WO2014020560A1 - Dispositifs sans fil, procédés, et appareils et programmes informatiques correspondants - Google Patents

Dispositifs sans fil, procédés, et appareils et programmes informatiques correspondants Download PDF

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WO2014020560A1
WO2014020560A1 PCT/IB2013/056312 IB2013056312W WO2014020560A1 WO 2014020560 A1 WO2014020560 A1 WO 2014020560A1 IB 2013056312 W IB2013056312 W IB 2013056312W WO 2014020560 A1 WO2014020560 A1 WO 2014020560A1
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Keiichi Kubota
Tero Henttonen
Jari Jaakko ISOKANGAS
Samuli Turtinen
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    • H04W52/0209—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices
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    • H04W52/0216—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices managed by the network, e.g. network or access point is master and terminal is slave using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04W52/02—Power saving arrangements
    • H04W52/0209—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices
    • H04W52/0251—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
    • H04W52/0254—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
    • H04W52/02—Power saving arrangements
    • H04W52/0209—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices
    • H04W52/0251—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
    • H04W52/0258—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
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    • H04W52/38—TPC being performed in particular situations
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
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  • the present invention relates to a method of operating a wireless device, apparatus for a wireless device, a method of operating a network control apparatus, apparatus for a network control apparatus, and computer programs therefor.
  • GERAN GSM-Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) RAN GERAN GSM-Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) RAN
  • Wireless networks have in recent years experienced a considerable increase in the amount of data being transmitted to and from wirelessly connected devices or "user equipment” (UE).
  • UE user equipment
  • the traffic characteristics of this data traffic are very different from that of traditional mobile phones, and can be characterised by its use of a lot of background signalling and bursty traffic consisting of relatively small data packets.
  • the introduction of machine-type communications to the networks can also be expected to follow this trend.
  • wireless networks need to implement new mechanisms to cope with this new traffic and make efficient use of the available resources while providing high capacity and throughputs and minimum delays.
  • bursty data is minimising the signalling load on the network and improving the power consumption of the user equipment.
  • the user equipment is typically in one of a number of predefined activity states. These may be for example an idle state, a paging state in which the user equipment checks a paging channel for incoming paging messages at predefined time intervals and has an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection, and one or more data connection states in which the user equipment can actively transmit and receive data.
  • these states use increasingly more power at the user equipment and also more network signalling.
  • the user equipment is often caused to operate in a state having a low or the lowest power consumption possible, depending on for example the operational demands of the user equipment and/or network requirements.
  • a particular concern from the perspective of the wireless network operator is to keep down the amount of control signals that have to be passed to and from the user equipment in order to cause the user equipment to transition between states, and/or to allow the user equipment to send or receive data, and/or to locate the user equipment.
  • FD Fast Dormancy
  • 3 GPP Three GPP
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • SCRI SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION
  • DRX discontinuous reception
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE Release 1 1 there is provision for "in- device coexistence" or IDC.
  • a UE may be equipped with for example LTE, WiFi, and Bluetooth transceivers. Due to the extreme proximity of multiple radio transceivers within the same UE, the transmit power of one transmitter may be much higher than the received power level of another receiver. It can happen that different radio technologies within the same UE operating on adjacent or similar frequencies can cause severe interference to each other. There are a number of proposals for dealing with this, including changing the frequency used by at least one of the radio technologies if interference occurs, changing the timing of transmissions, and changing the DRX periods. Summary
  • a wireless device under network control comprising:
  • the wireless device operating using a first radio access technology under control of a network control apparatus
  • the wireless device determining that using a different radio access technology would consume less power
  • the wireless device signalling to the network control apparatus that it would like to use the different radio access technology in order to achieve power savings.
  • This allows a wireless device to indicate to a network control apparatus (often simply referred to as "the network” by convention in this field) its preference to move to using another radio access technology in order to operate in a more power efficient way.
  • various criteria may be used by the wireless device to make the determination that using a different radio access technology would consume less power.
  • the wireless device signals to the network control apparatus plural different radio access technologies that it would like to use in order of preference in order to achieve power savings.
  • the wireless device monitors power consumption over time when using the first radio access technology and when using a different radio access technology so as to be able to determine that using the different radio access technology would consume less power.
  • the wireless device monitors power consumption over time for different applications running on the wireless device. These embodiments enable the wireless device to effectively "learn" which radio access technology provides or is most likely to provide the most power-efficient operation. This thus allows for the fact that for example different applications running on the wireless device may consume different amounts of power, and will do differently according to the particular usage by the user of the wireless device.
