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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Zte Wistron Telecom Ab, Kista, SE;
Zte (Tx) Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Patrick Svedman, Kista, SE;
Thorsten Schier, Kista, SE;
Yonghong Gao, Kista, SE;
Jan Johansson, Kista, SE;
Aijun Cao, Kista, SE;
Bojidar Hadjiski, Kista, SE;
ZTE WISTRON TELECOM AB, Kista, SE;
Abstract
A new approach to generating a probing signal by a cell in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) deployment is proposed. A small cell in the HetNet may be switched off by a base station when the small cell is not needed. The small cell is configured to alternate between an off-state and on-state. The small cell maintains the on-state for a predetermined probing period and maintains the off-state for a predetermined off period. The small cell may switch between the on-state and the off-state periodically. The small cell may be activated during a predetermined off period to transmit data to a user device.