Patent ID: 9374742
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling which base stations are specified in a scan-list that is transmitted by a first base station of a plurality of base stations, the method comprising: identifying, by a computing system, one or more other base stations of the plurality based at least in part on a determination that each base station of the identified one or more other base stations (i) is geographically located within a predefined threshold distance of the first base station and (ii) is a node on a local area network (LAN) on which the first base station is a node, the LAN being a network of locally interconnected nodes each having a respective Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the LAN; based on the identifying, establishing a scan-list that specifies the identified one or more other base stations; and responsive to the establishing, the computing system causing the first base station to wirelessly transmit, to at least one user equipment device (UE) served by the first base station, the scan-list specifying the identified one or more other base stations to enable the at least one UE to search for coverage of at least one base station of the specified one or more base stations.