MOBILE DEVICE PAGING AND SMALL CELL CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS

摘要

Technology and techniques to page mobile devices and establish connections between mobile devices and small cell base stations in a heterogeneous network (HetNet.) A macro base station pager may transmit an enhanced paging message, the enhanced paging message to include an indication that the paging message may be answered through a small cell base station. A small cell base station configurator may transmit configuration information to the small cell base station. The small cell base station may transmit a beacon and a mobile device may establish a relay connection with the small cell base station to connect the mobile device to the macro base station through the small cell base station based at least in part upon the beacon. Furthermore, a macro base station backhauler may establish a backhaul connection with the small cell base station to communicate signals with the small cell base station related to the relay connection.

主权项

1. An apparatus for a macro base station in a heterogeneous network comprising:
circuitry;
a macro base station pager for execution by the circuitry to transmit an enhanced paging message, the enhanced paging message to include an indication that the paging message may be answered through a small cell base station;a small cell base station configurator for execution by the circuitry to transmit configuration information to the small cell base station, the configuration information to cause the small cell base station to transmit a beacon to establish a relay connection with a mobile device; anda macro base station backhauler for execution by the circuitry to establish a backhaul connection with the small cell base station to communicate signals with the small cell base station related to the relay connection.