  • the wireless device monitors power consumption over time for different activity states of the wireless device.
  • the wireless device estimates power consumption based on network configuration, or the wireless device configuration, or the network configuration and the wireless device configuration.
  • the first radio access technology is Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), the wireless device signalling to the network control apparatus that it would like to use the different radio access technology in order to achieve power savings by sending a SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION message to the network control apparatus, the SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION message including an indication that the wireless device wants to use a different radio access technology and a cause indicative of power saving.
  • the different radio access technology may be at least one of Long Term Evolution Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (LTE EUTRAN), Global System for Mobile Communications Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution Radio Access Network (GERAN), and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN). Other RATs may also be selected.
  • the first radio access technology is Long Term Evolution Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (LTE EUTRAN), Global System for Mobile Communications Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution Radio Access Network (GERAN), and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN). Other RATs may also be
  • LTE EUTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • the different radio access technology is at least one of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Global System for Mobile Communications Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution Radio Access Network (GERAN), and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN).
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • GERAN Global System for Mobile Communications Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution Radio Access Network
  • UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • the wireless device receives from the network control apparatus a signal redirecting the wireless device to use the different radio access technology in response to receipt by the network control apparatus of the signalling from the wireless device.
  • the wireless device receives from the network control apparatus a signal that changes cell reselection priorities of the wireless device such that the different radio access technology has a higher priority. In an embodiment, the wireless device is handed over by the network control apparatus to a cell that uses the different radio access technology.
  • apparatus comprising a processing system for a wireless device, the processing system being constructed and arranged to :
  • a computer program for a wireless device comprising instructions such that when the computer program is executed on a processing system of the wireless device, the wireless device is arranged to:
  • a method of operating a network control apparatus comprising:
  • apparatus comprising a processing system for a network control apparatus, the processing system being constructed and arranged to:
  • the network control apparatus upon receipt from a wireless device of a request to use a different radio access technology in order to achieve power savings at said wireless device, cause the network control apparatus to transmit a signal that at least one of:
  • a computer program for a network control apparatus comprising instructions such that when the computer program is executed on a processing system of the network control apparatus, the network control apparatus is arranged to:
  • Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to carry out a method as described above.
  • the processing systems described above may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program instructions, the at least one memory and the computer program instructions being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform as described above.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically a wireless device operating in a cellular network serviced by a base station
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic flow diagram for an example of one embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 3 shows a schematic flow diagram for an example of another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Wireless devices include in general any device capable of connecting wirelessly to a network, and includes in particular mobile devices including mobile or cell phones (including so-called “smart phones”), personal digital assistants, pagers, tablet and laptop computers, content-consumption or generation devices (for music and/or video for example), data cards, USB dongles, etc., as well as fixed or more static devices, such as personal computers, game consoles and other generally static entertainment devices, various other domestic and non-domestic machines and devices, etc.
  • the term “user equipment” or UE is often used to refer to wireless devices in general, and particularly mobile wireless devices.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a user equipment or wireless device, in this case in the form of a mobile phone/smartphone 1.
  • the user equipment 1 contains the necessary radio module 2, processor(s) and memory/memories 3, antenna 4, etc. to enable wireless communication with the network.
  • the user equipment 1 in use is in communication with a radio mast 5.
  • a network control apparatus 6 which may be constituted by for example a so-called Radio Network Controller
  • Node Bs which, in many respects, can be regarded as "base stations”).
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • base station is used in this specification to include a “traditional” base station, a Node B, an evolved Node B (eNB), or any other access point to a network, unless the context requires otherwise.
  • the network control apparatus 6 (of whatever type) may have its own processor(s) 7 and memory/memories 8, etc.
  • network may have its own processor(s) 7 and memory/memories 8, etc.
  • network control apparatus and base station
  • wireless devices or UEs are in communication with each other, and/or with the Internet, via a network.
  • the particular wireless technology that is used for the connection between the network and the wireless devices is commonly referred to as the radio access technology or "RAT".
  • RAT radio access technology
  • Different RATs apply or conform to different wireless Standards, or in some cases different "releases” of a Standard. Examples of different RATs or implementations that use different RATs include GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), GSM/EDGE (GSM-Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System or "3G"), and LTE (Long Term Evolution or "4G”), etc., amongst many others.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • GSM/EDGE GSM-Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System or "3G”
  • LTE Long Term Evolution or "4G”
  • RATs typically use one or more of different transmission frequencies and/or frequency bands, different modulation schemes, different protocols, etc.
