Patent ID: 8401479
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for minimizing interference for mobile devices operating in a communication network that includes a macrocell base station and at least one femtocell, each femtocell including a base station, the method comprising: receiving, by the at least one femtocell base station, initialization data on a backhaul connection that connects the at least one femtocell base station and the macrocell base station; configuring, by the at least one femtocell base station, the femtocell base station transmitting power of the at least one femtocell base station based on the initialization data; receiving a user equipment identifier from a macrocell user equipment in the communication network; validating the user equipment identifier to determine whether the macrocell user equipment is authorized or unauthorized; when the macrocell user equipment is authorized to access the femtocell base station, when the macrocell user equipment is unauthorized to access the femtocell base station,