Patent ID: 8811334
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a wireless network, the method comprising: establishing, within a radio access network, a first color code for a femto subnet and a second color code for a macro subnet, the femto subnet including a plurality of femto cells, and the macro subnet including at least one bordering macro cell, the macro subnet bordering the femto subnet; identifying which of the plurality of femto cells border the macro subnet; first assigning the established first color code as a primary color code for the identified border femto cells in the femto subnet and the second color code as a secondary color code for the identified border femto cells in the femto subnet; second assigning only the established first color code as a primary color code for non-bordering femto cells in the femto subnet; and third assigning only the established second color code as a primary color code for the bordering macro cell in the macro subnet without assigning any secondary color code to the bordering macro cell in the macro subnet.