Energy consumption measurement method and apparatus, and storage medium

Abstract

Provided are an energy consumption measurement method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The energy consumption measurement method comprises: acquiring network energy consumption measurement configuration information; generating a network energy consumption measurement report on the basis of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; and sending the network energy consumption measurement report.

Description

Energy consumption measurement method, device and storage medium

[0001] This disclosure claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202410104670.1, filed on January 24, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an energy consumption measurement method and device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0003] Currently, according to the regulations of operators, users can obtain relevant information about network energy consumption from the network so that users can better control their network usage behavior and thus save energy.

[0004] However, current network research focuses on improving user experience while also enhancing network energy efficiency. This focus is primarily on internal network resources, preventing users from obtaining information about network energy consumption. To comply with operator regulations, it is necessary to provide users with information about network energy consumption.

[0005] Summary of the Invention

[0006] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an energy consumption measurement method, which is applied to a base station. The method includes:

[0007] Obtain network energy consumption measurement configuration information; generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; and send the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0008] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides another energy consumption measurement method, which is applied to a target functional entity. The method includes:

[0009] Sending network energy consumption measurement configuration information; receiving a network energy consumption measurement report, where the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the base station based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0010] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an energy consumption measurement device. The device includes: a communication module and a processing module;

[0011] Communication module, used to obtain network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0012] A processing module, configured to generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0013] The communication module is also used to send network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0014] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides another energy consumption measurement device. The device includes: a sending module and a receiving module;

[0015] A sending module, used for sending network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0016] The receiving module is used to receive a network energy consumption measurement report, where the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the base station based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0017] In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide another energy consumption measurement device, which includes a processor, and when the processor executes a computer program, implements the energy consumption measurement method of the first aspect or the energy consumption measurement method of the second aspect.

[0018] In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer instructions that, when executed, implement the energy consumption measurement method of the first aspect or the energy consumption measurement method of the second aspect.

[0019] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program product comprising instructions. When the computer program product is executed on a computer, the computer is enabled to implement the energy consumption measurement method of the first aspect or the energy consumption measurement method of the second aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in some embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings described below are only drawings of some embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can also derive other drawings based on these drawings.

[0021] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to some embodiments.

[0022] FIG2 is a flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method according to some embodiments.

[0023] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to some embodiments.

[0024] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of another interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to some embodiments.

[0025] FIG5 is a schematic diagram of interaction of a network energy consumption measurement report according to some embodiments.

[0026] FIG6 is a schematic diagram illustrating another interaction of network energy consumption measurement reporting according to some embodiments.

[0027] FIG7 is a schematic diagram of another interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to some embodiments.

[0028] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of interaction of yet another network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to some embodiments.

[0029] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of yet another interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to some embodiments.

[0030] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of another interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to some embodiments.

[0031] FIG11 is a schematic diagram of another interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to some embodiments.

[0032] FIG12 is a schematic diagram of another interaction of network energy consumption measurement configuration information according to some embodiments.

[0033] FIG13 is a flow chart of another energy consumption measurement method according to some embodiments.

[0034] FIG14 is a schematic structural diagram of an energy consumption measurement device according to some embodiments.

[0035] FIG15 is a schematic structural diagram of another energy consumption measurement device according to some embodiments.

[0036] FIG16 is a schematic structural diagram of another energy consumption measurement device according to some embodiments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0038] In the description of this disclosure, unless otherwise specified, " / " means "or". For example, A / B can mean A or B. "And / or" in this article is merely a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can mean: only A, only B, and A and B. In addition, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. Expressions such as "first" and "second" do not limit the quantity and execution order, and expressions such as "first" and "second" do not necessarily limit them to be different.

[0039] It should be noted that in this disclosure, expressions such as "exemplarily" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations, or explanations. Any embodiment or design described in this disclosure as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as being preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of expressions such as "exemplarily" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a detailed manner.

[0040] As described in some technologies, in order to comply with operator regulations, it is necessary to provide users with information related to network energy consumption. However, there is currently no technical solution for measuring network energy consumption and obtaining relevant information about network energy consumption.

[0041] Based on this, the present disclosure provides an energy consumption measurement method. A base station can measure network energy consumption based on network energy consumption measurement configuration information. Based on the energy consumption measurement results, a network energy consumption measurement report is generated to facilitate monitoring and management of network energy consumption, thereby achieving energy conservation.

[0042] The energy consumption measurement method provided by the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system as shown in Figure 1 , which shows a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1 , the communication system includes a base station 10 and a target functional entity 20 .

[0043] In some embodiments, the base station 10 may be a base station or an evolved base station (eNB or eNodeB) in long term evolution (LTE), long term evolution advanced (LTE-A), a base station device in a 5G network, or a base station in a future communication system. The base station may include various network-side devices such as various macro base stations, micro base stations, home base stations, wireless remote devices, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), routers, and wireless fidelity (WIFI) devices.

[0044] In some embodiments, the target functional entity 20 includes but is not limited to any of the following: an energy saving entity, an energy consumption measurement entity, an operation administration and maintenance (OAM) network element, and an authentication management function (AMF) network element.

