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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA;
Inventors:
Sudip Alexei Gupta, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Abhishek Pandit, Wokingham, GB;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
User equipment (UE) includes an architecture for locating femtocells. The architecture implements a phased search approach. The phased search helps the UE find the correct femtocells in a time and power efficient manner, by performing the search in a way that matches the likely changes to femtocell configurations.