Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to communication networks and, more particularly, to small cells in wireless communication networks. The embodiments herein disclose a mechanism for determining an upper limit for the uplink transmission power for a small base station in the small cell, based on small cell density and co-channel interference.

Abstract: A system and method for achieving load balancing in a communication network. Each User Equipment (UE) configured to a Femto Access Point (FAP) is grouped under a particular access class based on the quality of service being subscribed to, by the UE. At the time of overloading, each access class is barred access for a particular percent of duty cycle. When an authorized UE requests connection to the FAP, the system checks for an overloading situation. If overloading is detected in the network, the system identifies the access class of that particular UE and checks if that particular access class is authorized to access the FAP at that particular instant of time. If the UE's access class is authorized to access the FAP at that instant of time, the system allow UE to establish connection.

Abstract: A method for configuring a network is described, the method comprising: receiving, from a first radio node in the network, network information associated with one or more second radio nodes in the network; generating a network relation table, the network relation table comprising network information associated with the first radio node and the one or more second radio nodes; and performing a handoff to a third radio node in the network using the network relation table.

Abstract: A system and method for access control to a Femto cell network. The system prevents access for unauthorized user equipments (UE) to a Femto cell with a particular Location Area Code (LAC) by temporarily averting access to that particular FAP. If the Femto cell Access Point (FAP) gets a connection request from an unauthorized UE, the FAP fails the first authentication check for that particular UE. Upon authentication failure, the UE activate a first timer and checks if the FAP sends a second authentication request before expiry of the first timer. In an embodiment, FAP does not send second authentication request if the UE is found to be unauthorized. Then the UE activates a second timer and goes to idle state. Further, the UE will not scan for FAPs with that particular Location Area Code till expiry of the second timer.

Abstract: A method for configuring a network is described, the method comprising: receiving, from a first radio node in the network, network information associated with one or more second radio nodes in the network; generating a network relation table, the network relation table comprising network information associated with the first radio node and the one or more second radio nodes; and performing a handoff to a third radio node in the network using the network relation table.