FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: emergency call may be routed to an emergency centre based on location information for the femto access point (FAP) which includes a macro cell identifier (ID) and/or a macro cell Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) ID determined based on the FAP location. The location information for the FAP may include a location estimate for the FAP. The location estimate may be used to access a geographic database which stores routing information for emergency centres for different geographic areas.
EFFECT: routing an emergency call coming from a mobile station through a femto access point in a wireless network and locating a mobile station.
50 cl, 14 dwg
