Method and apparatus for unplanned deployment of base stations

An apparatus for deploying a femto node in a wireless network, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• determine a timing for measuring a received signal quality in the wireless network;
• measure the received signal quality based on the timing;
• and
• determine whether to communicate in the wireless network based in part on comparing the received signal quality to a threshold signal quality;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

A computer program product for deploying a femto node in a wireless network, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to determine a timing for measuring a received signal quality in the wireless network;
• code for causing the at least one computer to measure the received signal quality based on the timing;
• and
• code for causing the at least one computer to determine whether to communicate in the wireless network based in part on comparing the received signal quality to a threshold signal quality.

An apparatus for deploying a femto node in a wireless network, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• determine a timing for a femto node to measure received signal quality in the wireless network to determine whether to communicate;
• and
• command the femto node to measure received signal quality based on the timing;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

A computer program product for deploying a femto node in a wireless network, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to determine a timing for a femto node to measure received signal quality in the wireless network to determine whether to communicate;
• and
• code for causing the at least one computer to command the femto node to measure received signal quality based on the timing.