Patent ID: 9491675
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile unit comprising: an interface for receiving user input regarding user criteria for preselecting at least one candidate femtocell for handover; a processor including a policy engine for preselecting a list of candidate femtocells preferred by a user of the mobile unit for handover by evaluating the user criteria; a transmitter for transmitting the list of candidate femtocells to a network; and a receiver for receiving a handover femtocells message from the network, wherein the handover femtocells message includes a list of target femtocells chosen by the network for the mobile unit for handover based on the list of candidate femtocells provided by the mobile unit; wherein the policy engine selects one of the femtocells for handover from the list of target femtocells; wherein the policy engine preselects the list of candidate femtocells based on movement of the mobile unit.