Patent ID: 8718652
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for implementation in user equipment that is configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that comprises at least one macro-cell and a plurality of femtocells that are grouped in a femtocell cluster, the method comprising: providing a call connection request from said user equipment to one of the plurality of femtocells in the femtocell cluster; receiving, at said user equipment from said one of the plurality of femtocells in response to providing the call connection request, identifiers of each femtocell in the femtocell cluster and locations of each femtocell in the femtocell cluster; storing the identifiers of the femtocells in the femtocell cluster and the locations of the femtocells in the femtocell cluster in said user equipment; and transmitting, from said user equipment, the identifiers of the femtocells in the femtocell cluster and the locations of the femtocells in the femtocell cluster.