  • a particular wireless device may be capable of using different RATs, with some wireless devices being able to use more than one RAT simultaneously.
  • RAT radio access technology
  • the system currently in use in 3 GPP provides for a number of defined activity states for the user equipment, including an Idle state, a CELL PCH/URA PCH (paging channel) state, a CELL FACH (forward access channel) state, and a CELL DCH (dedicated channel) state.
  • Idle state the user equipment does not have an R C (Radio Resource Control) connection and this is the state having the lowest power consumption.
  • R C Radio Resource Control
  • the user equipment is again in a low power consumption state as it only periodically looks for incoming paging messages, and in this state does have a RRC connection.
  • the user equipment needs to be in the CELL FACH or CELL DCH state in order to be able to perform both transmission and reception of data (including in particular "user" data, as opposed to data relating to control or management of the device and its network connection, etc. for example).
  • a dedicated physical channel is allocated to the user equipment.
  • the user equipment shares the physical channel with other user equipment, though nevertheless may have a dedicated logical channel.
  • a logical channel in this context is an information stream dedicated to the transfer of a specific type of information over the radio interface and corresponds to an individual signal which can be separated or isolated from an aggregate of signals which occupy the same physical bandwidth or channel.
  • CELL FACH can be regarded as a transition state between the CELL PCH/URA PCH and CELL DCH states. Keeping the user equipment in CELL FACH state improves power consumption for the user equipment compared to the CELL DCH state (because the transmitter and/or receiver may be switched off for longer periods of time while no uplink data is available and during discontinuous reception or "DRX") and also reduces the network signalling load (by avoiding radio resource control or "RRC" signalling to perform a state transition from the PCH or Idle states to the CELL FACH state when both data transmission and reception are required). Nevertheless, the CELL FACH state still has a higher power consumption for the user equipment than the PCH or Idle states.
  • the 3 GPP standards allow the UE to trigger so-called Fast Dormancy by sending a SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION (SCRI) in all connected states, including CELL PCH, URA PCH, CELL FACH and CELL DCH.
  • SCRI SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION
  • the UE in one of the connected states can send the SCRI message with an information element (IE) "Signaling Connection Release Indication Cause" (SCRI with Cause) to the network/base station.
  • IE information element
  • this transition request may be sent in a "Cell Update” or a "URA Update” message.
  • the network may initiate a state transition, i.e. exchange control signals with the UE, to move the UE to Idle Mode, CELL PCH, URA PCH or CELL FACH state to achieve lower power usage at the UE and reduced network signalling.
  • a state transition i.e. exchange control signals with the UE, to move the UE to Idle Mode, CELL PCH, URA PCH or CELL FACH state to achieve lower power usage at the UE and reduced network signalling.
  • the UE may trigger Fast Dormancy when in one of the paging channel states, i.e. the CELL PCH state or the URA PCH state, as it wants the network to move it to the Idle Mode state to achieve maximum power savings and therefore typically longer battery life in the case of a mobile device.
  • the UE In the case that the DRX cycle length in CELL PCH or URA PCH as the case may be is equal to or longer than the DRX cycle length in Idle Mode, then the UE is limited to sending the SCRI only once. However if the DRX cycle in CELL PCH or URA PCH as the case may be is shorter than the DRX cycle length in Idle Mode, then the UE can send the SCRI as many times as it wants. The same issue may apply for other transition requests sent by the UE, including for example if the transition request is sent in a "Cell Update" or a "URA Update" message.
  • the 3 GPP standards provide for the UE to send assistance information to the eNB, to assist the eNB in configuring connected mode parameters and connection release handling for the UE.
  • the UE can send to the eNB a 1-bit indication that it has a preference for a power-optimised configuration, which in the 3 GPP specification is taken to indicate that for example a long DRX cycle or RRC connection release is desired.
  • the UE remains attached to the network and, in particular, uses the same RAT before and after any change that was prompted by the network as a result of the network receiving the indication from the UE that the UE wants to be moved to a state or configuration that consumes less power.
  • the current Fast Dormancy procedures of UMTS and LTE consider only the RAT in which the indication is sent. No account is taken of the different power consumptions of states and/or usage behaviour that are available in different RATs.
  • examples of embodiments of the present invention enable a UE to indicate to the network that it has a preference to move to a different RAT in order to achieve power savings.
