Cell activation based on received indication
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsNaeem Akl, Navid Abedini, Karl Georg Hampel, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
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Abstract
Aspects relate to cell activation. A first apparatus (e.g., a distributed unit) may obtain a first indication that is indicative of whether a user equipment is present within a coverage of a cell served by the first apparatus. The first apparatus may then output a second indication based on the first indication to a second apparatus (e.g., a central unit). In some aspects, the outputting of the second indication may be based on the first indication indicating that the user equipment is present within the coverage of the cell.
Claims27
A first network entity, comprising:
- one or more transceivers;
- and
- a processing system comprising one or more memories including instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the first network entity to:
- receive, from a second network entity and via the one or more transceivers, a message indicating that a first cell served by the first network entity is to be deactivated;
- deactivate the first cell after the message is received, wherein the deactivation of the first cell configures the first cell to cease transmissions of any broadcast signaling;
- receive, via the one or more transceivers and while the deactivated first cell is configured to cease transmissions of any broadcast signaling, a first indication that is indicative of whether a user equipment is present within a coverage area of the deactivated first cell, wherein a connection associated with the user equipment is not established via the first network entity when the first indication is received;
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- transmit, via the one or more transceivers and based on the first indication indicating that the user equipment is present within the coverage area of the deactivated first cell, a second indication associated with activation of the deactivated first cell.
A method for communication by a first wireless node, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a second wireless node, a message indicating that a first cell served by the first wireless node is to be deactivated;
- deactivating the first cell after receiving the message, wherein the deactivating the first cell configures the first cell to cease transmissions of any broadcast signaling;
- receiving, while the deactivated first cell is configured to cease transmissions of any broadcast signaling, a first indication that is indicative of whether a user equipment is present within a coverage area of the deactivated first cell, wherein a connection associated with the user equipment is not established via the first wireless node when the first indication is received;
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- transmitting a second indication associated with activation of the deactivated first cell, the transmitting the second indication being based on the first indication indicating that the user equipment is present within the coverage area of the deactivated first cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.