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US 8,897,773 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for utilizing femtocell
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoung Gun Chun
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Abstract
A femtocell utilizing method and apparatus are disclosed. A mobile terminal may establish a communication channel to a microminiaturized base station for mobile communication creating a femtocell on the basis of a frequency, PSC information, or a frequency band or multiple frequencies. The mobile terminal employing the method and apparatus enables the user to initiate femtocell search at a desired point in time, increasing effectiveness in utilization of a femtocell.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- displaying, by a communication terminal, at least two of a frequency, a Primary Scrambling Code (PSC), and a frequency band;
- detecting, a selection of at least one of the frequency, the PSC, and the frequency band, the selection being received via an input device of the communication terminal;
- conducting by the communication terminal, a first femtocell search based on the received selection, the first femtocell search being a search for a femtocell base station;
- displaying one screen of:
- a screen notifying of an attempt for the first femtocell search, a screen notifying success of the first femtocell search and a screen notifying failure of the first fennocell search based on the conducted first femtocell search;
- and
- initiating, by the communication terminal, a registration with the femtocell base station, when the first femtocell search is successful.
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An apparatus comprising:
- display unit;
- an input unit;
- and
- a control unit, configured to:
- display, on the display unit, at least two of a frequency, a Primary Scrambling Code (PSC), and a frequency band;
- receive, via the input unit, a selection of at least one of the frequency, the PSC, and the frequency band;
- conduct a first femtocell search based on the received selection, the first femtocell search being a search for a femtocell base station;
- display one screen of:
- a screen notifying of an attempt for the first femtocell search, a screen notifying success of the first femtocell search and a screen notifying failure of the first femtocell search based on the conducted first femtocell search;
- and
- initiate a registration with the femtocell base station, when the first femtocell search is successful.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.