Method of managing resources in a secondary station

摘要

A method for communicating in a mobile communications network including a primary station communicating with at least one secondary station comprising communication means for communicating with a primary station,;the method comprising the step (a) of the secondary station signaling at least one preferred operating profile out of a plurality of available operating profiles in response to an event.

主权项

1. A method for operating a secondary station, the method comprising:
in the secondary station: a processor adapted to select a first subset of operating profiles of a plurality of available operating profiles when the operating requirements of the secondary station change, the first subset of operating profiles being different than a current subset of operating profiles; in response to the processor selecting the first subset of operating profiles, a transmitter controlled by the processor transmitting to a primary station an indication of the selected first subset of operating profiles, as a request for the selected first subset of operating profiles to be used as the current subset of operating profiles; the processor switching from use of the current subset of operating profiles to use of the selected first subset of operating profiles as the current subset of operating profiles; the processor selecting at least one first operating profile of the current subset of operating profiles depending on a specified event, the at least one first operating profile being different than the at least one current operating profile; and in response to the processor selecting the at least one first operating profile, the transmitter transmitting to the primary station, an indication of the at least one selected first operating profile, as a request for the at least one selected first operating profile to be used as the at least one current operating profile; the processor switching from use of the at least one current operating profile to use of the selected at least one first operating profile as the at least one current operating profile; wherein the secondary station is configured to respond to at least one of the following group as the specified event:
the energy remaining in a battery of the secondary station decreases to or below a predetermined level;the secondary station becomes connected to a permanent source of power;the secondary station has entered a particular location;a handover from communication with a previous primary station to communication with a first primary station;the activation of a particular service;the deactivation of a particular service;a user of the secondary station requests a preferred operating mode; anda change of hardware resources available to the secondary station.