US 11,770,765 B2 · Radio base station sleep mode-beacon and wakeup

Abstract

A method of wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting a wakeup message to awaken a base station from a sleep mode. The method also includes communicating with the base station after the base station awakens. A method of wireless communications by a base station includes entering a sleep mode when no user equipments (UEs) are connected to the base station. The method also includes receiving a signal from a UE to awaken from the sleep mode. The method further includes resuming signal transmissions after waking up from the sleep mode.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A method of wireless communications by a base station, comprising:

entering a sleep mode when no user equipments (UEs) are connected to the base station;
receiving a signal from a UE to awaken from the sleep mode;
awakening from the sleep mode in response to the signal and sensor information generated at the base station, the sensor information indicating mobility information and directional information of the UE;
and
resuming signal transmissions after waking up from the sleep mode.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/328,936Filed 24 May 2021 · us provisional application

Priority

22 Jul 2020

Published

US 2022/0030515 A127 Jan 2022

Granted

26 Sep 2023

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

H04W 52/0206
In the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks: in access points, e.g. base stations
H04L 27/2605
Signal structure: symbol extensions, e.g. Zero Tail, Unique Word [UW]
H04W 4/40
Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
G04R 20/02
Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal: the radio signal being sent by a satellite, e.g. GPS

Radio base station sleep mode-beacon and wakeup

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Radio base station sleep mode-beacon and wakeup

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Abstract

Claims10