Universal near field self-configuring femtocell
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorRobert J. Morrill
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include a method for configuring a femtocell. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell. The method identifies a carrier network associated with the cellular device and automatically configures the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device.
Claims20
A universal near field self-configuring femtocell comprising:
- a near-field-transceiver capable of near-field communication with a cellular device;
- a cellular transceiver;
- memory in communication with a processing unit, the memory including computer usable program code, and
- the processing unit executing the computer usable program code to:
- identify the cellular device in response to the cellular device being within a near-field communication range of the femtocell;
- identify a carrier network associated with the cellular device;
- and
- automatically configure the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device.
A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a tangible computer-readable medium, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions to:
- identify a cellular device in response to the cellular device being within a near-field communication range of a femtocell;
- identify a carrier network associated with the cellular device;
- and
- automatically configure the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device.
A method for configuring a femtocell, the method comprising:
- identifying a cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell;
- identifying a carrier network associated with the cellular device;
- and
- automatically configuring the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.