Method and apparatus for allocating femto cell information for handover in a wireless communication system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJeong-Hyun Han
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for allocating femto cell allocation information to support handover from a cell of a Base Station (BS) to a femto cell in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes setting a start frequency of a beacon signal to be different from a start frequency of a neighbor femto cell, sequentially hopping a beacon frequency beginning from the start frequency, and allocating new femto cell information based on the frequency hopping.
Claims20
A method for allocating femto cell information for handover by a femto cell Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- setting a start frequency of a beacon signal of the femto cell BS to be different from a start frequency of a neighbor femto cell BS;
- sequentially hopping a beacon frequency of the femto cell BS beginning from the start frequency;
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- allocating new femto cell information to the femto cell BS based on the frequency hopping.
A femto cell Base Station (BS) for allocating femto cell information for handover in a wireless communication system, the femto cell BS comprising:
- a first modem for modulating and demodulating transmission/reception signals using an operation frequency of the femto cell BS;
- a second modem for modulating a beacon signal using a beacon frequency of the femto cell BS, and for transmitting the modulated beacon signal;
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- a controller for controlling operations of the first and second modems, and for controlling an operation of setting a start frequency of the beacon signal to be different from a start frequency of a neighbor femto cell BS, sequentially hopping a beacon frequency beginning from the start frequency, and allocating new femto cell information using the frequency hopping.
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