A method of paging a user terminal in idle mode, and a femtocell-controlling gateway

摘要

A method is provided of paging a user terminal that is in idle mode and is residing within a cluster of femtocells. The femtocells are provided by femtocell base stations. The femtocell base stations that provide the cluster of femtocells are connected via a femtocell controlling gateway to a core network. The or each femtocell in which the paging message is to be sent is selected by the gateway dependent upon a user terminal identifier and identity of at least one of the femtocells that the user terminal was previously connected to.