Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, method, and computer-readable medium for user equipment handoff within an IP-femtocell network
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Application No.: US12252202Application Date: 2008-10-15
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Publication No.: US08532054B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Christopher Martin Edward Osborn
- Applicant: Christopher Martin Edward Osborn
- Applicant Address: TW
- Assignee: Ubeeairwalk, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ubeeairwalk, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00

Abstract:
A system, method, and computer readable medium for provisioning communication services by an IP-based femtocell network is provided. Service of a user equipment may be transferred from one femtocell to another femtocell via a femtocell handoff procedure. Femtocell systems of the femtocell network perform link quality measurements and may distribute the link quality measurements to neighbor femtocells. A femtocell system may periodically evaluate the link quality with the user equipment. If an evaluation is made that the user equipment needs to be transferred to another site, the servicing femtocell site may evaluate the most recent link quality measurements received from neighboring femtocell sites and select a femtocell site for handoff. In the event that the femtocell network is deployed in an area serviced by a macrocellular network, handoff routines may provide preference for transferring the user equipment to a target femtocell system rather than a macrocell site.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090131049A1 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR USER EQUIPMENT HANDOFF WITHIN AN IP-FEMTOCELL NETWORK Public/Granted day:2009-05-21
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