A cellular communication network comprising: a dense deployment of wireless access nodes, the dense deployment of wireless access nodes comprising a plurality of wireless access nodes that serve User Equipment, UEs, in a service area by providing radio coverage for the service area; wherein only a subset of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area are active during each of a plurality of discontinuous transmit active intervals for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area, and only a subset of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area are active during each of a plurality of discontinuous receive active intervals for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area, wherein different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area are active during different discontinuous transmit active intervals of the plurality of discontinuous transmit active intervals for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area, and different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area are active during different discontinuous receive active intervals of the plurality of discontinuous receive active intervals for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area; the different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area that are active during the different discontinuous transmit active intervals are configured to collectively achieve a desired discontinuous transmit duty cycle for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area, and the different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area that are active during the different discontinuous receive active intervals are configured to collectively achieve a desired discontinuous receive duty cycle for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area; and wherein there are N different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area that are active during the different discontinuous transmit active intervals where subset i of the N different subsets is active every N-th discontinuous transmit active interval starting at an i -th discontinuous transmit active interval where i =1...N; and there are M different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area that are active during the different discontinuous receive active intervals where subset j of the M different subsets is active every M-th discontinuous receive active interval starting at a j -th discontinuous receive active interval where j =1...M. a dense deployment of wireless access nodes, the dense deployment of wireless access nodes comprising a plurality of wireless access nodes that serve User Equipment, UEs, in a service area by providing radio coverage for the service area; wherein only a subset of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area are active during each of a plurality of discontinuous transmit active intervals for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area, and only a subset of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area are active during each of a plurality of discontinuous receive active intervals for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area, wherein different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area are active during different discontinuous transmit active intervals of the plurality of discontinuous transmit active intervals for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area, and different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area are active during different discontinuous receive active intervals of the plurality of discontinuous receive active intervals for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area; the different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area that are active during the different discontinuous transmit active intervals are configured to collectively achieve a desired discontinuous transmit duty cycle for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area, and the different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area that are active during the different discontinuous receive active intervals are configured to collectively achieve a desired discontinuous receive duty cycle for the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area; and wherein there are N different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area that are active during the different discontinuous transmit active intervals where subset i of the N different subsets is active every N-th discontinuous transmit active interval starting at an i -th discontinuous transmit active interval where i =1...N; and there are M different subsets of the plurality of wireless access nodes in the service area that are active during the different discontinuous receive active intervals where subset j of the M different subsets is active every M-th discontinuous receive active interval starting at a j -th discontinuous receive active interval where j =1...M.