Patent ID: 8738012
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for supporting wireless connectivity of a mobile station to a cellular network, the method comprising: receiving an experienced interference indication from the mobile station, at a femtocell base station, that the mobile station experiences interference, the said mobile station being located within a coverage area of the femtocell base station and being a non-Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) mobile station of the femtocell base station; triggering, by the femtocell base station, the non-CSG mobile station to report interference related information upon receiving the experienced interference indication from the non-CSG mobile station; performing a first check as to whether it the femtocell base station is an originator of the interference experienced by the non-CSG mobile station, based on the interference related information; and aborting, by the femtocell base station, a network entry procedure of the non-CSG mobile station when the first check does not indicate the femtocell base station as the originator of the interference experienced by the non-CSG mobile station.