Abstract: A method and system for neighbor list generation in a femtocell environment based on access permissions of user device at neighboring femto access points (FAP) is disclosed. The method of accessing a network comprises a femto gateway determining location of a user device, using the femto access points as reference, femto gateway creating a list of neighboring femto access points the user device is authorized to access, femto gateway sending the neighbor list to a femto access point, where the user device is camped on the femto access point, femto access point sending the list to the user device, user device scanning femto access points in the list and the user device requesting access to a femto access point from the list, if needed.