METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR POWER SAVING

• Main Authors: PERSSON, HAAKAN, GOERANSSON, BO, WAHLQVIST, MATTIAS, ANDERSSON, CLAES, BERGLUND, BO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.10.2011
• Subjects: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

In some embodiments herein a method in a first communication device (10) for determining a power mode for a base station to enter is disclosed. The first communication device (10) determines cell load indicating user equipment activity within a first local cell A of the base station. Furthermore, the first communication device (10) receives cell load information from a second communication device (20) comprising an indication of user equipment activity within a second cell B associated to the second communication device (20), and determines the power mode for the base station to enter based on-the received cell load information and the determined load in the first local cell (A).