Patent ID: 8400985
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a mobile station for discovery and association, of a femto base station (BS) from a plurality of base stations, the method comprising: selecting a first of the base stations for consideration for discovery and association by the mobile station; decoding a cell ID sequence associated with the first base station; and selecting a further one of the base stations for consideration for discovery responsive to determining, based on the cell ID sequence, that the first base station is a macro base station and the mobile station is configured to select a femto base station over a macro base station; and selecting the further one of the base stations for consideration for discovery based on determining, based on the cell ID sequence, that the first base station is a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) femto base station, and the mobile station is not a member of a CSG associated with the femto base station, wherein the determination that the mobile station is not a member of the CSG associated with the femto base station comprises: wherein, responsive to determining that the first base station is a macro base station and the mobile station is configured to select a femto base station over a macro base station, refraining from determining that the first base station is a CSG femto base station.