Method for transmitting communication signals in a wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- determining N idle mode time units tIdle,n, wherein an idle mode time duration for a first network node is divided into the N number of idle mode time units tIdle,n, wherein n=2, . . . , N is a positive integer greater than 1, and each of the idle mode time units tIdle,n has an equal duration;
in each of the N idle mode time units tIdle,n, encoding an indication of time left in idle mode for the first network node into a communication signal, wherein the first network node is in the idle mode during the encoding; and
in each of the N idle mode time units tIdle,n, transmitting the communication signal in a wireless communication system while the first network node is operating in the idle mode;
wherein the first network node is arranged to operate in an active mode in which the first network node has one or both of full transmission capability and full reception capability;
orwherein the first network node is arranged to operate in the idle mode in which the first network node has one or both of limited transmission capability and reception capability in relation to the active mode.
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Abstract
Embodiments relate to a method in a first network node for transmitting communication signals in a wireless communication system, the first network node being arranged to operate in an active mode in which the first network node has full transmission and/or reception capabilities or in an idle mode in which the first network node has limited transmission and/or reception capabilities in relation to the active mode; the method being characterized by the steps of: encoding an indication of time left in idle mode for the first network node into a communication signal; and transmitting said communication signal in the wireless communication system while operating in the idle mode. Furthermore, embodiments also relate to a corresponding method in a second network node, a first network node device, a second network node device, a computer program, and a computer program product thereof.
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining N idle mode time units tIdle,n, wherein an idle mode time duration for a first network node is divided into the N number of idle mode time units tIdle,n, wherein n=2, . . . , N is a positive integer greater than 1, and each of the idle mode time units tIdle,n has an equal duration; in each of the N idle mode time units tIdle,n, encoding an indication of time left in idle mode for the first network node into a communication signal, wherein the first network node is in the idle mode during the encoding; and in each of the N idle mode time units tIdle,n, transmitting the communication signal in a wireless communication system while the first network node is operating in the idle mode; wherein the first network node is arranged to operate in an active mode in which the first network node has one or both of full transmission capability and full reception capability;
orwherein the first network node is arranged to operate in the idle mode in which the first network node has one or both of limited transmission capability and reception capability in relation to the active mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A first network node device, comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for; determining N idle mode time units tIdle,n, wherein an idle mode time duration for the first network node device is divided into the N number of idle mode time units tIdle,n, wherein n=2, . . . , N is a positive integer greater than 1, and each of the idle mode time units tIdle,n has equal duration; in each of the N idle mode time units tIdle,n, encoding an indication of time left in idle mode for the first network node device into a communication signal, wherein the first network node device is in the idle mode during the encoding; and a transmitter arranged for transmitting the communication signal in a wireless communication system while operating in the idle mode; wherein the first network node device is arranged to operate in an active mode in which the first network node device has one or more of full transmission capability and full reception capability;
orwherein the first network node device is arranged to operate in the idle mode in which the first network node device has one or more of limited transmission capability and reception capability in relation to the active mode. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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17. A second network node device, comprising:
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a receiver arranged to receive a communication signal transmitted by a first network node device; and a decoder arranged for decoding the communication signal to obtain an indication of time left in an idle mode for the first network node device; wherein the first network node device is configured to; determine N idle mode time units tIdle,n, wherein an idle mode time duration for the first network node device is divided into the N number of idle mode time units tIdle,n, wherein n=2, . . . , N is a positive integer greater than 1, and each of the idle mode time units tIdle,n, has equal duration; in each of the N idle mode time units tIdle,n, encode an indication of time left in the idle mode for the first network node device into the communication signal, wherein the first network node device is in the idle mode during the encoding; and transmit the communication signal in a wireless communication system while operating in the idle mode; wherein the first network node device is configured to operate in an active mode in which the first network node device has one or more of full transmission capability and full reception capability;
orwherein the first network node device is configured to operate in the idle mode in which the first network node device has one or more of limited transmission capability and reception capability in relation to the active mode. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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