Method and Apparatus for Power Saving Operations in Wireless Network Elements
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining at a base station an activity level;
selecting an availability mode based at least in part on the activity level, wherein the availability mode is one of a full-availability mode, a semi-availability mode and a minimum-availability mode;
configuring radio resources for at least the minimum-availability mode; and
switching to the selected availability mode.
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises determining at a base station an activity level, and selecting an availability mode based at least in part on the activity level, wherein the availability mode is one of a full-availability mode, a semi-availability mode and a minimum-availability mode. The method also comprises configuring radio resources for at least the minimum-availability mode and switching to the selected availability mode.
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining at a base station an activity level; selecting an availability mode based at least in part on the activity level, wherein the availability mode is one of a full-availability mode, a semi-availability mode and a minimum-availability mode; configuring radio resources for at least the minimum-availability mode; and switching to the selected availability mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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a resource control module configured to determine an activity level; select an availability mode based at least in part on the activity level, wherein the availability mode is one of a full-availability mode, a semi-availability mode and a minimum-availability mode; and configure radio resources for at least the minimum-availability mode; and a power control module configured to switch to the selected availability mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a resource control module configured to; configure a beacon scanning interval for a selection or a reselection based at least in part on a current availability mode of an associated base station wherein the availability mode is one of a full-availability mode, a semi-availability mode and a minimum-availability mode; and schedule a measurement report for a handover based at least in part on the current availability mode; and a power control module configured to switch to a power saving mode based at least in part on the availability mode of the base station. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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