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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

May. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Juergen Michel, Munich, DE;

Dirk Rose, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Juergen Michel, Munich, DE;

Dirk Rose, Munich, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/04 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/04 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 52/0235 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

There are provided measures for a pathloss-based access node wake-up control, more specifically a pathloss-based access node wake-up control in a heterogeneous network environment. Such measures exemplarily include a retrieval of an average handover pathloss level between an access node and a neighboring access node, an estimation of an uplink sounding pathloss level between the access node and a terminal, said terminal being connectable to the access node and the neighboring access node, a comparison of the estimated uplink sounding pathloss level and the retrieved average handover pathloss level, and an enabling of a switch-on of the access node from an inactive state in which a transmitter is switched off to an active state in which the transmitter is switched on, when the estimated uplink sounding pathloss level is smaller than the retrieved average handover.


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