Periodic reporting for inter-radio access technology location-based handovers from a gsm macrocell to a wcdma femtocell

S Eskicioglu, C Demetrescu - US Patent App. 12/272,929, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a method for implementation in a mobile unit that is
configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that includes macrocells …

Location-based, event triggered inter-radio access technology handovers from a CDMA macrocell to a WCDMA femtocell

S Eskicioglu, C Demetrescu - US Patent 9,439,125, 2016 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a method for implementation in mobile unit that is configured
to communicate with a wireless communication system that includes macrocells and …

Location-based handovers from a macrocell to a femtocell using periodic measurement reporting

S Eskicioglu, C Demetrescu - US Patent App. 12/265,136, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a method for implementation in user equipment that is
configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that includes macro-cells …

Apparatus and method for femto cell coverage mapping using macro base station

N Venkitaraman, S Adwankar - US Patent App. 12/347,431, 2010 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus are disclosed for selecting between connection of a mobile
communication device to a macro cellor connection of the mobile communication device to …

Location-based handovers from a macrocell to a femtocell using event-triggered measurement reporting

S Eskicioglu, C Demetrescu - US Patent App. 12/265,089, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a method for implementation in user equipment that is
configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that comprises one or …

Location based femtocell device configuration and handoff

WJ Semper - US Patent 8,379,550, 2013 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for configuring femtocell devices for performing handoffs in a
communication system. The com munication system is provided with a plurality of macrocell …

Wide area mobile communications over femto-cells

F Vakil, DM Boscovic, SD Glazer, S Kumar - US Patent 8,121,600, 2012 - Google Patents
User Equipment (UE) across a femto cellular network. The method includes dynamically
clustering a plurality of neigh boring femto cells in a vicinity of a first femto cell to which a …

Method for controlling access to a mobile communications network

A Vachhani - US Patent 8,594,693, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for redirecting communication requests made by user equipment
(6.8) to an access point (2) in a cellular communication system is disclosed. The access …

Method for associating a premier femtocell with user equipment

S Eskicioglu, C Demetrescu - US Patent 8,862,137, 2014 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a method for implementation in user equipment that is
configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that includes at least one …

Femtocell hand-offs

JK Burgess, RJ Thompson, DM Sand - US Patent 9,084,161, 2015 - Google Patents
An exemplary method of facilitating hand-offs between Femtocells includes receiving an
indication of a cell identi fying code detected by a mobile station currently communi cating …