Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of identification of a femtocell base station as a handover target, and apparatus therefor
- Patent Title (中): 将毫微微小区基站识别为切换目标的方法及其装置
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Application No.: US12635239Application Date: 2009-12-10
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Publication No.: US08345633B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Nigel Bradley , Holger Claussen , Philip Charles Sapiano
- Applicant: Nigel Bradley , Holger Claussen , Philip Charles Sapiano
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Priority: EP08291190 20081212
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00

Abstract:
A method is provided of identifying which one of a plurality of femtocell base stations neighboring a first femtocell base station is to be the target for handover of a call connection with a user terminal from the first base station. The neighbor femtocell base stations use the same primary scrambling code as each other. The femtocell base stations use code-division multiple access, CDMA. Each of the neighbor femtocell base stations transmits a respective broadcast signal that include timing information such that each neighbor femtocell base station transmits a broadcast signal having different timing information to that of the other neighbor femtocell base stations. The user terminal receives broadcast signals, determines the timing information of at least one of the received broadcast signals and reports the timing information to the first femtocell base station. The first femtocell base station identifies the target femtocell base station for handover from the timing information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100150109A1 METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION OF A FEMTOCELL BASE STATION AS A HANDOVER TARGET, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2010-06-17
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