Patent ID: 8660579
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a mobile terminal to be detected by a first base station of a wireless cellular telecommunication network wherein the first base station is in a state wherein the first base station does not transfer signal in the cell of the first base station, the wireless cellular telecommunication network comprising a server and at least a second base station, the first base station being associated to the mobile terminal and in that the method comprises the steps, executed by the server or the second base station, of: receiving from the mobile terminal a message comprising information representative of a location of the mobile terminal in a geographical area of the first base station, the message comprising at least one identifier of the first base station which is associated to the mobile terminal, transferring a predetermined signal if the location of the mobile terminal is comprised in the geographical area of the first base station if the first base station does not transfer signals in its cell, the predetermined signal being representative of a request to the first base station to start to transfer signals in the cell of the first base station.