Patent ID: 9237435
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory storage device configured for storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processing circuit of a wireless network device, causes the at least one processing circuit to configure processing layer circuit of the wireless network device to perform network discovery and association in a femto base station environment, by configuring the at least one processing circuit to: identify a base station from a plurality of base stations for consideration of discovery and association by the wireless network device; determine whether the identified base station is a macro base station; review one or more other base stations of the plurality of base stations for consideration of discovery and association responsive to a determination that the identified base station is a macro base station and the wireless network device is configured to select a femto base station over a macro base station; determine whether the identified base station is a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) femto base station, in response to a determination that the identified base station is not a macro base station and the wireless network device is configured to select a femto base station over a macro base station; and review the one or more other base stations of the plurality of base stations for consideration of discovery and association in response to a determination that the identified base station is a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) femto base station and that the wireless network device is not a member of a CSG associated with the femto base station; wherein the instructions that configure the processing layer circuit to determine whether the identified base station is a CSG femto base station and the wireless network device is not a member of a CSG associated with the femto base station further configure the processing layer circuit to: decode an operator identifier associated with the CSG femto base station; associate an operator with the CSG femto base station based on the operator identifier; and determine that the wireless network device is not a subscriber to the operator associated with the CSG femto base station.