Reducing energy consumption in mobile telecommunications
First Claim
1. A method for reducing energy consumption in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) cells of a mobile network, the method including:
- monitoring, using a Radio Network Controller (RNC), traffic conveyed in traffic channels of a WCDMA cell of the mobile network;
analyzing certain predetermined parameters in the monitored traffic;
determining whether said predetermined parameters meet corresponding predetermined conditions; and
when said predetermined conditions are met, switching off continuous transmission of common channel control signaling at a normal rate and causing the WCDMA cell to enter a cell standby mode comprising one or more intermittent transmission events during each of which intermittent transmission of the common channel control signaling is facilitated in which the common channel control signaling is transmitted at the normal rate in a first plurality of consecutive frames then not transmitted in a subsequent second plurality of consecutive frames,whereby each of one or more mobile terminals in idle mode camped in the WCDMA cell and each of one or more mobile terminals in idle mode or connected mode in neighboring cells to the WCDMA cell is enabled to discover that the WCDMA cell has cell standby mode capabilities enabled or is in the cell standby mode.
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Abstract
Method and network element for reducing energy consumption in WCDMA cells of a mobile network, the method comprising: monitoring traffic conveyed in the traffic channels of a cell; analyzing certain predetermined parameters in the monitored traffic; determining whether said predetermined parameters meet corresponding predetermined conditions; and when said predetermined conditions are met, switching off continuous transmission of common channels and facilitating the intermittent transmission of the common channels during one or more transmission events, thereby causing the cell to enter a cell standby mode.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for reducing energy consumption in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) cells of a mobile network, the method including:
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monitoring, using a Radio Network Controller (RNC), traffic conveyed in traffic channels of a WCDMA cell of the mobile network; analyzing certain predetermined parameters in the monitored traffic; determining whether said predetermined parameters meet corresponding predetermined conditions; and when said predetermined conditions are met, switching off continuous transmission of common channel control signaling at a normal rate and causing the WCDMA cell to enter a cell standby mode comprising one or more intermittent transmission events during each of which intermittent transmission of the common channel control signaling is facilitated in which the common channel control signaling is transmitted at the normal rate in a first plurality of consecutive frames then not transmitted in a subsequent second plurality of consecutive frames, whereby each of one or more mobile terminals in idle mode camped in the WCDMA cell and each of one or more mobile terminals in idle mode or connected mode in neighboring cells to the WCDMA cell is enabled to discover that the WCDMA cell has cell standby mode capabilities enabled or is in the cell standby mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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13. A network element for reducing energy consumption in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) cells of a mobile network, the network element including:
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a Radio Network Controller (RNC) configured for monitoring traffic conveyed in traffic channels of a WCDMA cell of the mobile network belonging to a Node B connected to the RNC, the RNC being operable to; analyze certain predetermined parameters in the monitored traffic; determine whether said predetermined parameters meet corresponding predetermined conditions; when said predetermined conditions are met, directing the Node B to switch off continuous transmission of common channel control signaling at a normal rate and cause the WCDMA cell to enter a cell standby mode comprising intermittent transmission of the common channel control signaling by the Node B in which the common channel control signaling is transmitted at the normal rate in a first plurality of consecutive frames then not transmitted in a subsequent second plurality of consecutive frames that is facilitated during one or more transmission events, wherein each of one or more mobile terminals in idle mode camped in the WCDMA cell and each of one or more mobile terminals in idle mode or connected mode in neighboring cells to the WCDMA cell is enabled to discover that the WCDMA cell has cell standby mode capabilities enabled or is in the cell standby mode. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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20. A system for reducing energy consumption in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) cells of a mobile network, the system comprising:
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a network element including a Radio Network Controller (RNC) configured to monitor traffic conveyed in traffic channels of a WCDMA cell of the mobile network belonging to a Node B connected to the RNC, the RNC being operable to; analyze certain predetermined parameters in the monitored traffic, determine whether said predetermined parameters meet corresponding predetermined conditions, and when said predetermined conditions are met, directing the Node B to switch off continuous transmission of common channel control signaling at a normal rate and cause the WCDMA cell to enter a cell standby mode comprising intermittent transmission of the common channel control signaling by the Node B in which the common channel control signaling is transmitted at the normal rate in a first plurality of consecutive frames then not transmitted in a subsequent second plurality of consecutive frames that is facilitated during one or more transmission events; and a plurality of mobile terminals including one or more mobile terminals in idle mode camped in the WCDMA cell and one or more mobile terminals in idle or connected mode located in neighboring cells to the WCDMA cell, wherein each of the plurality of mobile terminals is configured to discover whether the WCDMA cell has cell standby mode capabilities enabled or is in the cell standby mode.
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