Patent ID: 9148805
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transitioning a small cell base station out of a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode, the method comprising: receiving a message from a macrocell base station to monitor an uplink transmission to the macrocell base station from a user terminal (UT); in response to receiving the message, monitoring at the small cell base station the uplink transmission while the small cell base station is in the DTX mode; reporting, to the macrocell base station, a measured received power associated with the uplink transmission and an uplink path loss measurement associated with the uplink transmission; and transitioning the small cell base station out of the DTX mode if instructed to by the macrocell base station based on the reported measured received power associated with the uplink transmission and the reported uplink path loss measurement associated with the uplink transmission.