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| 20100159960 | PAGING PROCESS IN A HOME CELLULAR NETWORK - Disclosed embodiments include a method of paging one of a plurality of mobile subscribers in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving, at a base station, an idle mode request from the one mobile subscriber and sending an idle mode notification to a control device, after receiving the idle mode request from the one mobile subscriber. The method also includes receiving a paging request from the control device and sending a paging advertisement intended for the one mobile subscriber, after receiving the paging request from the control device. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100222062 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK - A method of providing interference avoidance in a femtocell network may include receiving, at a femtocell base station defining a femtocell coverage area, an allocation of reserved resources for control signaling and data transmission in which the allocation is received from a macro cell base station defining a macro cell coverage area. The femtocell base station may be located and the femtocell includes a portion of the macro cell coverage area. The method may further include enabling usage of the reserved resources by the femtocell base station responsive to receipt of the allocation to provide interference avoidance with respect to femtocell and macro cell communications. The method may further include disabling usage of the reserved resources by the macro cell base station responsive to the allocation of the reserved resources. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100261467 | FEMTOCELL SELF ORGANIZATION AND CONFIGURATION PROCESS - A base station includes an interface for providing communication with at least one other base station and communication with a network server in a communication system, a processor coupled to the interface, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores program instructions executable by the processor to connect to the network server using the interface, send information to the network server regarding femtocell capability, configure operating parameters of the base station based on the information, including to configure transmission power of the base station, and operate the base station based on the operating parameters. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100271175 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING A PAGING PROCESS FOR MULTICARRIER - A method of providing a paging process for Multicarrier may include providing, from a communication node, multiple carriers over which a paging notification may be transmitted. The method may further include configuring the multiple carriers to provide support for paging of mobile devices based on a set of paging groups with which the communication node is associated. The configuring may include configuration of at least one carrier to provide support for less than all of the set of paging groups. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110070907 | COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION WITHIN HETEROGENEOUS STATIONS - A method for transmitting data in a wireless network comprises categorizing the data into at least two categories, each category being associated with a respective priority, directing the categorized data to a first base station and a second base station according to the respective priorities and respective access characteristics of each base station and transmitting the categorized data from the first base station and the second base station to a mobile station via associated bands. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110237239 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY MUTING A CONTROL CHANNEL FOR A FEMTOCELL FOR INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE - A method of providing a framework for efficient scanning and session establishment may include receiving vocabulary independent property information indicative of a property request and corresponding setting information of an application associated with a device capable of communication with a network communication environment, determining capabilities of the network communication environment relative to the received property information, and enabling generation of a selected scan function having selected scan parameters based at least in part on the determined capabilities and the property information. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110319066 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RELAYING CONTENT BETWEEN A MACROCELL AND A FEMTOCELL - An apparatus is provided for relaying content between a macro base station and a femto base station of a femtocell whose geographic area of coverage is at least partially overlapped by a macrocell including the macro base station. As a user equipment, the apparatus may receive information, including a random access code, which has been coordinated between the macro base station and femto base station. The apparatus may prepare the random access code for transmission on a random access channel to the macro/femto base station in an instance in which the other of the macro/femto base station is serving the apparatus. The code serves to notify the macro/femto base station that the apparatus has been selected to relay content between the macro base station and femto base station. And consequently, the apparatus may also relay content between the macro base station and femto base station. | 12-29-2011 |
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| 20090117891 | EFFICIENT HANDOVER MEASUREMENTS FOR WIRELESS MULTI-RAT SYSTEMS - A method for scheduling one or more handover measurements to be performed by a user terminal in a communications system using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), wherein the user terminal is in communication with a serving network interface device and is in the neighborhood of one or more neighboring network interface devices. The method includes gathering timing information of the one or more neighboring network interface devices, and determining at least one scanning interval using the timing information of the one or more neighboring network interface devices, the at least one scanning interval being a time period during which the user terminal performs the one or more handover measurements by measuring signals of the one or more neighboring network interface devices. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090274120 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTICARRIER UPLINK CONTROL - An uplink control method for use in a communication system based on multiple carriers. The method includes allocating different types of random access channels for different types of uplink operations. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090325569 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE-ASSISTED MEASUREMENT OF NEIGHBORING WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT - A method for a serving wireless network to collect information regarding a neighboring wireless network. The method includes requesting a device to collect information regarding the neighboring wireless network; and receiving the collected information from the device. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100111042 | MOBILITY MECHANISMS FOR HOME CELLULAR NETWORK - A communication system comprises a communication network including a computer processor operating a network management system and a femtocell network management system. The communication system further comprises a broadband base station providing a first service signal and creating a mapping table configured to include at least one unique identifier of a mobile client device and a base station providing a second service signal and receiving the mapping table from the broadband base station. A computer processor in the communication system is configured to determine a link quality of a mobile client device service signal received by the broadband base station, the contents of the mapping table, and the unique identifier of the mobile client device to determine whether the broadband base station will provide the first service signal to the mobile client device or whether the base station will provide the second service signal to the mobile client device. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20120026958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTICARRIER UPLINK CONTROL - An uplink control method for use in a communication system based on multiple carriers. The method includes allocating different types of random access channels for different types of uplink operations. | 02-02-2012 |
