Patent ID: 11924745
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. In a wireless access network comprising at least a small area cell (SA-cell) optimized for data exchange with which a terminal in an active mode is configured to have an established data connection and a large area cell (LA-cell) on which the terminal in an idle mode is configured to camp, a method for the terminal to obtain at least LA-cell system information associated with the LA-cell and/or the network it operates in and SA-cell system information associated with the SA-cell and/or the network it operates in, the terminal comprising an SA-cell radio interface and an LA-cell radio interface, the method comprising:
when the terminal is in the idle mode and an LA-cell radio interface of the terminal is enabled, the terminal receiving at least a first part of the LA-cell system information and at least a first part of the SA-cell system information from the LA-cell via the LA-cell radio interface;
when the terminal is in the active mode and an SA-cell radio interface is enabled, the terminal enabling the LA-cell radio interface during one or more time periods and receiving at least a second part of the LA-cell system information from the LA-cell via the LA-cell radio interface.