METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING NEIGHBORING DEVICES
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1. A method for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
- temporarily modifying an advertised paging area identifier of a femto node for a plurality of durations of time to cause one or more UEs to attempt registration;
determining a number of registration requests received from at least one of the one or more UEs during the plurality of durations of time; and
classifying the at least one UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the number of registration requests.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided that include classifying nearby devices as neighboring or non-neighboring devices. Devices can be classified based on detected registration attempts to a femto node, where the femto node can switch paging area identifiers to cause the registration attempts or otherwise, analyzing measurement reports received from the devices in a registration request, and/or the like. The femto node can mitigate interference to the devices based on the classification.
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1. A method for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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temporarily modifying an advertised paging area identifier of a femto node for a plurality of durations of time to cause one or more UEs to attempt registration; determining a number of registration requests received from at least one of the one or more UEs during the plurality of durations of time; and classifying the at least one UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the number of registration requests. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; temporarily modify an advertised paging area identifier of a femto node for a plurality of durations of time to cause one or more UEs to attempt registration; determine a number of registration requests received from at least one of the one or more UEs during the plurality of durations of time; and classify the at least one UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the number of registration requests; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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means for temporarily modifying an advertised paging area identifier of a femto node for a plurality of durations of time to cause one or more UEs to attempt registration; means for determining a number of registration requests received from at least one of the one or more UEs during the plurality of durations of time; and means for classifying the at least one UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the number of registration requests. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer program product for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising; code for causing at least one computer to temporarily modify an advertised paging area identifier of a femto node for a plurality of durations of time to cause one or more UEs to attempt registration; code for causing the at least one computer to determine a number of registration requests received from at least one of the one or more UEs during the plurality of durations of time; and code for causing the at least one computer to classify the at least one UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the number of registration requests. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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an identifier modifying component for temporarily modifying an advertised paging area identifier of a femto node for a plurality of durations of time to cause one or more UEs to attempt registration; a UE registration receiving component for determining a number of registration requests received from at least one of the one or more UEs during the plurality of durations of time; and a UE classifying component for classifying the at least one UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the number of registration requests. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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measuring one or more time intervals between a plurality of registration requests received from a UE at a femto node; and classifying the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on comparing the one or more time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; measure one or more time intervals between a plurality of registration requests received from a UE at a femto node; and classify the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on comparing the one or more time intervals; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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means for measuring one or more time intervals between a plurality of registration requests received from a UE at a femto node; and means for classifying the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on comparing the one or more time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A computer program product for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising; code for causing at least one computer to measure one or more time intervals between a plurality of registration requests received from a UE at a femto node; and code for causing the at least one computer to classify the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on comparing the one or more time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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a UE registration receiving component for measuring one or more time intervals between a plurality of registration requests received from a UE at a femto node; and a UE classifying component for classifying the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on comparing the one or more time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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receiving a measurement report in a connection request from a UE indicating a signal measurement of a femto node at the UE; and classifying the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the signal measurement in the measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; receive a measurement report in a connection request from a UE indicating a signal measurement of a femto node at the UE; and classify the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the signal measurement in the measurement report; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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means for receiving a measurement report in a connection request from a UE indicating a signal measurement of a femto node at the UE; and means for classifying the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the signal measurement in the measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. A computer program product for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising; code for causing at least one computer to receive a measurement report in a connection request from a UE indicating a signal measurement of a femto node at the UE; and code for causing the at least one computer to classify the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the signal measurement in the measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. An apparatus for classifying user equipment (UE) at a femto node, comprising:
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a measurement report receiving component for receiving a measurement report in a connection request from a UE indicating a signal measurement of a femto node at the UE; and a UE classifying component for classifying the UE as a neighboring UE or a non-neighboring UE of the femto node based in part on the signal measurement in the measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95)
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