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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2009
Applicants:

Chandrasekhar T. Sundarraman, San Diego, CA (US);

Haipeng Jin, Carlsbad, CA (US);

John W. Nasielski, San Diego, CA (US);

Peerapol Tinnakomsrisuphap, San Diego, CA (US);

Jun Wang, La Jolla, CA (US);

Arungundram C. Mahendran, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chandrasekhar T. Sundarraman, San Diego, CA (US);

Haipeng Jin, Carlsbad, CA (US);

John W. Nasielski, San Diego, CA (US);

Peerapol Tinnakomsrisuphap, San Diego, CA (US);

Jun Wang, La Jolla, CA (US);

Arungundram C. Mahendran, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 80/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1006 (2013.01); H04W 36/0011 (2013.01); H04W 80/10 (2013.01); H04L 65/1016 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and methods are provided for handing off an access terminal from a macro base station to a femto access point (AP). In one embodiment, the method involves receiving a facilities directive or the like from a communication network entity, such as, for example, a serving mobile switching center (MSC). The method may involve selecting the femto AP based at least in part on femto configuration information, which may include at least one global identifier of the femto AP. The method may involve determining a uniform resource identifier of the femto AP based at least in part on at least one global identifier (e.g., MSC identifier and/or cell identifier).


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