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US 2009/0215400 A1Published application
Pilot signal transmission management
OwnerHenry CHANG, Doug Dunn +1inventors
InventorsHenry CHANG, Doug Dunn, Amit Kalhan
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Abstract
A base station transmits a pilot signal when the presence of a wireless communication device is detected. A wireless device detector receives a detection signal transmitted from a wireless communication device to determine the presence of the wireless communication device.
Claims20
A base station comprising:
- a receiver configured to detect a presence of a wireless communication device;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit a pilot signal in response to detecting the presence of the wireless communication device.
A base station for connecting to a wireless wide area network (WWAN), the base station comprising:
- a wireless interface configured to provide wireless communication services to at least one mobile communication device of a plurality of a mobile communication devices authorized to communicate on the WWAN;
- a wireless communication device detector configured to receive a detection signal transmitted from the at least one mobile communication device;
- a transmitter configured to refrain from transmitting a pilot signal until the detection signal is received.
A method of managing pilot signal transmission from a base station, the method comprising:
- detecting a presence of a wireless communication device at a base station;
- and
- transmitting a pilot signal in response to detecting the presence of the wireless communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.