Methods and apparatus for opportunistic small cell triggering

摘要

Methods and apparatus are described for opportunistic small cell triggering. The methods and apparatus include determining, by a user equipment (UE) connected to a cell, a change of location of the UE. Further, the methods and apparatus include requesting small cell information from a database based at least in part on the change of location of the UE. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include attempting to detect a small cell based on the small cell information. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include transmitting a message to turn on the small cell when no the small cell is not detected.

主权项

1. A method of wireless communications, comprising:
determining, by a user equipment (UE) connected to a cell, a change of location of the UE; requesting, by the UE, small cell information from a database based at least in part on the change of location of the UE, wherein the small cell information corresponds to information relating to a small cell within a vicinity of the UE as a result of the change of location of the UE; attempting, by the UE, to detect the small cell based on the small cell information; transmitting a message to turn on the small cell when the small cell is not detected; connecting to the small cell when the small cell is detected in response to the message being transmitted; updating the database based at least in part on connecting to the small cell, wherein updating the database comprises providing updated small cell information to the database; determining the UE leaves a coverage area of the small cell; and transmitting a second message to turn off at least a transmitter of the small cell based at least in part on determining the UE leaves the coverage area of the small cell.