Patent ID: 8995997
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a femtocell system for deployment in a network, comprising: provisioning the femtocell system with a network address of a default base station manager; receiving at least one identifier of a user equipment in a customer plan of a customer associated with the femtocell system; obtaining at least one electronic serial number of the user equipment; comparing the at least one electronic serial number of the user equipment to a list of known electronic serial numbers received and stored by the femtocell system during the provisioning; configuring the femtocell system to screen any user equipment that attempts to register with the femtocell system with the at least one electronic serial number, by only allowing the user equipment with the known electronic serial numbers to access the femtocell network; generating a registration message on behalf of the user equipment assuming the user equipment is allowed to access the femtocell system, the registration message permitting call routing and comprising a user equipment specific identifier and a record identifier indicating at least one host that can process a domain identifier used to identify the user equipment, the registration message further comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) identifying the network associated with the femtocell system and another URI associated with a cellular telephone network associated with the user equipment; and transmitting the registration message from the femtocell system to a location service to identify the user equipment.