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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Rajaram Ramesh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kumar Balachandran, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Havish Koorapaty, Saratoga, CA (US);
Stephen Grant, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Rajaram Ramesh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kumar Balachandran, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Havish Koorapaty, Saratoga, CA (US);
Stephen Grant, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods that enable a base station to consume less power. According to an embodiment of the invention, the base station reduces its power consumption by not continuously broadcasting control information. In such an embodiment, a mobile station that seeks access to a network to which the base station provides access does not search for broadcast control information prior to transmitting an access message to the base station, but rather simply transmits on a predetermined access channel an access request message. A base station that receives the access request message may unicast control information to the mobile station.