Configuring an identifier for an access point

1. A method of communication, comprising:

determining, at an access point, at least a first identifier transmitted by at least one other access point; and

selecting, based on the at least a first identifier, a second identifier to be transmitted by the access point wherein the second identifier comprises an identifier for a cell associated with the access point;

wherein the determination of the at least a first identifier comprises receiving one of at least a first identifier of at least one multi-hop neighbor access point and identifier information from at least one associated user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second identifier comprises a pilot identifier, a physical cell identifier, or a primary scrambling sequence.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the access point comprises an eNodeB and the at least one other access point comprises at least one other eNodeB.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes:

receiving a list of physical cell identifiers;

removing, from the list, at least one of the group consisting of: a physical cell identifier reported by a user equipment, a physical cell identifier reported by a neighbor eNodeB, and a physical cell identifier received over-the-air using a downlink receiver; and

wherein the selecting includes selecting a physical cell identifier for the cell after the removal.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the selecting the physical cell identifier comprises randomly selecting a physical cell identifier from the list after the removal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the second identifier comprises selecting an identifier that is not used by the at least one other access point.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the second identifier comprises selecting the second identifier from a list of identifiers.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the list comprises a subset of a set of identifiers.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selecting of the second identifier further comprises selecting the second identifier in a random manner from the list.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving the list from a configuration server.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the configuration server comprises an operations, accounting, and management entity.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the list is operator configurable.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the list is associated with at least one specified type of access point.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one specified type relates to at least one of the group consisting of: access point transmit power; access point mobility; and whether the access point is restricted to not provide, for at least one node, at least one of: signaling, data access, registration, paging, or service.

15. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

sending information indicative of a type of the access point to a server; and

receiving the list from the server, wherein the list is based on the type.

16. The method of claim 7 , wherein the list is associated with a geographic region.

17. The method of claim 7 , wherein the list is based on a location of the access point.

18. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

sending information indicative of a location of the access point to a server; and

receiving the list from the server, wherein the list is based on the information indicative of the location.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least a first identifier of the at least one multi-hop neighbor access point is received via at least one neighbor report.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selection of the identifier for the access point comprises:

classifying each identifier of the at least a first identifier according to an associated number of hops to the access point; and

selecting an identifier based on the classification if a non-conflicting identifier is not available.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of the at least a first identifier comprises:

receiving information relating to a second-hop or third-hop access point from a first-hop access point; and

communicating with the second-hop or third-hop access point to determine an identifier used by the second-hop or third-hop access point.

22. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a first neighbor report from one of the at least one other access point;

generating a second neighbor report that identifies any access points identified by the first neighbor report; and

sending the second neighbor report in response to a neighbor discovery request.

23. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying the at least one other access point by receiving signals over-the-air from at least one neighbor access point.

24. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying the at least one other access point by receiving an indication of at least one neighbor access point from a configuration server.

25. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a conflict between the determined at least a first identifier and an identifier previously specified for the access point; and

specifying a non-conflicting identifier for the access point in response to the identification of the conflict.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the identification of the conflict comprises receiving an indication of the conflict from an associated user equipment.

27. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access point comprises a femto node or a relay node.

28. An apparatus for communication, comprising:

an identifier determiner configured to determine, at an access point, at least a first identifier transmitted by at least one other access point; and

an identifier selector configured to select, based on the at least a first identifier, a second identifier to be transmitted by the access point wherein the second identifier comprises an identifier for a cell associated with the access point;

wherein the identifier determiner is configured to receive one of at least a first identifier of at least one multi-hop neighbor access point and identifier information from at least one associated user equipment.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the second identifier comprises a pilot identifier, a physical cell identifier, or a primary scrambling sequence.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the access point comprises an eNodeB and the at least one other access point comprises at least one other eNodeB.

31. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the identifier determiner is further configured for:

receiving a list of physical cell identifiers;

removing, from the list, at least one of the group consisting of: a physical cell identifier reported by a user equipment, a physical cell identifier reported by a neighbor eNodeB, and a physical cell identifier received over-the-air using a downlink receiver; and

wherein the identifier selector is further configured for selecting a physical cell identifier for the cell after the removal.

32. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the selecting the physical cell identifier comprises randomly selecting a physical cell identifier from the list after the removal.

33. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the selecting the second identifier comprises selecting an identifier that is not used by the at least one other access point.

34. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the selecting the second identifier comprises selecting the identifier from a list of identifiers.

35. The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the list comprises a subset of a set of identifiers.

36. The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the selecting the second identifier further comprises selecting the second identifier in a random manner from the list.

37. The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the list is associated with at least one specified type of access point.

