Patent ID: 8463276

Claim:
A femto base station in a femtocell, the femto base station comprising: an interface for providing communication with at least one other base station and communication with a network server in a communication system; a processor coupled to the interface; a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the processor to: connect to the network server using the interface; send information to the network server regarding femtocell capability; receive a plurality of carrier frequencies from the network server; measure signal strengths corresponding to the plurality of carrier frequencies; report the signal strengths to the network server; receive from the network server information including an assignment of a number of resource units and an assignment of at least one of the plurality of carrier frequencies, wherein the number of resource units is calculated based on the femtocell capability, and the at least one of the plurality of carrier frequencies is selected by the network server based on the reported signal strengths; configure operating parameters of the femto base station based on the received information, including to configure transmission power of the femto base station; and operate the femto base station based on the operating parameters.