Adaptive transition of user equipment

摘要

In a wireless communication system, a base station application hosted on a base station may be configured to change, or switch, a wireless communication device located in the range of a respective cell between an idle state and a connected state.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
initializing a first timer and a second timer with respect to a wireless communication device that is in a connected state, wherein:
the first timer times out after a first duration of time,the second timer times out after a second duration of time, andthe second duration of time is longer than the first duration of time; receiving one or more data packets from the wireless communication device; starting the first timer and the second timer simultaneously; and changing a state of the wireless communication device from the connected state to an idle state when a signal strength between the wireless communication device and a base station becomes less than a predefined signal strength threshold when the first timer times out and the second timer has not timed out.