Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Femtocell arrangements
- Patent Title (中): 毫微微小区安排
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Application No.: US13381179Application Date: 2010-06-24
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Publication No.: US08923842B2Publication Date: 2014-12-30
- Inventor: Graham Brend , Philip Sapiano , Nigel Bradley , Tony Putman
- Applicant: Graham Brend , Philip Sapiano , Nigel Bradley , Tony Putman
- Applicant Address: FR Boulogne-Billancourt
- Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee Address: FR Boulogne-Billancourt
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Priority: EP09290516 20090630
- International Application: PCT/EP2010/003790 WO 20100624
- International Announcement: WO2011/000495 WO 20110106
- Main IPC: H04W36/00
- IPC: H04W36/00 ; H04W52/24 ; H04W36/04 ; H04W52/34 ; H04W36/30 ; H04W84/04

Abstract:
A femtocell arrangement comprises a plurality of femtocells Femto 1 to Femto 13 having coverage distributed over a region, such as, for example, an office. A border femtocell, Femto 3 or Femto 10, of said plurality has coverage at an entrance to the region and is arranged to operate at a higher transmit power level to provide a larger coverage area than that provided by neighboring femtocells. In addition, the border femtocell may be allocated a specific Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) to show its designation as a border femtocell. An approaching user equipment UE 1 or UE 2 tends to attach to the higher transmit power border femtocells. The Femto Gateway managing the connection is aware of the likelihood that an approaching UE will tend to attach to a border femtocell, and this is further confirmed by the use of a specific PSC. Hence, handover is expedited as the most suitable femtocells may be chosen as targets for handover.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120165005A1 FEMTOCELL ARRANGEMENTS Public/Granted day:2012-06-28
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