Method and apparatus of supporting wireless femtocell clusters

摘要

A method of operating a femtocell network cluster is disclosed. One example method of operating the femtocell network cluster may include certain operations, such as, selecting a master femtocell access point among various femtocell access points operating on the femtocell network cluster and updating a master table to include the master femtocell access point in the master table neighbor list. Other operations may include transmitting the master table to each of the femtocell access points informing them of the identity of the master femtocell access point. The tables may be maintained by all of the femtocell access points operating on the network.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
selecting a master femtocell access point among a plurality of femtocell access points operating on a femtocell network cluster; transmitting the master table from the master femtocell access point to each of the plurality of femtocell access points informing them of the identity of the master femtocell access point; identifying a new femtocell access point unidentified by the master table; transmitting an IP address identifying the master femtocell access point and a cluster identifier to the new femtocell access point; receiving a register message at the master femtocell access point from the new femtocell access point; adding the new femtocell access point to the master table to create an updated master table; and communicating the updated master table by the master femtocell access point to the plurality of femtocell access points.