METHOD OF CELL DISCOVERY FOR SUPPORTING DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION AND/OR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OF BASE STATIONS

摘要

Disclosed is a cell discovery method for supporting the discontinuous transmission and reception of a base station. In an environment in which a plurality of small cell base stations perform discontinuous transmission and reception, the cell discovery method performed in the base station includes the steps of: transmitting the information of the small cell base stations whose current transmission and reception mode is active to a terminal; receiving a measurement result for the small cell base stations included in the information of the small cell base stations from the terminal; estimating the small cell base stations which are adjacent to the terminal based on the measurement result; and instructing the transmission and reception state transition of the small cell base stations. Therefore, the power consumption of the small cell base stations is reduced and the small cell discovery performance of the terminal is maintained.