Methods and apparatus for power saving in broadcasting carrier information

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

• code for causing at least one computer to determine to activate a transmitter to serve a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network;
• code for causing the at least one computer to broadcast, by the transmitter, a portion of a set of broadcast signals in a radio frame without broadcasting a remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals in the radio frame, the portion comprises one or more cell-specific reference signals, primary synchronization signals, or secondary synchronization signals;
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• code for causing the at least one computer to broadcast, by the transmitter, the remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals along with the portion of the set of broadcast signals in a subsequent radio frame, the remaining portion comprises one or more system information signals including at least one of a system information block (SIB) or a primary broadcast channel (PBCH), the subsequent radio frame occurs after the radio frame and is deteimined by the transmitter based on one or more parameters specifying at least one timing for transmitting the remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals after the portion of the set of broadcast signals.

An apparatus for activating a transmitter to communicate in a wireless network, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
• determine to activate a transmitter to serve a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network;
• broadcast, by the transmitter, a portion of a set of broadcast signals in a radio frame without broadcasting a remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals in the radio frame, the portion comprises one or more cell-specific reference signals, primary synchronization signals, or secondary synchronization signals;
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• broadcast, by the transmitter, the remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals along with the portion of the set of broadcast signals in a subsequent radio frame, the remaining portion comprises one or more system infoiiiiation signals including at least one of a system information block (SIB) or a primary broadcast channel (PBCH), the subsequent radio frame occurs after the radio frame and is deteiniined by the transmitter based on one or more parameters specifying at least one timing for transmitting the remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals after the portion of the set of broadcast signals.

An apparatus for activating a transmitter to communicate in a wireless network, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to execute:
• a discovery signal detecting module for deteimining to activate a transmitter to serve a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network;
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• a signal broadcasting module for broadcasting, by the transmitter, a portion of a set of broadcast signals in a radio frame without broadcasting a remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals in the radio frame, the portion comprises one or more cell-specific reference signals, primary synchronization signals, or secondary synchronization signals, and broadcasting, by the transmitter, the remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals along with the portion of the set of broadcast signals in a subsequent radio frame, the remaining portion comprises one or more system infoiination signals including at least one of a system information block (SIB) or a primary broadcast channel (PBCH), the subsequent radio frame occurs after the radio frame and is determined by the transmitter based on one or more parameters specifying at least one timing for transmitting the remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals after the portion of the set of broadcast signals.