Patent ID: 7817997

Claim:
A method of operating a femto radio base station, the method comprising: moving the femto radio base station to a new location or activating the femto radio base station in the new location, at the new location the femto radio base station unaided not knowing its whereabouts in a radio access network; connecting the femto radio base station to a first macro radio network controller node of the radio access network for use as a default macro radio network controller node; obtaining information from a user equipment unit in communication with the femto radio base station to the first macro radio network controller node; sending the information obtained from the user equipment unit through the first macro radio network controller node of the radio access network and receiving, in response thereto, an identification of a second macro radio network controller node to replace the first macro radio network controller node as an active macro radio network controller node for the femto radio base station; and utilizing the second macro radio network controller node rather than the first macro radio network controller node as the active macro radio network controller node for the femto radio base station.