  • the UE may indicate a preference for being moved to a particular RAT specified by the UE, and/or may indicate plural RATs to which it would like to be moved in order of preference.
  • LTE Idle mode may consume less power than a UMTS PCH state.
  • a UMTS CELL FACH state may consume less power than LTE Connected mode.
  • the relative rates of power consumption between RATs may differ according to the particular application that is running on the UE and consuming power, and/or the particular usage of the application by the user of the UE at a particular time. For example, a UE sending small amounts of data frequently may benefit from lower power consumption by being in one RAT, whereas another UE of the same type but with a different user (who has different usage behaviour) and/or applications in use may benefit from a lower power consumption by being in the other RAT because of the different usage of the UE by the user and/or applications running on that UE.
  • minimising power consumption for the UE may be moved to LTE for large data transfers, but remain in UMTS at all other times to conserve power.
  • IDC in-device coexistence
  • the UE sends a SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION (SCRI) message to the network in which the message includes an indication that the UE wants to be moved to a different RAT and the message has a cause "power", or at least some indication that the "cause" or reason it wants to be moved is to obtain a power saving.
  • SCRI SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION
  • the message from the UE to the network may specify a particular RAT to which the UE wants to be moved.
  • the message from the UE to the network may specify a number of RATs to any of which the UE wants to be moved, with the plural RATs being indicated in order of preference.
  • the indication sent by the UE may be sent in some other way, such as in a different, separate indication or message altogether, typically in some uplink R C signalling message.
  • the preferred RAT indicated by the UE may also be different from the specific example(s) given above.
  • the indication could be incorporated into an assistance information message, or may be sent in some other message, and may include similar information and options as detailed above for the UMTS example.
  • the network will typically respond to receipt of such an indication or message by reconfiguring the UE appropriately.
  • the network may redirect the UE to another RAT, preferably the RAT or one of the RATs requested by the UE.
  • the network may change the cell reselection priorities to be used by the UE such that the other RAT has a higher priority than before the message or indication was sent, increasing the likelihood that the UE will be moved to the desired RAT.
  • the network may hand over the UE to a cell that uses another RAT, preferably the RAT or one of the RATs requested by the UE. Once the UE has been reconfigured by the network in this way, the UE will typically move to the other RAT and/or cell, reconfiguring itself as necessary to use the appropriate transceiver, transmission frequency and protocol, etc. for the other RAT and/or cell.
  • a number of different criteria or mechanisms may be used by the UE to determine that it would like to be moved to a different RAT to achieve power savings.
  • the UE may monitor actual power consumption over time for different network configurations, particular applications running on the UE, different usage patterns by the user of the UE, etc. Alternatively or additionally, the UE may make an estimate of likely power usage.
  • the estimate may be based at least in part on for example network configuration, including for example which features are enabled according to System Information provided by the network, such as length of the idle DRX period, the bandwidth, previous connected mode configurations in that RAT such as connected mode DRX lengths (for UMTS/LTE in an example), whether or not the network enables DRX in CELL FACH (for UMTS only in an example), whether CPC (Continuous Packet Connectivity) is enabled (for UMTS in an example, this being another DRX feature for CELL DCH), whether carrier aggregation has been used (for UMTS/LTE in an example; this can determine whether one or two receivers need to be used by the UE for example), etc., etc.
  • System Information provided by the network, such as length of the idle DRX period, the bandwidth, previous connected mode configurations in that RAT such as connected mode DRX lengths (for UMTS/LTE in an example), whether or not the network enables DRX in CELL FACH (for
  • the estimate may be based at least in part on for example the configuration of the UE itself, such as which radios it may have enabled (bearing in mind that a UE might have separate radios for one or more of GPS, WLAN, 2G/3G/4G, etc., etc.).
  • Other factors for the configuration of the network and/or UE may be taken into account.
  • the UE may "learn" based on previous activity which configurations a particular network is likely to use in different RATs, so the UE may find one RAT more efficient than another for power saving. Also, the UE may take into account which application or applications are running on the UE (at a particular time) and hence which RAT has the best chance of conserving power when those applications are running.
  • a UE might prefer a network with the best data rate potential when using a streaming video service (e.g. YouTube or the like), but when changing to a messaging- like application (e.g. Skype or the like) typically requiring a lower data rate, the UE might prefer another RAT with a lower bit rate potential but a higher power saving potential.
  • the UE might monitor average power consumption over time to learn how well the current network enables power saving and how each kind of network offers power saving opportunities on average.
