Patent ID: 8693404
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a transmission authorization request from a femtocell to a base station manager, where the request includes a network address of the femtocell and where the femtocell is connected to a cellular network to enable call services to be provided to a mobile device in radio communication with the femtocell; determining, by the base station manager, a first geographic location based on the network address; determining whether the first geographic location is within a predefined distance of a registered location and if so, transmitting a transmission authorization to the femtocell; receiving, by the femtocell, a user equipment registration; receiving, by the femtocell, a global positioning system location from the user equipment; transmitting, by the femtocell, the global positioning system location to the base station manager; determining whether the global positioning system location is within a predefined distance of the registered location; and transmitting, by the base station manager, a secondary transmission authorization to the femtocell in response to determining the global positioning system location is within the predefined distance of the registered location.