Patent ID: 9402258
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A femto base station for use in a wireless communication network which is configured to communicate wirelessly with a set of one or more wireless communication devices within a coverage area of the femto base station, wherein the femto base station is adapted to communicate on a plurality of different main carrier frequencies and on one or more auxiliary carrier frequencies, which the femto base station comprises: monitoring means configured to monitor each communication device within the coverage area; and control means operable to carry out a process of activating and/or deactivating one or more main carrier frequencies of the femto base station, selected from the plurality of main carrier frequencies, in accordance with communication requirements of connected devices; wherein the femto base station is operable to initiate a connection with a wireless communication device within the coverage area of the femto base station using one of the auxiliary carrier frequencies of the femto base station when no other appropriate carrier frequency of the femto base station is available for use by the connected devices, and subsequently to serve a communication device, which is not being served by an active main carrier frequency of the base station, using one of the auxiliary carrier frequencies.