Patent ID: 8479269
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a femtocell transmitting a pilot beacon on a macro-network carrier, and transmitting one or more overhead channels on a femtocell carrier; the femtocell receiving a registration request from a wireless communication device (WCD), and evaluating whether the WCD is authorized to receive wireless service from the femtocell; and the femtocell making a disable determination comprising a first determination that the WCD is not authorized to receive wireless service from the femtocell, the femtocell identifying a slot cycle associated with the WCD, and responsive to making the disable determination, and based on the identifying, the femtocell disabling, during at least one subsequent slot of the identified slot cycle, at least one transmission selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more of the overhead channels and (ii) the pilot beacon, but the femtocell continuing to provide the at least one transmission in at least one slot that is associated with at least one authorized WCD.