Patent ID: 7369852
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for informing a mobile device of adjacent sites in a RF communication system wherein the RF communication system comprises a first network and a second network comprising the steps of: at a site in the second network of the RF communication system: maintaining information of adjacent sites wherein the adjacent sites are within the first network; and broadcasting a first list of adjacent sites to at least one mobile device within coverage of the site in the second network, wherein the first list of adjacent sites is created from the maintained information; at a site in the first network of the RF communication system: updating an adjacent site information gateway with information of a site in the first network; and at the adjacent site information gateway: determining a second list of adjacent sites in the first network that are near the site in the second network; and sending the second list to the site in the second network.