Patent ID: 8626180
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in which a first femto base station sets up a channel with another femto base station, the method comprising: transmitting, from the first femto base station to a femto control station, information on a first smart meter to which the first femto base station is connected; transmitting, from the first femto base station to the femto control station, information on one or more other femto base stations which are neighbors of the first femto base station; receiving, by the first femto base station and from the femto control station, information on a second smart meter to which said one or more other femto base stations are connected; determining, by the first femto base station, whether or not to set up a channel through the first smart meter and the second smart meter, if data to be transmitted to said other femto base stations exists; transmitting, from the first femto base station to the first smart meter, a channel setup request message containing information on said other femto base stations and information on the second smart meter in accordance with the result of the determination; and transceiving, by the first femto base station, the data to/from said other femto base stations via the channel setup through the first smart meter and the second smart meter, when a response message is received from said other femto base stations through the first smart meter.