile management object (MO) indicating an access class of the MF UE from a set of available access classes. A SIB received from a MF AP is decoded, the SIB including at least a first access class barring parameter indicating whether access to a cell of the MF AP is barred for a subset of the available access classes. An access barring check procedure is performed to determine whether access to the cell is barred, based on the access class and the first access class barring parameter. Upon determining that access is not barred, an Attach Request message is encoded for transmission in an unlicensed band to a NH MME in a NHN, to perform an attach procedure.