Enhanced idle handoff to support femto cells

S Balasubramanian, MM Deshpande… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2010 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate performing idle handoff in
a wireless communication environment. Signal quality of a pilot received from a base station …

Wireless communication systems with femto nodes

S Nanda, M Yavuz, JR Walton, PJ Black - US Patent 8,634,438, 2014 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for performing a handoff of an access terminal from a macro
node to a femto node are disclosed. To direct handoff of the access terminal, an identity of …

Sending pilots on secondary channels for improved acquisition and handoff in cellular communication

R Prakash, F Ulupinar - US Patent 8,335,202, 2012 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate enhancing acquisition and
handoff in a wireless network deployment by leveraging primary pilots and secondary pilots …

Low duty mode for femtocell base stations

M Venkatachalam, X Yang - US Patent 8,219,086, 2012 - Google Patents
A low duty mode is provided for a femtocell base station operating as part of a cellular
communications system. Methods and systems are described for reducing the service …

Dominant interferer indication in access probe

A Sampath, AD Khandekar, AY Gorokhov… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate indicating a dominant
interferer to a target serving base station in a wireless communication environment. A mobile …

Femto Cell Handover In Wireless Communications

T So, JPL Chow, J Song, L Chu, W Luo… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2010 - Google Patents
Techniques, apparatuses, and systems can include determining one or more handover base
station candidates for a specific mobile station associated with a serving base station based …

Communications methods and apparatus for allocation of resources and handover related measurements

J Li, NN Khude, VD Park, SR Tavildar - US Patent 9,094,951, 2015 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for allocation of resources for handover related measurements in a
communications system including user equipment (UE) devices, a macro base station and …

Femto cell system selection

YC Yoon, S Balasubramanian - US Patent App. 12/410,767, 2009 - Google Patents
(US)(57) ABSTRACT Correspondence Address: Systems and methodologies are described
that facilitate iden QUALCOMMINCORPORATED tifying and/or selecting femto cells in a …

Wireless communication systems with femto nodes

P Tinnakornsrisuphap, S Nanda… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for performing a handoff of an access terminal from a macro node to a
femto node are disclosed. In one embodiment, the femto node is configured to transmit a …

Using assignment messages for efficient signaling of handoff

DJ Julian, A Agrawal, EH Teague - US Patent 7,796,552, 2010 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are provided to facilitate efficient communications handoff for
access terminals in a wireless network. In an aspect, a method to handoff communications in …