Patent ID: 8526958

Claim:
A method of handing over a mobile station (MS) to an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) network controller (UNC) in an unlicensed mobile access network (UMAN), the method comprising the steps of: allocating a plurality of absolute radio frequency channel number (ARFCN) and base station identity code (BSIC) values to one UNC; sending a UMA radio resource (URR) Registration Request message from the MS to the UNC, said URR Registration Request message containing one or more location identifiers for the MS; selecting ARFCN and BSIC values for the MS from the plurality of ARFCN and BSIC values allocated to the UNC based on the one or more location identifiers for the MS; and sending a URR Registration Accept message from the UNC to the MS, said URR Registration Accept message containing the selected ARFCN and BSIC values.