US 11,924,745 B2
Distribution of system information in a wireless access telecommunications system
Haibin Zhang, Voorburg (NL); Ljupco Jorguseski, Rijswijk (NL); Job Cornelis Oostveen, Haren (NL); and Jacob Cornelis Van der Wal, Vaasen (NL)
Assigned to Koninklijke KPN N.V., Rotterdam (NL); and Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO, 's-Gravenhage (NL)
Filed by Koninklijke KPN N.V., Rotterdam (NL); and Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO, S-Gravenhage (NL)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,965.
Application 17/237,965 is a continuation of application No. 15/947,530, filed on Apr. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,026,155.
Application 15/947,530 is a continuation of application No. 14/355,764, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP2012/071961, filed on Nov. 7, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 11188289 (EP), filed on Nov. 8, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0243679 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/10 (2013.01) [H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In a wireless access network comprising at least a small area cell (SA-cell) optimized for data exchange with which a terminal in an active mode is configured to have an established data connection and a large area cell (LA-cell) on which the terminal in an idle mode is configured to camp, a method for the terminal to obtain at least LA-cell system information associated with the LA-cell and/or the network it operates in and SA-cell system information associated with the SA-cell and/or the network it operates in, the terminal comprising an SA-cell radio interface and an LA-cell radio interface, the method comprising:
when the terminal is in the idle mode and an LA-cell radio interface of the terminal is enabled, the terminal receiving at least a first part of the LA-cell system information and at least a first part of the SA-cell system information from the LA-cell via the LA-cell radio interface;
when the terminal is in the active mode and an SA-cell radio interface is enabled, the terminal enabling the LA-cell radio interface during one or more time periods and receiving at least a second part of the LA-cell system information from the LA-cell via the LA-cell radio interface.