Patent ID: 8243682
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04J,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to perform a relocation of a user equipment (UE) from a source macro base station (MBS) to a target femto base station (FBS), comprising: detecting the target FBS based on a white list of the UE; reporting the target FBS to the source MBS; receiving a command from the source MBS; relocating so that the UE is handed over from the source MBS to the target FBS when the command from the source MBS is to relocate the UE; and updating the white list of the UE to modify information regarding the target FBS to indicate that the UE is not allowed to access the target FBS when the command from the source MBS is to update the white list, wherein the white list includes information on one or more femto base stations available to provide connectivity to the UE including a short identity and a long identity for each of the one or more femto base stations, wherein the long identity uniquely identifies each femto base station and the short identity non-uniquely identifies each femto base station, and wherein in the act of detecting the target FBS, the target FBS is detected based on the short and the long identities of the target FBS.