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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Juergen Michel, Munich, DE;

Clemens Suerbaum, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Juergen Michel, Munich, DE;

Clemens Suerbaum, Munich, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 92/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is proposed a mechanism for power saving procedures to be conducted in transmission network nodes, such as base stations or the like, in a heterogeneous network environment. A transmission node is set to operate in a sensor mode for conducting traffic monitoring when an operation mode of the transmission node is an inactive state. Information necessary for the traffic monitoring by the transmission node based on detection of random access channel (RACH) signals of neighboring cells is provided. On the basis of results of the monitoring of RACHs of the neighboring cells, it is determined whether the inactive transmission node is to be reactivated.


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