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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
John K. Burgess, Morristown, NJ (US);
Robin J. Thompson, Batavia, IL (US);
Donna Michaels Sand, Redmond, WA (US);
John K. Burgess, Morristown, NJ (US);
Robin J. Thompson, Batavia, IL (US);
Donna Michaels Sand, Redmond, WA (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
An exemplary method of facilitating hand-offs between Femtocells includes receiving an indication of a cell identifying code detected by a mobile station currently communicating with a serving Femtocell. A determination is made whether the received cell identifying code corresponds to a known Femtocell. The known Femtocell becomes a target Femtocell if a successful hand-off was previously made from the serving Femtocell to the known Femtocell. A hand-off is instigated to the target Femtocell.