Patent ID: 7835740

Claim:
A method of communicating in a system having at least one picocell within a macrocell, comprising the steps of: using a set of predefined cell codes for respectively identifying macrocells; using at least one predefined cell code for identifying all picocells within the macrocell to the macrocell; and using a picocell code distinct from the predefined cell codes for uniquely identifying a selected one of the picocells to a mobile station within the macrocell, the mobile station translating from the at least one predefined cell code to the picocell code of the selected picocell responsive to the mobile station receiving the at least one predefined cell code from the macrocell, the mobile station translating from the picocell code of the selected picocell to the at least one predefined cell code when the mobile station communicates with the macrocell regarding the selected picocell.