Scanning of wireless environment in a femto-based home macro sector
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile device comprising a processor, first identifier data indicative of a home macro sector identifier associated with a macro access point device within a macro wireless environment of a home access point device;
receiving, by the mobile device, scanning data indicative of a scanning behavior requirement associated with idle-mode operation, comprising receiving radio link quality threshold data that is different from radio quality threshold data employed in a non-home macro sector; and
implementing, by the mobile device, the scanning behavior requirement, based on a result of comparing second identifier data indicative of an identifier associated with a macro sector serving the mobile device and the first identifier data indicative of the home macro sector identifier.
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Abstract
System(s) and method(s) are provided to trigger inter-carrier scanning in a mobile device based at least in part on location thereof. Femto access point (AP) that can serve the mobile device can determine location through cell or sector identifier that is extracted via scan(s) of macro wireless environment of the femto AP. Femto AP can rank extracted sector identifier(s) and establish home macro sector (HMS) identifier(s), and also can generate scanning requirements for idle-mode scan(s) by a mobile device that operates in a HMS and is authorized to access wireless coverage through the femto AP. Scanning requirement(s) can force periodic inter-carrier measurements of a HMS wireless environment, and establish HMS-specific radio link quality threshold(s). Wireless network can receive at least one of HMS identifier(s) and scanning requirement(s) and deliver same to mobile device(s) authorized to exploit wireless coverage through femto AP associated with the HMS ID(s) and the scanning requirement(s).
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23 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a mobile device comprising a processor, first identifier data indicative of a home macro sector identifier associated with a macro access point device within a macro wireless environment of a home access point device; receiving, by the mobile device, scanning data indicative of a scanning behavior requirement associated with idle-mode operation, comprising receiving radio link quality threshold data that is different from radio quality threshold data employed in a non-home macro sector; and implementing, by the mobile device, the scanning behavior requirement, based on a result of comparing second identifier data indicative of an identifier associated with a macro sector serving the mobile device and the first identifier data indicative of the home macro sector identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile device, comprising:
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a memory to store computer-executable instructions; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to performions comprising; receiving home macro sector identifier data associated with a home macro sector within a first macro wireless environment of a femto access point device, with which the mobile device is authorized to communicate, and scanning behavior requirement data associated with idle-mode operation within the home macro sector, wherein the receiving the home macro sector identifier data comprises receiving the home macro sector identifier data in response to a determination that mobile identifier data associated with the mobile device has been added to an access data structure that authorizes coverage through the femto access point device, and scanning a second macro wireless environment of the mobile device to detect the femto access point device during the idle-mode operation, in response to a determination that macro identifier data indicative of an identifier of a macro access point device serving the mobile device matches the home macro sector identifier data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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a memory to store computer-executable instructions; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to perform operations, comprising; determining home macro sector identifier data associated with a macro access point device within a macro wireless environment of the femto access point device, facilitating a transmission of the home macro sector identifier data to a user equipment that is authorized to connect to the femto access point device, wherein the user equipment initiates an inter-carrier frequency scan, in response to a comparison of the home macro sector identifier data with identifier data indicative of an identifier of an access point device serving the user equipment, and determining idle-mode scanning requirement data, in response to a delivery of indication data indicative of an indication to prohibit generation of a scanning requirement. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system, comprising:
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a memory to store computer-executable instructions; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to perform operations, comprising; instructing a home access point device to scan, based on a schedule, a macro wireless environment and identify a home macro sector, facilitating a transmission of the schedule to the home access point device, facilitating a reception of identifier data indicative of a home macro sector identifier, and facilitating a transfer of the identifier data to a mobile device that is authorized to exploit home access point device-based coverage, wherein information identifying the mobile device is recorded in an access data structure associated with the home access point device and wherein the mobile device triggers an inter-carrier frequency scan, during an idle mode of operation and in response to a determination that the home macro sector identifier matches an identifier of an access point device serving the mobile device.
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