Patent ID: 8248979
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a base station implementing a radio area in a wireless communication network with a mobile terminal, the base station including a transmitter periodically emitting a radio signal identifying the base station that can be measured by the mobile terminal and a receiver receiving radio signals from the mobile terminal, the method comprising: switching the base station transmitter from active to inactive when a radio signal is not received from the mobile terminal, wherein an inactive base station transmitter does not periodically emit the radio signal identifying the base station that can be measured by the mobile terminal in the implemented radio area, the base station receiver remaining active and able to receive radio signals from the mobile terminal while the base station transmitter is inactive; and switching the base station transmitter from inactive to active in response to receiving the radio signal from the mobile terminal, wherein an active base station transmitter periodically emits the radio signal identifying the base station that can be measured by the mobile terminal in the implemented radio area, and wherein the base station receiver remains active during switching of the base station transmitter between the active and inactive states.