Patent ID: 9294978
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method that facilitates a beacon-assisted handover from a femto cell, comprising: receiving an initialization message, wherein the initialization message includes a unique identifier associated with the femto cell; operating, by a processor of the femto cell, the femto cell at a first frequency, wherein the femto cell is operated as a function of the unique identifier; ascertaining a timing offset from the unique identifier, wherein the unique identifier associated with the femto cell is a cross product of a scrambling code associated with the femto cell, a scrambling code associated with at least one beacon signal of the femto cell, and the timing offset selected from a set of positive integers; and broadcasting, according to the unique identifier, the at least one beacon signal at a second frequency different than the first frequency, wherein at least one of operating the femto cell or broadcasting the at least one beacon signal is based on the timing offset.