Apparatus and method for controlling sleep mode entry in broadband wireless communication system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorChang-Yeon Kim
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Abstract
A sleep mode entry of a terminal in a broadband wireless communication system is provided. Abase station includes an adjuster for, when a first terminal requests a sleep mode entry and lengths of requested sleep interval and listening interval do not meet a certain condition, adjusting the lengths of the sleep interval and the listening interval; and a determiner for setting a distribution of the sleep interval and the listening interval according to the adjustment of the adjuster and determining a sleep mode entry time of a second terminal which enters a sleep mode after the distribution of the sleep interval and the listening interval is set.
Claims12
A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
- an adjuster for, when a first terminal requests a sleep mode entry and lengths of requested sleep interval and listening interval do not meet a certain condition, adjusting the lengths of the sleep interval and the listening interval;
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- a determiner for setting a distribution of the sleep interval and the listening interval according to the adjustment of the adjuster and determining a sleep mode entry time of a second terminal which enters a sleep mode after the distribution of the sleep interval and the listening interval is set.
A method for controlling a sleep mode entry of a terminal at a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- checking whether lengths of a requested sleep interval and a listening interval meet a certain condition when a first terminal requests a sleep mode entry;
- adjusting the lengths of the sleep interval and the listening interval when the condition is not satisfied;
- setting a distribution of the sleep interval and the listening interval according to the adjustment;
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- determining a sleep mode entry time of a second terminal which enters a sleep mode after the distribution of the sleep interval and the listening interval is set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.