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Base station for a radio communications system

Assignee: RPX Corp
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Filing: 1997-11-20
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Granted: 2002-03-19
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Expires: 2017-11-20
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Abstract

Abstract A base station for a radio communication system is provided, particularly for a mobile radio network. The base station contains at least two transceivers and at least one antenna for the radio-technical supply of communication connections to at least one remote station. A controller of the base station performs monitoring and organization of the transceivers means such that one of these transceivers means is switched into energy saving mode as soon as it does not supply any communication connections.

Inventors

  • 👤 Marcus Besson

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 22:50
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W52/00; H04W52/02; H04W52/0209; H04W52/0225; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/16; H04B1/1607; H04B1/1615; H04W16/00; H04W16/24; H04W16/32; H04W88/00; H04W88/08; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim 78 words
A base station for a radio communication system comprising: at least one transceiver; at least one antenna that provides a radio-technical supply of communication connections to at least one remote station and; a controller that monitors and controls said at least one transceiver and switches one of said transceivers into an energy saving mode as soon as a load of a remaining one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 78 words
A base station for a radio communication system comprising: at least one transceiver; at least one antenna that provides a radio-technical supply of communication connections to at least one remote station and; a controller that monitors and controls said at least one transceiver and switches one of said transceivers into an energy saving mode as soon as a load of a remaining one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 36 words
The base station according to claim 1 , wherein said controller allocates a transceiver to a number of sectors given a cell sectoring and deactivates said transceiver according to requirements for communication connections in said sectors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 24 words
The base station according to claim 1 wherein said controller switches at least an output stage of said transceiver into said energy saving mode.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 138 words
A base station system comprising: at least one base station having: at least one transceiver; at least one antenna that provides a radio-technical supply of communication connections to at least one remote station; and a controller that monitors and controls said at least one transceiver and switches one of said transceivers into an energy saving mode as soon as a load of a remaining one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value; and a base station controller connected to said at least one base station that organizes radio-technical coverage and distributes communication connections to said transceivers, wherein one of said transceivers is switched into said energy saving mode as soon as a load of one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 138 words
A base station system comprising: at least one base station having: at least one transceiver; at least one antenna that provides a radio-technical supply of communication connections to at least one remote station; and a controller that monitors and controls said at least one transceiver and switches one of said transceivers into an energy saving mode as soon as a load of a remaining one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value; and a base station controller connected to said at least one base station that organizes radio-technical coverage and distributes communication connections to said transceivers, wherein one of said transceivers is switched into said energy saving mode as soon as a load of one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 185 words
A mobile radio system comprising: at least one mobile switching center connected to at least one base station system, said base station system having: at least one base station including: at least one transceiver; at least one antenna that provides a radio-technical supply of communication connections to at least one remote station; and a controller that monitors and controls said at least one transceiver and switches one of said transceivers into an energy saving mode as soon as a load of a remaining one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value; and a base station controller connected to said at least one base station that organizes radio-technical coverage and distributes communication connections to said transceivers, wherein one of said transceivers is switched into said energy saving mode as soon as a load of one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value; and at least one operations and maintenance center that evaluates information about a load of said transceivers of various base stations and for respectively setting said threshold value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 185 words
A mobile radio system comprising: at least one mobile switching center connected to at least one base station system, said base station system having: at least one base station including: at least one transceiver; at least one antenna that provides a radio-technical supply of communication connections to at least one remote station; and a controller that monitors and controls said at least one transceiver and switches one of said transceivers into an energy saving mode as soon as a load of a remaining one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value; and a base station controller connected to said at least one base station that organizes radio-technical coverage and distributes communication connections to said transceivers, wherein one of said transceivers is switched into said energy saving mode as soon as a load of one of said at least one transceivers is less than or equal to a threshold value; and at least one operations and maintenance center that evaluates information about a load of said transceivers of various base stations and for respectively setting said threshold value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 52 words
The mobile radio system according to claim 5 , further comprising: a number of cells allocated to base stations, wherein at least a part of said number of cells are implemented as smaller cells within larger cells, wherein said transceivers which cover said smaller cells are switched into said energy saving mode.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 23 words
The mobile radio system according to claim 6 , wherein additional transceivers are deactivated in said base station that covers said smaller cell.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 24 words
The mobile radio system according to claim 5 , wherein said operations and maintenance center changes said threshold value according to a time schedule.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 43 words
The mobile radio system according to claim 5 , further comprising: a selectable dedicated line between said at least one base station that is switched into said energy saving mode and said base station controller connected to said at least one base station.

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