CPC H04W 52/0206 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by network automation equipment comprising a processor, sleep-eligible cells that are part of a cellular communication network;
sending, by the network automation equipment, sleep feature activation parameters to the sleep-eligible cells;
determining, by the network automation equipment, respective custom values for the sleep feature activation parameters at respective sleep-eligible cells of the sleep-eligible cells;
sending, by the network automation equipment, the respective custom values to the respective sleep-eligible cells, wherein the respective sleep-eligible cells are configured to use the respective custom values to trigger transitions between active states and sleep states; and
monitoring, by the network automation equipment, performance of the cellular communication network for a degraded performance according to a defined degradation criterion, wherein the degraded performance results from use of the respective custom values by the respective sleep-eligible cells.
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