Virtual neighbor objects for managing idle mode mobility in a wireless network
Idle mode reselection is presented herein. A virtual neighbor component can create at least one virtual neighbor object and associate the at least one virtual neighbor object with wireless access points. Further, a reselection component can facilitate idle mode reselection between a base station and a wireless access point of the wireless access points based on the at least one virtual neighbor object.
1. A method, comprising:
creating, by a system comprising a processor, a virtual neighbor object comprising a channel number and a scrambling code;
referencing, by the system, femtocell devices utilizing the virtual neighbor object;
sending, by the system, neighbor information directed to a mobile device, wherein the neighbor information comprises the virtual neighbor object and represents channels of neighboring femtocell devices within a defined proximity to the mobile device; and
in response to the sending of the neighbor information, granting, by the system based on the virtual neighbor object and an access restriction that references a signal quality associated with a communication between a femtocell device of the femtocell devices and the mobile device, an idle mode reselection between a wireless access point device and the femtocell device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access restriction comprises an access control list associated with the femtocell device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the neighbor information comprises directing the femtocell device to transmit the neighbor information to the mobile device.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
assigning, by the system, an access control parameter to the femtocell device.
5. A system, comprising:
a memory that stores executable instructions; and
a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising:
generating a virtual neighbor object comprising a channel number and a scrambling code;
associating the virtual neighbor object with femtocell devices;
sending neighbor data directed to a mobile wireless device, wherein the neighbor data comprises the virtual neighbor object and represents channels of neighboring femtocell devices within a defined proximity to the mobile wireless device; and
subsequent to the sending of the neighbor data, permitting, based on the virtual neighbor object and an access restriction that references a signal quality associated with a communication between a femtocell device of the femtocell devices and the mobile wireless device, an idle mode reselection between a base station device and the femtocell device.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the access restriction comprises an access control list associated with the femtocell device.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the sending the neighbor data comprises directing the femtocell device to transmit the neighbor data to the mobile wireless device.
8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
assigning an access control parameter to the femtocell device.
9. The system of claim 5 , wherein the base station device comprises a long term evolution access point device.
10. The system of claim 5 , wherein the femtocell device comprises a Bluetooth™ access point device.
11. The system of claim 5 , wherein the femtocell device comprises a worldwide interoperability for microwave access point device.
12. The system of claim 5 , wherein the femtocell device comprises an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11x based device.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a mobile device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
receiving neighbor data including a virtual neighbor object that comprises channel data that references a channel number and scrambling code data that references a scrambling code, wherein the virtual neighbor object is associated with femtocell devices and represents channels of proximate femtocell devices within a defined proximity to the mobile device; and
in response to the receiving of the neighbor data, reselecting between a base station device and a femtocell device of the femtocell devices based on the virtual neighbor object and an access restriction that references a signal quality associated with a communication between the femtocell device and the mobile device.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the receiving the neighbor data comprises receiving the neighbor data from the femtocell device.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the access restriction comprises an identification associated with the mobile device.
16. The method of claim 4 , wherein the granting the idle mode reselection comprises permitting the idle mode reselection based on the access control parameter.
17. The system of claim 8 , wherein the permitting the idle mode reselection comprises permitting the idle mode reselection based on the access control parameter.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
assigning an access control parameter to the femtocell device.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the reselecting comprises reselecting between the base station device and the femtocell device based on the access control parameter.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the access restriction comprises an access control list associated with the femtocell device.