Patent ID: 8843131

Claim:
A method for reducing frequent idle handoffs of a wireless communication device, comprising: receiving a registration request from the wireless communication device; starting a registration timer; counting a number of registration requests comprising successful and unsuccessful registration requests received from the wireless communication device while the registration timer is running; determining whether the number of registration requests received is greater than a registration threshold; determining that the number of registration requests received is greater than the registration threshold, and in response, further determining whether the wireless communication device is part of a closed subscriber group (CSG); and adjusting a transmit power of a femto access point, based on whether the wireless communication device is part of the CSG, in response to the number of registration requests received being greater than the registration threshold, wherein adjusting the transmit power comprises increasing the transmit power in response to the wireless communication device being part of the CSG a closed subscriber group (CSG) or decreasing the transmit power in response to the wireless communication device being not part of the CSG.