Patent ID: 7991397
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for execution by a mobile device, the method comprising: generating and maintaining a femtocell blacklist comprising an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile device; for each femtocell identified in the femtocell blacklist, determining how long to keep the identification of the femtocell in the femtocell blacklist based on how frequently the mobile device is within vicinity of the femtocell, and removing the identification of the femtocell from the femtocell blacklist according to how long the mobile device determines to keep the identification of the femtocell in the femtocell blacklist; detecting occurrence of an event triggering the femtocell blacklist to be overridden, wherein the event triggering the femtocell blacklist to be overridden comprises receiving a message from a macro network prompting the femtocell blacklist to be overridden; and upon occurrence of the event, temporarily overriding the femtocell blacklist.