System and method for assisting in powering on sleeping network entities

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for identifying network entities, to which to offload at least one user equipment (UE), based on a load of a requesting entity exceeding a load threshold, each of the network entities being in sleep mode;
• means for selecting at least one network entity, of the network entities, to turn ON based on identifying the network entities;
• means for sending an ON-request message to the at least one network entity;
• and
• means for receiving an OFF-notification from the at least one network entity based on the at least one UE not initiating an access channel transmission to the at least one network entity.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• identify network entities, to which to offload at least one user equipment (UE), based on a load of a requesting entity exceeding a load threshold, each of the network entities being in sleep mode;
• select at least one network entity, of the network entities, to turn ON based on identifying the network entities;
• send an ON-request message to the at least one network entity;
• and
• receive an OFF-notification from the at least one network entity based on the at least one UE not initiating an access channel transmission to the at least one network entity;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor for storing data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• identify network entities, to which to offload at least one user equipment (UE), based on a load of a requesting entity exceeding a load threshold, each of the network entities being in sleep mode;
• select at least one network entity, of the network entities, to turn ON based on identifying the network entities;
• send an ON-request message to the at least one network entity;
• and
• receive an OFF-notification from the at least one network entity based on the at least one UE not initiating an access channel transmission to the at least one network entity.