Patent ID: 8320331

Claim:
A method for estimating a position of a Femto Radio Base Station (Femto RBS) serving a Femto cell in a wireless communications network comprising at least one neighbouring Femto RBS and at least one neighbouring Macro Radio Base Station (Macro RBS) serving a Macro cell, wherein the Femto RBS is equipped with a User Equipment (UE) module used for connecting wireless networks to a core network, said method comprising the steps of: using the UE module to scan a surrounding environment of the Femto RBS to identify neighbour Radio Base stations; creating, at the Femto RBS, a neighbour list including information relating to identified neighbour Macro Radio Base stations from among all the neighbor Radio Base Stations by; performing signal strength measurements for all detected neighbour cells including Macro cells and Femto cells; and creating a neighbor list that includes the measured information for detected Macro cells but excludes measured information for detected Femto cells; establishing a connection between the Femto RBS and a Network Control Node; and, forwarding the neighbour list from the Femto RBS to the Network Control Node, wherein the Network Control Node uses the information in the neighbour list to estimate a position of the Femto RBS.