Patent ID: 8725146

Claim:
A method of registering a location of an access terminal within a Femto network with a Macro network, comprising: sending, by a Femto in the Femto network, a message to the Macro network, the message including a first indicator, a second indicator and an address of the Femto, the first indicator indicating the access terminal, the second indicator indicating to register the Femto address in association with the access terminal, the second indictor indicating to maintain a session of the access terminal with the Macro network if the session is currently handled by the Macro network, the Macro network storing the Femto address in association with an identifier of the access terminal; and receiving, by the Femto, a registration response message from the Macro network, the Macro network using the Femto address included in the message to establish another session with the Macro network when the access terminal has left the Macro network and subsequently requests a session transfer after returning to the Macro network.