Patent ID: 9622095
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for maintaining a long term evolution (LTE) base station, comprising: (a) receiving, by said base station, connecting request information sent by an equipment, wherein said connecting request information comprises an identification information of said equipment; (b) identifying, by said base station, whether said equipment sending the connecting request information is a network maintaining equipment (NME) according to the identification information; (c) if said base station has identified that said equipment is sending the connecting request information as a NME, estimating, by said base station, whether there is enough free resource for admitting said NME at present; (d) if said base station has estimated that there is enough free resource for admitting said NME at present, establishing, by said base station, communication connection with said NME; and (e) performing communication, by said base station, with said NME through the communication connection, performing maintenance by said NME to said base station; the method further comprising: (f) performing, by said NME, a wireless channel measurement, when said NME estimates that a measurement result of the wireless channel being measured is lower than a default threshold, sending, by said NME, connection releasing requesting information to said base station, receiving, by said NME, connection releasing information returned from said base station, and releasing, by said NME the communication connection; or, (g) receiving, by said NME, connection releasing information from said base station directly, and releasing, by said NME, the communication connection.