System and Method for Generating a Blacklist for Femtocells
First Claim
1. A method for execution by a mobile device, the method comprising:
- generating and maintaining a femtocell blacklist comprising an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile device.
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Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for generating a blacklist for femtocells. According to an embodiment of the application, a mobile device generates and maintains a femtocell blacklist including an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile device. Upon detecting a femtocell, the mobile device determines whether the femtocell is identified in the femtocell blacklist. If the femtocell is identified in the femtocell blacklist, then the mobile device avoids any attempt to use the femtocell. This might allow the mobile device to conserve battery power and reduce wireless communication resources. Since the femtocell blacklist is generated and maintained by the mobile device, the network infrastructure does not need to generate and manage the femtocell blacklist. Also, there is no need for the mobile device to download a femtocell blacklist or updates thereof from the network infrastructure.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for execution by a mobile device, the method comprising:
generating and maintaining a femtocell blacklist comprising an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for execution on a processor so as to implement a method comprising:
generating and maintaining a femtocell blacklist comprising an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile device.
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18. A mobile device comprising:
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a wireless access radio configured for wirelessly communicating with femtocells; a blacklist generator configured for generating and maintaining a femtocell blacklist comprising an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile device; and a memory configured for storing the femtocell blacklist. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A mobile device comprising:
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a wireless access radio configured for wirelessly communicating with femtocells; a radio layer configured for implementing a blacklist generator for generating and maintaining a femtocell blacklist, the femtocell blacklist comprising an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile device; and a memory configured for storing the femtocell blacklist; wherein the radio layer comprises an upper layer signalling block that detects rejections from femtocells for generating the femtocell blacklist.
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