  • the UE may record which applications are running at the relevant times so that it can make an informed decision as to which RAT is likely to be the most efficient in terms of power consumption at any particular time given the applications that are running on the UE at that time.
  • the UE may record the different activity states at the relevant time so that it can make a better informed decision as to which RAT has the best chance of conserving power given the activity state of the UE.
  • an LTE network might offer worse power consumption for speech calls when first deployed compared to a UMTS network.
  • the UE may take into account that the network may command use of different transmission powers in different circumstances, for example to minimise interference (in-device interference IDC or interference with neighbouring UEs or other equipment), and that that may affect the rate of power consumption by the UE.
  • IDC in-device interference
  • neighbouring UEs or other equipment that may affect the rate of power consumption by the UE.
  • the UE might be using an LTE carrier which it knows to be problematic for a Bluetooth headset currently in use, which might affect the LTE power consumption, so the UE might indicate to prefer a UMTS carrier which has no issue with the IDC interference.
  • Rules may be imposed on the UE to specify when the UE is allowed and not allowed to send the indication that it would like to be moved to a different RAT.
  • the UE might need to be indicated via dedicated or broadcast signalling whether it is allowed to send such an indication.
  • the rules for conditions in which such indication is allowed could also be predetermined according to radio conditions or other conditions perceived by the UE.
  • the UE might also be always allowed to send an initial indication but be prohibited from sending the indications afterwards until it receives a response or a predefined condition occurs, for example a timer expires.
  • the UE might also be prevented from sending indications after having transferred from one RAT to another RAT via the preference indication, optionally for a predetermined period of time following the transfer.
  • the wireless device operates using a first radio access technology under control of a network control apparatus.
  • the wireless device determines that using a different radio access technology would consume less power.
  • the wireless device signals to the network control apparatus that it would like to use the different radio access technology in order to achieve power savings.
  • the network receives from a wireless device a request to use a different radio access technology in order to achieve power savings at the wireless device.
  • the network transmits a signal that at least one of: (i) redirects the wireless device to the different radio access technology in response to receipt by the network control apparatus of the signalling from the wireless device; (ii) changes cell reselection priorities of the wireless device such that the different radio access technology has a higher priority; and (iii) hands over the wireless device to a cell that uses the different radio access technology.
  • the invention also extends to computer programs, particularly computer programs on or in a carrier, adapted for putting the invention into practice.
  • the program may be in the form of non-transitory source code, object code, a code intermediate source and object code such as in partially compiled form, or in any other non-transitory form suitable for use in the implementation of processes according to the invention.
  • the carrier may be any entity or device capable of carrying the program.
  • the carrier may comprise a storage medium, such as a solid-state drive (SSD) or other semiconductor-based RAM; a ROM, for example a CD ROM or a semiconductor ROM; a magnetic recording medium, for example a floppy disk or hard disk; optical memory devices in general; etc.
  • SSD solid-state drive
  • ROM read-only memory
  • magnetic recording medium for example a floppy disk or hard disk
  • optical memory devices in general; etc.
  • the processor or processing system or circuitry referred to herein may in practice be provided by a single chip or integrated circuit or plural chips or integrated circuits, optionally provided as a chipset, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), digital signal processor (DSP), etc.
  • ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field-programmable gate array
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • the chip or chips may comprise circuitry (as well as possibly firmware) for embodying at least one or more of a data processor or processors, a digital signal processor or processors, baseband circuitry and radio frequency circuitry, which are configurable so as to operate in accordance with the exemplary embodiments.
  • the exemplary embodiments may be implemented at least in part by computer software stored in (non-transitory) memory and executable by the processor, or by hardware, or by a combination of tangibly stored software and hardware (and tangibly stored firmware).
  • the above embodiments are to be understood as illustrative examples of the invention. Further embodiments of the invention are envisaged.
  • the various indications that may be sent by the wireless device or UE mentioned above may be sent in other forms.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif sans fil qui fonctionne sous le contrôle d'un réseau. Le dispositif sans fil selon l'invention fonctionne au moyen d'une première technologie d'accès radio, sous le contrôle d'un appareil de contrôle du réseau (200). Le dispositif sans fil détermine que l'utilisation d'une technologie d'accès radio différente permettrait de consommer moins de puissance (210). Le dispositif sans fil signale alors à l'appareil de contrôle du réseau qu'il souhaiterait utiliser la technologie d'accès radio différente dans le but de réaliser des économies d'énergie (220).
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