Network elements, wireless communication system and methods therefor
Assigneeip.access Limited
InventorDavid Brock
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for periodically assigning new, unique Location Area Codes to each cell comprising a femto-cell network (100-111) permits a user equipment to perform a re-registration attempt with the same cell after a short period of time has elapsed in cases where an initial attempt to register was rejected. The invention is particularly useful for location presence services as a location presence signal may be generated every time a User Equipment (113) attempts to register on a cell (100) whether or not the attempt was successful.
Claims17
1-17. (canceled)
A method for operating a cellular communication system comprising a plurality of neighbouring small cells, each of said plurality of neighbouring small cells supporting communications between a wireless communication unit and a core network, the method comprising;
- assigning an initial unique area code to each small-cell and periodically assigning a new unique area code to each small-cell.
An apparatus for a cellular communication system, the system comprising a plurality of neighbouring small cells, each of said plurality of neighbouring small cells supporting communications between a wireless communication unit and a core network, wherein the apparatus includes one or more network elements arranged to assign an initial unique area code to each small cell and to periodically assign a new, unique area code to each small cell.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having an executable computer program code stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method in accordance with claim 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.