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:
- assigning, by the system, target identifiers to femtocell access point devices based on demographics and interests of subscriber identities associated with the femtocell access point devices, wherein a femtocell access point device of the femtocell access point devices is assigned a target identifier based on the femtocell access point device being associated with a subscriber identity determined to satisfy a criterion based on the demographics and the interests;
- receiving, by the system, a first transmission comprising a message comprising the target identifier;
- identifying, by the system, the femtocell access point device as a targeted recipient of the message based on the target identifier;
- and
- transmitting, by the system, a second transmission comprising the message to the femtocell access point device.
A method, comprising:
- assigning, by a system comprising a processor, target identifiers to home nodeB access point devices based on demographics and interests of subscriber identities associated with the home nodeB access point devices, wherein a home nodeB access point device of the home nodeB access point devices is assigned a target identifier based on the home nodeB access point device being associated with a subscriber identity determined to satisfy a specified criterion based on the demographics and the interests;
- receiving, by the system, a first transmission comprising a message comprising the target identifier;
- identifying, by the system, the home nodeB access point device as an intended recipient of the message based on the target identifier;
- and
- sending, by the system to the home nodeB access point device, a second transmission comprising the message to the home nodeB access point device.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- assigning target identifiers for access point devices based on demographics and interests of subscribers associated with the access point devices, wherein an access point device of the access point devices is assigned a target identifier based on the access point device being determined to be associated with a subscriber meeting a defined criterion based on the demographics and the interests;
- receiving a first transmission of a message comprising the target identifier;
- identifying the access point device as a recipient of the message based on the target identifier;
- and
- sending a second transmission comprising the message to the access point device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.