Patent ID: 8380193

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining that a particular femto base station has been serving a mobile station in a wireless network for greater than a predetermined amount of time; identifying the femto base station as the home femto base station for the mobile station in response to the determination; storing connection parameters for the home femto base station at the mobile station including PHY parameters and a base station ID obtained from being connected to the home femto base station or when handed over to the home femto base station from a home macro base station; identifying a home macro base station associated with the home femto base station; storing identification information comprising a base station ID for the home macro base station at the mobile station; storing an association of the home femto base station with the home macro base station at the mobile station to enable a handover between the home macro base station and the home femto base station; and repeating the steps of the method for at least a second home femto base station and a second home macro base station associated with the mobile station.