LOCATION-BASED HANDOVERS FROM A MACROCELL TO A FEMTOCELL USING EVENT-TRIGGERED MEASUREMENT REPORTING
First Claim
1. A method for implementation in user equipment that is configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that comprises at least one macro-cell and at least one femtocell, the method comprising:
- comparing, at said user equipment, a location of said user equipment and a location of said at least one femtocell; and
transmitting, from said user equipment to said at least one macrocell, a first measurement report when said comparison indicates that said user equipment is within a selected range of said at least one femtocell.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for implementation in user equipment that is configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that comprises one or more macro-cells and one or more femtocells. The method includes comparing, at the user equipment, a location of the user equipment and a location of one or more femtocells. The method also includes transmitting, from the user equipment to the macrocell(s), a first measurement report, with a location-based event, when the comparison indicates that the user equipment is within a selected range of the femtocell(s).
132 Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A method for implementation in user equipment that is configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that comprises at least one macro-cell and at least one femtocell, the method comprising:
-
comparing, at said user equipment, a location of said user equipment and a location of said at least one femtocell; and transmitting, from said user equipment to said at least one macrocell, a first measurement report when said comparison indicates that said user equipment is within a selected range of said at least one femtocell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. A method for implementation in a radio network controller that is configured to for deployment in a wireless communication system that comprises at least one macrocell and at least one femtocell, the method comprising:
receiving, from said at least one macrocell, a first measurement report that is transmitted by said user equipment when a comparison of a location associated with said user equipment and a location associated with said at least one femtocell indicates that said user equipment is within a selected range of said at least one femtocell. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
Specification