Targeting communications in a femtocell network
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorJoseph Patini
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Abstract
The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can leverage Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) features to facilitate more efficient or more robust communication with a femtocell network. In particular, features such as a UMTS localized common pilot channel along with various UTRAN features can enable communications to be directed to specific targets such as to a specific home nodeB (HNB) or to a specific mobile device served by the HNB, while also reducing macro network load.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- interfacing to a set of home nodeB devices that employ a universal mobile telecommunication system localized common pilot channel;
- assigning target identifiers to the set of home nodeB devices, wherein a subset of home nodeB devices included in the set of home nodeB devices is assigned a target identifier based upon the subset of home nodeB devices being located within a common news coverage area;
- receiving a message that comprises the target identifier;
- and
- facilitating a transmission of the message to the subset of home nodeB devices identified by the target identifier.
A method, comprising:
- communicating, by a system comprising a processor, with a set of home nodeB devices that employ a universal mobile telecommunication system localized common pilot channel;
- assigning, by the system, target identifiers to the set of home nodeB devices, wherein a subset of home nodeB devices included in the set of home nodeB devices is assigned a target identifier based upon the subset of home nodeB devices being located within a common news coverage area;
- receiving, by the system, a message that comprises a target identifier;
- and
- forwarding, by the system, the message to the subset of home nodeB devices identified by the target identifier.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- interfacing with a set of femtocell devices that employ a universal mobile telecommunication system localized common pilot channel;
- assigning, by the system, target identifiers to the set of femtocell devices, wherein a subset of femtocell devices included in the set of femtocell devices is assigned a target identifier based upon the subset of femtocell devices being located within a common news coverage area;
- receiving, by the system, a message that comprises a target identifier, wherein the target identifier identifies a subset of femtocell devices included in the set of femtocell devices;
- and
- transmitting, by the system, the message to the subset of femtocell devices identified by the target identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.