Patent ID: 8588778

Claim:
A system, comprising: a tangible memory storing computer-executable instructions; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the tangible memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to at least: initiate a first provisioning of a user identity into a set of primary user identities associated with a primary femto cell; identify a neighboring femto cell that meets a pre-defined condition of proximity with respect to the primary femto cell; initiate a second provisioning of the user identity into an access set of user identities associated with the neighboring femto cell, wherein the access set includes user identities that are permitted to request a temporary communication service from the neighboring femto cell, wherein the neighboring femto cell has an associated set of primary user identities and the user identity is not provisioned in the set of primary user identities associated with the neighboring femto cell; detect a failure of the primary femto cell to provide a communication service to a device associated with the user identity; in response to the detected failure of the primary femto cell, initiate the temporary communication service to be provided by the neighboring femto cell to the device associated with the user; and reestablish communication services to the device associated with the user identity with the primary femto cell in response to resolution of the detected failure of the primary femto cell.