Patent ID: 8411606

Claim:
A method for wireless communication, comprising: at a base station, providing a plurality of endpoints with access to a wireless network; at the base station, entering a low power mode, wherein the base station ceases to provide the plurality of endpoints with access to the wireless network while in the low power mode; at the base station, transitioning to an active mode from the low power mode during a first predetermined time, wherein the first predetermined time is identified by the base station and at least one endpoint before the base station transitions to the active mode; if the base station receives a request to access the wireless network from at least one endpoint after transitioning to the active mode during a second predetermined time, remaining in the active mode; if the base station does not receive a request to access the wireless network from at least one endpoint after transitioning to the active mode during the second predetermined time, transitioning to the low power mode; and notifying, by the base station, a node of an access service network associated with the wireless network of the transition from the active mode to the low power mode such that the wireless network updates network load information.