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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Lester Tse We Ho, Dublin, IE;
Imran Ashraf, Wiltshire, GB;
Inventors:
Lester Tse We Ho, Dublin, IE;
Imran Ashraf, Wiltshire, GB;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 16/32 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided of switching a femtocell base station for wireless telecommunications between a dormant mode and an active mode. The femtocell base station lies within the coverage area of a macrocell base station. The macrocell base station determines whether a user terminal authorized to connect with the femtocell base station is within the coverage area of the femtocell base station, and dependent upon said determination the macrocell base station transmitting over air to the femotocell base station a command for the femtocell base station to switch mode.