Patent ID: 8351960

Claim:
A method of controlling a micro base station of a mobile telecommunications network, the method comprising: determining one or more registered mobile terminal users of the micro base station, wherein the micro base station is an access point for mobile terminals to the mobile telecommunications network; determining a location of the one or more registered mobile terminal users; causing the micro base station to transition between a first operational mode and a second operational mode depending upon the location of at least one of the one or more registered mobile terminal users; and using a sensor configured to sending a transition instruction to the micro base station based upon the proximity, of one or more registered mobile terminal users to the micro base station, wherein the transition instruction does at least one of the following: (i) causes the micro base station to transition from a sleep mode to an active mode upon the sensor determination that one or more registered mobile terminal users are proximate to the micro base station; or (ii) causes the micro base station to transition from an active mode to a sleep mode upon the sensor determination that no registered mobile terminal users are proximate to the micro base station.