Patent ID: 9048981
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A sniffing femtocell comprising: means for synchronizing the sniffing femtocell on a preamble transmitted by a neighboring femtocell over a wireless communication network; means for determining radio and physical layer parameters of said neighboring femtocell based on said preamble and a measurement of signals received over a frequency allocated to said neighboring femtocell during a frame of said sniffing femtocell, wherein: means for determining a direction of arrival of said received signals; means for generating an RF spatial map based on said direction of arrival of said received signals, said RF spatial map comprising a location of said neighboring femtocell and said parameters of said neighboring femtocell; and means for selecting radio and physical layer parameters for said sniffing femtocell based on said RF spatial map, said radio and physical layer parameters selected for said sniffing femtocell comprising at least a sector ID, a beam direction, or a combination thereof, in said wireless communication network for said sniffing femtocell.