A METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN AT LEAST ONE MOBILE UNIT, AT LEAST ONE MACROCELL AND A FEMTOCELL IN PLURALITY OF COVERAGE AREAS

摘要

The present application describes methods involving one or more mobile units, one or more macrocells providing wireless connectivity to one or more first coverage areas, and one or more femtocell providing wireless connectivity to one or more second coverage areas overlapping with the first coverage area(s). One embodiment of the method includes determining, at the femtocell(s), whether to transmit one or more beacon signal from the femtocell(s) on one or more carriers associated with the macrocell(s) based on whether mobile unit(s) are located within the first coverage area(s). US2011105132A1