38. The apparatus of claim 37 , wherein the at least one specified type relates to at least one of the group consisting of: access point transmit power; access point mobility; and whether the access point is restricted to not provide, for at least one node, at least one of: signaling, data access, registration, paging, or service.

39. The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the list is associated with a geographic region.

40. The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the list is based on a location of the access point.

41. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the at least one identifier of the at least one multi-hop neighbor access point is received via at least one neighbor report.

42. An apparatus for communication, comprising:

means for determining, at an access point, at least a first identifier transmitted by at least one other access point; and

means for selecting, based on the at least a first identifier, a second identifier to be transmitted by the access point wherein the second identifier comprises an identifier for a cell associated with the access point;

wherein the means for determining is configured to receive one of at least a first identifier of at least one multi-hop neighbor access point and identifier information from at least one associated user equipment.

43. The apparatus of claim 42 , wherein the second identifier comprises a pilot identifier, a physical cell identifier, or a primary scrambling sequence.

44. The apparatus of claim 43 , wherein the access point comprises an eNodeB and the at least one other access point comprises at least one other eNodeB.

45. The apparatus of claim 43 , wherein the means for determining further includes:

means for receiving a list of physical cell identifiers;

means for removing, from the list, at least one of the group consisting of: a physical cell identifier reported by a user equipment, a physical cell identifier reported by a neighbor eNodeB, and a physical cell identifier received over-the-air using a downlink receiver; and

wherein the means for selecting further includes means for selecting a physical cell identifier the cell after the removal.

46. The apparatus of claim 45 , wherein the selecting of the physical cell identifier comprises randomly selecting a physical cell identifier from the list after the removal.

47. The apparatus of claim 42 , wherein the selecting of the second identifier comprises selecting an identifier that is not used by the at least one other access point.

48. The apparatus of claim 42 , wherein the selecting of the second identifier comprises selecting the identifier from a list of identifiers.

49. The apparatus of claim 48 , wherein the list comprises a subset of a set of identifiers.

50. The apparatus of claim 48 , wherein the selecting of the second identifier further comprises selecting the second identifier in a random manner from the list.

51. The apparatus of claim 48 , wherein the list is associated with at least one specified type of access point.

52. The apparatus of claim 51 , wherein the at least one specified type relates to at least one of the group consisting of: access point transmit power; access point mobility; and whether the access point is restricted to not provide, for at least one node, at least one of: signaling, data access, registration, paging, or service.

53. The apparatus of claim 48 , wherein the list is associated with a geographic region.

54. The apparatus of claim 48 , wherein the list is based on a location of the access point.

55. The apparatus of claim 42 , wherein the at least a first identifier of the at least one multi-hop neighbor access point is received via at least one neighbor report.

56. A computer-program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method of communication, comprising determining, at an access point, at least a first identifier transmitted by at least one other access point; and

selecting, based on the at least a first identifier, a second identifier to be transmitted by the access point wherein the second identifier comprises an identifier for a cell associated with the access point;

wherein determining the at least a first identifier includes receiving one of at least a first identifier of at least one multi-hop neighbor access point and identifier information from at least one associated user equipment.

57. The computer-program product of claim 56 , wherein the second identifier comprises a pilot identifier, a physical cell identifier, or a primary scrambling sequence.

58. The computer-program product of claim 57 , wherein the access point comprises an eNodeB and the at least one other access point comprises at least one other eNodeB.

59. The computer-program product of claim 57 , wherein the codes further includes codes for causing the computer to:

receive a list of physical cell identifiers;

remove from the list, at least one of the group consisting of: a physical cell identifier reported by a user equipment, a physical cell identifier reported by a neighbor eNodeB, and a physical cell identifier received over-the-air using a downlink receiver; and

select a physical cell identifier for the cell after the removal.

60. The computer-program product of claim 59 , wherein the selecting of the physical cell identifier comprises randomly selecting a physical cell identifier from the list after the removal.

61. The computer-program product of claim 56 , wherein the selecting of the second identifier comprises selecting an identifier that is not used by the at least one other access point.

62. The computer-program product of claim 56 , wherein the selecting of the second identifier comprises selecting the second identifier from a list of identifiers.

63. The computer-program product of claim 62 , wherein the list is associated with at least one specified type of access point.

64. The computer-program product of claim 62 , wherein the list is based on a location of the access point.

65. A method of communication, comprising:

determining, at an access point, at least a first identifier transmitted by at least one other access point; and

selecting, based on the at least a first identifier, a second identifier to be transmitted by the access point wherein the second identifier comprises an identifier for a cell associated with the access point;

wherein the selecting of the second identifier comprises selecting the second identifier from a list of identifiers and wherein the list is associated with at least one specified type of access point.