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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Siddharth Mohan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for opportunistic small cell triggering. The methods and apparatus include determining, by a user equipment (UE) connected to a cell, a change of location of the UE. Further, the methods and apparatus include requesting small cell information from a database based at least in part on the change of location of the UE. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include attempting to detect a small cell based on the small cell information. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include transmitting a message to turn on the small cell when no the small cell is not detected.