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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Christopher Brian Smart, Wiltshire, GB;
Fiona Clare Angharad Somerville, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Christopher Brian Smart, Wiltshire, GB;
Fiona Clare Angharad Somerville, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Picochip Limited, Bath, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 14/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a femtocell device for communicating with one or more user devices in a communication network, the network having a plurality of subchannels available for transmissions, wherein the femtocell device is adapted to use a first subset of the plurality of subchannels for communicating with user devices that are in a closed subscriber group of the femtocell device and within a first area, and a second subset of the plurality of subchannels for communicating with other user devices.