METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING AVAILABILITY OF FEMTOCELLS TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF A BATTERY POWER CONSUMPTION DUE TO A BACKGROUND SEARCH ABOUT THE FEMTOCELL WHICH MAY NOT EXIST

摘要

PURPOSE: A method and system for notifying availability of femtocells to an electronic device is provided to efficiently inform the electronic device of the availability of a femtocell.;CONSTITUTION: A method for notifying the availability of femtocells(110a,110b) to an electronic device comprises steps of: determining a fingerprint for each of the femtocells by a base station of a macrocell; maintaining fingerprints of the femtocells by the base station; notifying the availability of the femtocells to the electronic device based on corresponding fingerprints. A system for notifying availability of femtocells to an electronic device comprises a macrocell, the femtocells in vicinity of the macrocell, and an electronic device(105) that receives notification of the availability of the femtocells.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2012