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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Brendan Mcwilliams, Madrid, ES;
Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero, Madrid, ES;
Yannick Le Pezennec, Madrid, ES;
Brendan McWilliams, Madrid, ES;
Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero, Madrid, ES;
Yannick Le Pezennec, Madrid, ES;
Vodafone Group PLC, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
Method and network element for reducing energy consumption in WCDMA cells of a mobile network, the method comprising: monitoring traffic conveyed in the traffic channels of a cell; analyzing certain predetermined parameters in the monitored traffic; determining whether said predetermined parameters meet corresponding predetermined conditions; and when said predetermined conditions are met, switching off continuous transmission of common channels and facilitating the intermittent transmission of the common channels during one or more transmission events, thereby causing the cell to enter a cell standby mode.