Method and equipment for saving energy

• US 9,775,108 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2011
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company Limited (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: China Academy of Telecom Technology (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jia, Beibei, Zhang, Dajun, Zhao, Jinbo, Xu, Sen
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehra, Inder
• Application Number:
  US13/643,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20130095842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,353 Days
• Field of Search: 370311, 370338, 370468, 455418, 4554351, 455439, 455450, 455447, 455453
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/16 Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0203 in the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0206 in access points, e.g. base stations access point devices per se H04W88/08
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and equipment for saving energy. The method comprises the following steps: the first network node acquires load information of the second network node next to the first and modifies energy saving state according to its own load information and that of said second network node; said first and second network nodes send information on indication for saving energy state to the adjacent third network node and inform the information of modifying energy saving state to said third network node based on said information on indication for saving energy state. Embodiments of the present invention optimize resource utilization rate of the whole network.

Claims

1. A method for saving energy comprising:

acquiring, by a first network node, load information of a second network node next to the first network node, and entering energy saving state according to load information of the first network node and the load information of said second network node;

sending, by the first network node, information on indication for saving energy state to a third network node next to the first network node, and informing said third network node of information that the first network node has entered energy saving state through said information on indication for saving energy state.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, after said first network node informs said third network node of the information that the first network node has entered energy saving state via said information on indication for saving energy state, the method further comprises:

entering, by the third network node, energy saving compensation state according to said information on indication for saving energy state.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, after said first network node informs said third network node of the information that the first network node has entered energy saving state via said information on indication for saving energy state to said third network node, the method further comprises:

judging, by the third network node, whether said first network node departs from energy saving state according to load information of the third network node and sending information on indication for saving energy deactivation to said first network node,

receiving, by the first network node, the information on indication for saving energy deactivation and departing from energy saving state based on the information on indication for saving energy deactivation.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein, after said first network node departs from energy saving state based on the information on indication for saving energy deactivation, the method further comprises:

sending, by the first network node, information on indication for saving energy state to said third network node to inform information of departing from energy saving state to the third network node,

departing, by the third network node, from energy saving compensation state based on the information on indication for saving energy state which informs the information of departing from energy saving state to the third network node.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, after said first network node enters energy saving state according to the load information of the first network node and the load information of said second network node, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the first network node, network topology information and determining whether it is necessary to send the information on indication for saving energy state to the third network node according to the network topology information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, acquiring, by said first network node, the load information of said second network node next to the first network node comprises:

sending, by the first network node, a load information transmission request message to said second network node, and receiving a load information transmission response message returned by said second network node, acquiring the load information of said second network node through said request message and the response message;

or

receiving, by the first network node, a load information transmission request message from said second network node, and acquiring the load information of said second network node carried in said request message from said second network node.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, each of said load information comprises at least one of the following:

Hardware load indicator, S1 TNL load indicator, radio resource status, composite available capacity uplink, composite available capacity downlink.

8. A method for saving energy comprising:

acquiring, by a first network node, load information of a second network node next to the first network node, and judging whether said second network node modifies energy saving state according to load information of the first network node and the load information of said second network node;

sending, by the first network node, information on indication of modification for saving energy state to the second network node to trigger the second network node to change energy saving state.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein, after said first network node sends the information on indication of modification for saving energy state to the second network node, the method further comprises:

modifying, by the second network node, energy saving state based on the information on indication of modification for saving energy state;

or

determining, by the second network node, whether to change the energy saving state according to said information on indication of modification for saving energy state and an energy saving strategy of the second network node and returning an indication on whether to change energy saving state to the first network node.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein, said second network node changing the energy saving state comprises:

entering or departing from energy saving state.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein, after said second network node changes the energy saving state, the method further comprises:

sending, by the second network node, information on indication for saving energy state to a third network node next to the second network node to inform said third network node information that the second network node has changed energy saving state.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein, after said second network node changes energy saving state, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the second network node, network topology information and determining whether it is necessary to send the information on indication for saving energy state to said third network node according to said network topology information.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein, after said second network node informs said third network node the information that the second network node has changed energy saving state through the information on indication for saving energy state, the method further comprises:

entering or departing, by the third network node, from energy saving compensation state according to said information on indication for saving energy state.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein, said first network node acquiring the load information of said second network node next to the first network node comprises:

sending, by the first network node, a load information transmission request message to said second network node, and receiving a load information transmission response message returned by said second network node, acquiring the load information of said second network node through said request message and the response message;

or receiving, by the first network node, a load information transmission request message from said second network node, and acquiring the load information of said second network node carried in said request message from said second network node.

15. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein, each of said load information comprises at least one of the following:

Hardware load indicator indication information, S1 TNL load indicator, radio resource status, composite available capacity uplink, composite available capacity downlink.

16. A network node comprising:

an acquisition module, which is used for acquiring load information of one adjacent network node;

an energy saving module, which is used for entering energy saving state according to load information of said network node and the load information of the one adjacent network node acquired by said acquisition module;

a transmitting module, which is used for sending information on indication for saving energy state to another adjacent network node when said energy saving module enters energy saving state, and informing said another adjacent network node of information that said network node enters energy saving state through said information on indication for saving energy state.

17. The network node as claimed in claim 16, wherein,

the acquisition module is also used for acquiring information on indication for saving energy deactivation from the another adjacent network node;

the energy saving module is also used for departing from energy saving state according to the information on indication for saving energy deactivation.

18. The network node as claimed in claim 17, wherein,

the transmitting module is also used for sending information on indication for saving energy state to the another adjacent network node to inform information that said network node departs from energy saving state to said another adjacent network node.