Patent ID: 9622170
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A base station configured to: determine entry of a user equipment (UE) into a coverage area of a cell managed by another base station in response to receiving a measurement report from the UE, wherein the measurement report indicates a cell identity of the cell and at least one of a reference signal receive power (RSRP) or reference signal receive quality (RSRQ) of a reference signal transmitted by the other base station in the cell, the other base station operates in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode and discontinuously transmits the reference signal in a predefined subframe pattern, and the measurement report is received from the UE when the UE determines that at least one of the RSRP or RSRQ exceeds a predefined threshold; and send a message to the other base station causing the other base station to enter an active mode to serve the UE.