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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2012
Derek Hongwei Bao, Concord, CA (US);
David Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Derek Hongwei Bao, Concord, CA (US);
David Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A femto cell at a customer premises, such as an IP-based femto Base Transceiver System (IP-BTS), can be configured as a 'private access' node intended to service a limited set of mobile stations. However, mobile stations not associated with the private femto cell may acquire and lock onto the femto BTS. To avoid service blockages in such cases, the private femto BTS will allow call access attempts by, and call deliveries to, a non-associated mobile station, despite the 'private access' configuration. However, upon completion of call set-up, the non-associated mobile station is directed to initiate handoff, from the private femto cell coverage provided by the femto BTS into a cell coverage of a base station of the macro network, to conserve femto cell resources for use in servicing calls of the associated mobile station(s).