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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Holger Claussen, Swindon, GB;
Hamid Reza Karimi, Kenley, GB;
Lester Tse Wee Ho, Swindon, GB;
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Swindon, GB;
Holger Claussen, Swindon, GB;
Hamid Reza Karimi, Kenley, GB;
Lester Tse Wee Ho, Swindon, GB;
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Swindon, GB;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication system has at least one picocell within a macrocell. A method of communicating in that system includes using a set of predefined cell codes for respectively identifying macrocells. At least one predefined cell code is used for identifying all picocells within a macrocell to the macrocell. A picocell code distinct from the predefined cell codes is used for uniquely identifying a picocell to a mobile station with the macrocell. The mobile station is able to translate between the predefined cell code used by the macrocell to identify all picocells and the picocell code used to uniquely identify the picocell to the mobile station.