Supporting a base station to enter and leave sleep mode in a wireless communication system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9351216
APP PUB NO 20150245270A1
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14439627

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Two methods of managing the operation mode of a first base station and a second base station are provided. One method uses an operation mode controller that sends respective resource usage status requests to the first and second base stations and receives respective resource usage information reports from the base stations. If the UE resource usage information associated with the first base station and the second base station satisfies a predefined condition, the operation mode controller sends a sleep/wakeup command to the first base station, the sleep command including instructions for the first base station to hand over its UE to the second base station. Next, the operation mode controller notifies the second base station that the first base station is going to enter a predefined sleep or wakeup mode, the wakeup notification including instructions for the second base station to hand over its UE to the first base station. In the other method, a sleep mode request and a corresponding sleep mode response are exchanged directly between a first base station and a second base station. The first base station enters a predefined sleep mode if the second base station responds to the sleep mode request from the first base station.

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ZTE CORPORATIONSHENZHEN

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Wu, Huaming San Diego, US 114 539

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