Patent ID: 7929537

Claim:
A method for controlling access to wireless resources provided by femto cells within a femto subnet of a radio access network, the method comprising: establishing, by the radio access network, a hashing channel mask of a first-type and hashing class mask of the first-type for each first femto cell within the femto subnet, each hashing class mask of the first-type providing access to at least one corresponding first femto cell within the femto subnet, the hashing channel mask of the first-type indicating channels used for communication within the femto subnet; and assigning a hashing class mask of the first-type or a hashing class mask of a second-type to a wireless user based on whether the wireless user is authorized to access a first femto cell within the femto subnet, the hashing class mask of the first-type being associated with at least one femto cell and the hashing class mask of the first-type indicating a priority class of the wireless user, and the hashing class mask of the second-type being associated with at least one femto cell and the hashing class mask of the second-type indicating a priority class of the wireless user.