AUTOMATIC ALLOCATION OF AREA CODES FOR FEMTOCELL DEPLOYMENT

摘要

The invention relates to a method of automatically allocating an area code to a first femtocell (f7). The first femtocell (f7) is surrounded by a plurality of second femtocells (f1 - f6). A plurality of area codes (C1 - C4) is already allocated to the plurality of second femtocells (f1 - f6). According to the method, an area code (C1) of the plurality of area codes (C1 - C4) is determined which is used furthest away from the first femtocell (f7) by a second femtocell (f2), without being used by a closer second femtocell. The determined area code (C1) is allocated to the first femtocell (f7).