APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEMTO CELL COVERAGE MAPPING USING MACRO BASE STATION

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for selecting between connection of a mobile communication device to a macro cell or connection of the mobile communication device to one of a plurality of femto cells in a network. The method includes determining a mapping of locations of the femto cells within coverage range of the macro cell, determining whether network considerations indicate the mobile communications device should be connected to the macro cell or to one of the plurality of femto cells, and enabling connection of the mobile communications device to the macro cell or to one of the plurality of femto cells based on the network considerations and the mapping of locations of the femto cells.