Method for Handing Over a User Equipment Connected to a Base Station from the Base Station to a femto Access Point

A user equipment connectable to a base station, the user equipment comprising

• a unit for initializing a handover from the base station to a femto access point,
• a unit for sending parameters indicating the femto access point to the base station, wherein the parameters comprise a physical ID parameter and a further parameter based on time measurements, the base station being adapted for identifying the femto access point by comparing the parameters sent from the user equipment to the base station with a list stored in the base station, wherein the list comprises a physical ID parameter, a further parameter based on time measurements and a global ID for a plurality of femto access points, and for handing over the user equipment to the identified femto access point.

A base station adapted for handing over a user equipment connectable to the base station from the base station to a femto access point, the user equipment being adapted for initializing a handover from the base station to the femto access point, the base station comprising

• a unit for receiving parameters indicating the femto access point from the user equipment, wherein the parameters comprise a physical ID parameter and a further parameter based on time measurements,
• a unit for identifying the femto access point by comparing the parameters received from the user equipment with a list stored in the base station, wherein the list comprises a physical ID parameter, a further parameter based on time measurements and a global ID for a plurality of femto access points, and
• a unit for handing over the user equipment to the identified femto access point.