AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF ADMISSION POLICY FOR FEMTOCELL
First Claim
1. A method for establishing an admission policy for an access point base station, the method comprising:
- providing wireless communication in a local area for one or more access terminals;
providing wireless communication in a macro area intersected partially with the local area;
transmitting an activation request message to the service provider;
receiving an assignment message comprising one or more provisioning parameters, wherein the one or more provisioning parameters comprise;
a first parameter which specifies an admission policy mode, wherein the admission policy mode specifies one or more of open, restricted, or private access to resources of the access point base station; and
the access point base station providing access to access terminals based on the one or more provisioning parameters.
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Abstract
Automatic provisioning of an access point base station or femtocell. The method may include the femtocell transmitting first information (e.g., location information, signal measurement information, capability information, etc.) to a service provider (e.g., over an IP network). The femtocell may receive second information from the service provider, where the second information includes one or more operational parameters. The operational parameters may include hand-off parameters, admission policy parameters, PN or scrambling codes, power parameters, and/or other parameters. The femtocell may operate according to the received parameters to provide access for a plurality of access terminals in a local area.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for establishing an admission policy for an access point base station, the method comprising:
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providing wireless communication in a local area for one or more access terminals; providing wireless communication in a macro area intersected partially with the local area; transmitting an activation request message to the service provider; receiving an assignment message comprising one or more provisioning parameters, wherein the one or more provisioning parameters comprise; a first parameter which specifies an admission policy mode, wherein the admission policy mode specifies one or more of open, restricted, or private access to resources of the access point base station; and the access point base station providing access to access terminals based on the one or more provisioning parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A femtocell, comprising:
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an interface for providing communication with one or more access terminals in a local area and communication with a service provider over a wired network; a processor coupled to the interface; a memory medium coupled to the processor, wherein the memory medium comprises program instructions executable to; connect to the service provider over the wired network; transmit an activation request message to the service provider; receive an assignment message comprising one or more provisioning parameters, wherein the one or more provisioning parameters comprise a first parameter which specifies an admission policy mode, wherein the admission policy mode specifies one or more of open, restricted, or private access to resources of the femtocell; and provide access to access terminals based on the one or more provisioning parameters. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer accessible memory medium storing program instructions for operating an access point base station, wherein the program instructions are executable to:
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connect the access point base station to a service provider for providing wireless communication in a local area for one or more access terminals, and wherein the service provider provides wireless communication in a macro area intersected partially with the local area; transmit an activation request message to the service provider; receive an assignment message comprising one or more provisioning parameters, wherein the one or more provisioning parameters comprise; a first parameter which specifies an admission policy mode, wherein the admission policy mode specifies one or more of open, restricted, or private access to resources of the access point base station; and provide access to access terminals based on the one or more provisioning parameters.
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20. A method for performing automatic provisioning of an access point base station, the method comprising:
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connecting to the access point base station for providing wireless communication in a local area for one or more access terminals, and wherein a service provider provides wireless communication in a macro area intersected partially with the local area; receiving an activation request message from the access point base station; transmitting an assignment message comprising one or more provisioning parameters, wherein the one or more provisioning parameters comprise; a first parameter which specifies an admission policy mode, wherein the admission policy mode specifies one or more of open, restricted, or private access to resources of the access point base station; and wherein the access point base station is operable to provide access to access terminals based on the one or more provisioning parameters.
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21. A communication system for providing wireless communication with one or more access terminals, comprising:
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a service provider; a macro base station for providing wireless communication with the one or more access terminals in a macro area; and an access point base station for providing wireless communication with the one or more access terminals in a local area intersected partially with the macro area, and wherein the access point base station is configured to; connect to the service provider; transmit an activation request message to the service provider; receive an assignment message comprising one or more provisioning parameters, wherein the one or more provisioning parameters comprise; a first parameter which specifies an admission policy mode, wherein the admission policy mode specifies one or more of open, restricted, or private access to resources of the access point base station; and provide access to access terminals based on the one or more provisioning parameters.
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