Femtocell base station
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1. A method of operating a femtocell base station comprising:
- following a hand-in or reselection of the femtocell base station by a mobile device, determining a reason for the hand-in or reselection by the mobile device; and
adjusting a maximum permitted transmission power of the femtocell base station following or in response to the hand-in or reselection according to the determined reason such that the reason for the adjusting of the maximum permitted transmission power is the reason for the hand-in or reselection.
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Abstract
There is provided a method of operating a femtocell base station comprising, following a hand-in or reselection of the femtocell base station by a mobile device, determining a reason for the hand-in or reselection by the mobile device and adjusting a maximum permitted transmission power of the femtocell base station according to the determined reason. A femtocell base station for use in a communication network is also provided that comprises a processor configured to perform the above method following hand-in or reselection of the femtocell base station.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of operating a femtocell base station comprising:
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following a hand-in or reselection of the femtocell base station by a mobile device, determining a reason for the hand-in or reselection by the mobile device; and adjusting a maximum permitted transmission power of the femtocell base station following or in response to the hand-in or reselection according to the determined reason such that the reason for the adjusting of the maximum permitted transmission power is the reason for the hand-in or reselection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a femtocell base station, the femtocell base station being configured to operate in a closed mode in which only a predefined set of mobile devices can hand-in or reselect the femtocell base station, the method comprising:
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temporarily configuring the femtocell base station to operate in an open or hybrid mode in which any mobile device may hand-in or reselect the femtocell base station; following a hand-in or reselection of the femtocell base station by a mobile device, determining a reason for the hand-in or reselection by the mobile device; and adjusting a maximum permitted transmission power of the femtocell base station according to the determined reason wherein the mobile device handing-in or reselecting the femtocell base station is not a mobile device in the predefined set; and reconfiguring the femtocell base station to operate in the closed mode.
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15. A femtocell base station for use in a communication network, the femtocell base station comprising:
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an antenna configured to transmit and receive signals; a memory configured to store machine readable code; a processor coupled to the memory and configured to, in response to a hand-in or reselection of the femtocell base station by a mobile device, execute the machine readable code to; temporarily configuring the femtocell base station to operate in an open or hybrid mode in which any mobile device may hand-in or reselect the femtocell base station; following a hand-in or reselection of the femtocell base station by a mobile device, determining a reason for the hand-in or reselection by the mobile device; and adjusting a maximum permitted transmission power of the femtocell base station according to the determined reason wherein the mobile device handing-in or reselecting the femtocell base station is not a mobile device in the predefined set; and reconfiguring the femtocell base station to operate in the closed mode. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product performs the following steps:
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temporarily configuring the femtocell base station to operate in an open or hybrid mode in which any mobile device may hand-in or reselect the femtocell base station; following a hand-in or reselection of the femtocell base station by a mobile device, determining a reason for the hand-in or reselection by the mobile device; and adjusting a maximum permitted transmission power of the femtocell base station according to the determined reason wherein the mobile device handing-in or reselecting the femtocell base station is not a mobile device in the predefined set; and reconfiguring the femtocell base station to operate in the closed mode.
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