Radio base station and power control method
First Claim
1. A radio base station comprising:
- a plurality of communication processing components, each of the plurality of communication processing components being coupled to each of a plurality of antennas respectively, each of the plurality of antennas forming each of a plurality of sectors for a radio communication respectively, each of the plurality of communication processing components including a plurality of communication processors, each of the plurality of communication processors being configured to perform each of a plurality of functions for the radio communication and control each of a plurality of radio resources for each of the plurality of functions respectively; and
a control processor configured toselect a first communication processing component and a second communication processing component respectively from the plurality of communication processing components,select a first communication processor from the plurality of communication processors in the first communication processing component,transfer a radio resource of the plurality of radio resources that is controlled by the first communication processor to a second communication processor that is in the second communication processing component and performing a same function as the first communication processor, andafter transferring the radio resource of the plurality of radio resources, reduce a power of the first communication processor;
wherein the plurality of communication processors includes a scheduling processor and a baseband processor, the scheduling processor is configured to perform scheduling for the radio communication in a corresponding sector, the baseband processor is configured to perform baseband processing for the radio communication in the corresponding sector, andthe control processor is configured to select at least one of the scheduling processor and the baseband processor so as to be the first communication processor.
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Abstract
A radio base station including: each of communication processing components being coupled to each of antennas forming each of sectors for a radio communication respectively, each of the communication processing components including communication processors being configured to perform each of functions for the radio communication and control each of radio resources for each of the functions respectively, and a control processor configured to select a first communication processing component and a second communication processing component respectively, select a first communication processor from the communication processors in the first communication processing component, transfer a radio resource of the radio resources that is controlled by the first communication processor to a second communication processor that is in the second communication processing component and performing a same function as the first communication processor, and upon transferring the radio resource of the radio resources, reduce a power of the first communication processor.
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10 Claims
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1. A radio base station comprising:
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a plurality of communication processing components, each of the plurality of communication processing components being coupled to each of a plurality of antennas respectively, each of the plurality of antennas forming each of a plurality of sectors for a radio communication respectively, each of the plurality of communication processing components including a plurality of communication processors, each of the plurality of communication processors being configured to perform each of a plurality of functions for the radio communication and control each of a plurality of radio resources for each of the plurality of functions respectively; and a control processor configured to select a first communication processing component and a second communication processing component respectively from the plurality of communication processing components, select a first communication processor from the plurality of communication processors in the first communication processing component, transfer a radio resource of the plurality of radio resources that is controlled by the first communication processor to a second communication processor that is in the second communication processing component and performing a same function as the first communication processor, and after transferring the radio resource of the plurality of radio resources, reduce a power of the first communication processor; wherein the plurality of communication processors includes a scheduling processor and a baseband processor, the scheduling processor is configured to perform scheduling for the radio communication in a corresponding sector, the baseband processor is configured to perform baseband processing for the radio communication in the corresponding sector, and the control processor is configured to select at least one of the scheduling processor and the baseband processor so as to be the first communication processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A power control method at a radio base station, the power control method comprising:
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selecting a first communication processing component and a second communication processing component respectively from a plurality of communication processing components in the radio base station, each of the plurality of communication processing components being coupled to each of plurality of antennas respectively, each of the plurality of antennas forming each of a plurality of sectors for a radio communication respectively, each of the plurality of communication processing components including a plurality of communication processors, each of the plurality of communication processors being configured to perform each of a plurality of functions for the radio communication and control each of a plurality of radio resources for each of the plurality of functions respectively; selecting a first communication processor from the plurality of communication processors in the first communication processing component; transferring a radio resource of the plurality of radio resources that is controlled by the first communication processor to a second communication processor that is in the second communication processing component and performing a same function as the first communication processor; and after transferring the radio resource of the plurality of radio resources, reduce a power of the first communication processor; wherein the plurality of communication processors includes a scheduling processor and a baseband processor, the scheduling processor is configured to perform scheduling for the radio communication in a corresponding sector, the baseband processor is configured to perform baseband processing for the radio communication in the corresponding sector, and selecting at least one of the scheduling processor and the baseband processor so as to be the first communication processor.
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