Patent ID: 8320331
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for estimating a position of a Femto Radio Base Station (Femto RBS) serving a Femto cell in a wireless communications network comprising at least one neighbouring Femto RBS and at least one neighbouring Macro Radio Base Station (Macro RBS) serving a Macro cell, wherein the Femto RBS is equipped with a User Equipment (UE) module used for connecting wireless networks to a core network, said method comprising the steps of: using the UE module to scan a surrounding environment of the Femto RBS to identify neighbour Radio Base stations; creating, at the Femto RBS, a neighbour list including information relating to identified neighbour Macro Radio Base stations from among all the neighbor Radio Base Stations by; establishing a connection between the Femto RBS and a Network Control Node; and, forwarding the neighbour list from the Femto RBS to the Network Control Node, wherein the Network Control Node uses the information in the neighbour list to estimate a position of the Femto RBS.