Initializing femtocells
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1. A method comprising:
- automatically initiating by an femtocell access point that is part of a macro-cell, upon boot-up, a secure connection with a security gateway;
establishing a secure connection with a network service provider and downloading an initial configuration from the network service provider;
receiving over a wireless protocol a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a management system;
initiating a query of a domain name server, using the fully qualified domain name, to obtain an internet protocol address of a management system;
receiving, from the domain name server, the internet protocol address of the management system to establish the secure connection with the management system;
downloading a second configuration from the management system; and
locating a self organization network (SON) server and downloading a radio configuration from the SON server.
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Abstract
A femtocell may be initialized on a network by automatically contacting a network service provider. The access point then automatically downloads an initial configuration from a bootstrap server belonging to the network service provider. In some cases, a femtocell access point may automatically determine, after boot up, whether it was pre-provisioned with credentials to authenticate itself with the network service provider. If so, it may use a domain name service to obtain an address of a bootstrap server. Otherwise, it may use dynamic host configuration protocol to discover the bootstrap server'"'"'s Internet Protocol address.
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1. A method comprising:
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automatically initiating by an femtocell access point that is part of a macro-cell, upon boot-up, a secure connection with a security gateway; establishing a secure connection with a network service provider and downloading an initial configuration from the network service provider; receiving over a wireless protocol a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a management system; initiating a query of a domain name server, using the fully qualified domain name, to obtain an internet protocol address of a management system; receiving, from the domain name server, the internet protocol address of the management system to establish the secure connection with the management system; downloading a second configuration from the management system; and locating a self organization network (SON) server and downloading a radio configuration from the SON server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions to perform a sequence comprising:
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automatically initiating by an femtocell access point that is part of a macro-cell, upon boot-up, a secure connection with a security gateway; establishing a secure connection with a network service provider and downloading an initial configuration from the network service provider receiving over a wireless protocol a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a management system; initiating a query of a domain name server, using the fully qualified domain name, to obtain an internet protocol address of a management system; receiving, from the domain name server, the internet protocol address of the management system to establish the secure connection with the management system; downloading a second configuration from the management system; and locating a self organization network (SON) server and downloading a radio configuration from the SON server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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