Patent ID: 8862147

Claim:
A method for managing a list of neighboring base stations based on a location of a terminal that transmits/receives data to/from a base station of a macrocell with femtocell deployments, the method comprising: dividing the macrocell, by the base station, in accordance with a predetermined standard of division; and generating, by the base station, a mobile neighbor advertisement message and periodically transmitting the generated message to the terminal, the mobile neighbor advertisement message containing information regarding macrocells neighboring the macrocell and information regarding the femto cells deployed within the respective divided areas of the macrocell, wherein the terminal identifies a current location thereof in the macrocell upon receipt of pilot signals periodically transmitted from the base station of the macrocell, and obtains information regarding the location of the terminal from the information regarding the femtocells deployed within the respective divided areas and information regarding the neighbor macro cells by using the mobile neighbor advertisement message to perform a scanning.