Patent ID: 8369858

Claim:
A method involving at least one mobile unit, at least one macrocell providing wireless connectivity to at least one first coverage area, and a femtocell providing wireless connectivity to a second coverage area overlapping with said at least one first coverage area, comprising: determining, at the femtocell, whether to transmit at least one beacon signal from the femtocell on at least one carrier associated with said at least one macrocell in response to receiving information from said at least one macrocell indicating whether said at least one mobile unit is located within said at least one first coverage area, wherein said information is transmitted from said at least one macrocell in response to a first message received from said at least one mobile unit, wherein the first message is transmitted in response to said at least one mobile unit detecting, in information broadcast by said at least one macrocell, a macrocell identifier that maps to the femtocell.