Patent ID: 8868033

Claim:
A method comprising: a femtocell initially providing wireless service on a first femtocell carrier; the femtocell receiving a registration request from a wireless communication device (WCD) on the first femtocell carrier; responsive to receiving the registration request, (i) the femtocell evaluating whether the WCD is authorized to receive wireless services from the femtocell, and (ii) the femtocell making a carrier-switch determination comprising a first determination that the WCD is not authorized to receive wireless service from the femtocell, wherein making the first determination that the WCD is not authorized to receive wireless service from the femtocell is based on a reference to a WCD list selected from the group consisting of a whitelist and a blacklist; and responsive to making the carrier-switch determination, the femtocell switching to providing service on a second femtocell carrier different than the first.