Controlling energy consumption of a wireless network node
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsPål Frenger, Bo Hagerman, Bengt Lindoff, Stefan Parkvall
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Abstract
A user equipment receives a signal indicating a time schedule for intermittent transmission of information from a base station managing a cell. The intermittent transmission of information enables the UE to perform mobility measurements when the cell is in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode and the UE is an active terminal not served by the cell. The UE performs, based on the intermittent transmission of information, a mobility measurement when the cell is in the DTX mode and reports the mobility measurement to the base station.
Claims14
A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicating a time schedule for intermittent transmission of information from a base station managing a cell, wherein the intermittent transmission of information enables the UE to perform mobility measurements when the cell is in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode and the UE is an active terminal not served by the cell;
- performing, based on the intermittent transmission of information, a mobility measurement when the cell is in the DTX mode;
- reporting the mobility measurement to the base station.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- interface circuitry configured to exchange signaling with a base station managing a cell;
- processing circuitry communicatively connected to the interface circuitry and configured to:
- receive a signal indicating a time schedule for intermittent transmission of information from the base station via the interface circuitry, wherein the intermittent transmission of information enables the UE to perform mobility measurements when the cell is in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode and the UE is an active terminal not served by the cell;
- perform, based on the intermittent transmission of information and using the interface circuitry, a mobility measurement when the cell is in the DTX mode;
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- report the mobility measurement to the base station via the interface circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.