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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Henrik Sahlin, Mölnlycke, SE;
Björn Johannisson, Kungsbacka, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for detecting a number of user terminals (), each of said user terminals () comprising a receiver unit (), a transmitter unit () and a control unit () arranged to control said receiver unit () and transmitter unit (), each of said user terminals () also being associated with a wireless communication network () comprising a plurality of network cells (), each being equipped with a node (). The method comprises detecting () communication between each of said user terminals () and an associated node () of said wireless communication network (). Furthermore, the method comprises: detecting () a first control message being transmitted from a user terminal (); detecting () a second control message being transmitted from a node (), said second control message being associated with the first control message; and increasing () a counter () representing said number of user terminals () based on detection of transmission of said control messages. The present invention also relates to a detector device () for detecting a number of user terminals ().