[0045] In some embodiments, the base station 10 performs energy consumption detection on the network by receiving the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the target functional entity 20, and generates a network energy consumption measurement report.

[0046] It should be noted that Figure 1 is only an exemplary framework diagram. The number of devices included in Figure 1 and the names of each device are not restricted. In addition to the devices shown in Figure 1, the communication system may also include other devices (such as core network devices).

[0047] The application scenarios of the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited. The system architecture and business scenarios described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are intended to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is known to those skilled in the art that with the evolution of network architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0048] FIG2 shows a flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method provided by the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the energy consumption measurement method is applied to a base station, including the following steps:

[0049] S101: Obtain network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0050] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG3 , the base station receives network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the target functional entity.

[0051] For example, when the target functional entity needs to obtain a network energy consumption measurement report to obtain network energy consumption-related information, network energy consumption measurement configuration information is generated and sent directly to the base station. In this way, the target functional entity can directly control and manage the relevant configurations of the base station when performing energy consumption measurement. The configuration is implemented more quickly, enabling the base station to respond to energy consumption measurement needs more promptly.

[0052] In other embodiments, as shown in FIG4 , the base station receives network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the target functional entity through the AMF network element.

[0053] For example, when the target functional entity needs to obtain a network energy consumption measurement report to obtain network energy consumption-related information, network energy consumption measurement configuration information is generated, and the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is first sent to the AMF network element, which then sends the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the base station. In this way, the AMF network element can uniformly manage the configuration of energy consumption measurement of the base station, thereby improving the uniformity and coordination of management.

[0054] In some embodiments, a configuration method of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is determined according to a measurement object indicated by a higher-level entity.

[0055] Exemplarily, when the measurement granularity of the measurement object indicated by the higher-level entity is a terminal (e.g., user equipment, UE), a network slice, a service type, a protocol data unit (PDU) session, or a quality of service (QoS) data flow, the higher-level entity configures the network energy consumption measurement configuration information for the base station through the target functional entity.

[0056] As another example, when the measurement objects specified by the higher-level entity are some terminals, some services, some slices, etc. in a specific area to represent the energy consumption of user services of the entire cell, rather than for a specific user, the target functional entity directly configures the network energy consumption measurement configuration information for the base station. The target functional entity includes any of the following: energy saving entity, energy consumption measurement entity, operation and maintenance OAM network element, and authentication management function AMF network element.

[0057] The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identifier, PDU session identifier, QoS data flow identifier, standalone non-public network (SNPN) network identifier, public land mobile network identifier, core network area identifier, energy consumption measurement priority, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, and pause indication of energy consumption measurement.

[0058] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information is a unique identifier for identifying the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and is composed of multiple identification information. The network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of the following: a mobile country code (MCC), a mobile network code (MNC), a tracking area code (TAC), a public land mobile network identifier (PLMN ID), a base station identifier (the next generation node identifier, gNB ID), a location area code (LAC), and an identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information. The identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information is used to distinguish itself from other network energy consumption measurement reference information under the same conditions.

[0059] In this way, the network energy measurement reference information is used to identify the corresponding network energy measurement configuration information, avoiding conflicts or confusion during reception. Furthermore, the network energy measurement reference information also includes the receiving gNB ID, facilitating reception by the corresponding base station, thus avoiding reception conflicts.

[0060] In some embodiments, the service type is used to characterize the service type of the network to be measured. The service type includes at least one of the following: dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) type, multimedia telephony service for ims (MTSI) type, virtual reality (VR) type, augmented reality (AR) type, extended reality (XR) type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things service type, real-time communication service type, and location service service type.

[0061] In this way, different service types can be distinguished by the service types carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the energy consumption of the network to be measured under different service types can be measured, thereby improving the accuracy of energy consumption measurement.

[0062] In some embodiments, the area range is used to represent the area range of the network to be measured. The area range includes at least one of the following: cell-based, timing advance (TA-based), tracking area identity (TAI-based), public land mobile network area (PLMN area-based), user plane location area (UPLA), user plane service area (UPSA), and a preset marked area range.

[0063] The preset marked area range can be marked using methods such as latitude and longitude coordinates, geographic area identifiers, map coordinates, etc. For example, the preset marked area range can be a marked area range such as a circle, an ellipse, a polygon, etc. The preset marked area range can be described by a shape type and a shape description.

[0064] For example, the shape type can be indicated by 4 bits, and the shape types include ellipsoid point, ellipsoid point of uncertain circle, uncertain ellipsoid point ellipse, polygon, ellipsoid point with altitude, ellipsoid point ellipsoid with altitude and uncertainty, elliptical arc, high-precision ellipsoid point of uncertain ellipse, high-precision ellipsoid point with altitude and uncertainty ellipsoid, high-precision ellipsoid point with scalable uncertainty ellipse, and high-precision ellipsoid point with altitude and scalable uncertainty ellipsoid. The shape description can be described by latitude and longitude.

[0065] In this way, the area range of the network to be measured is represented by the area range carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, so that energy consumption measurement can be performed on different area ranges, thereby improving the accuracy of energy consumption measurement.

[0066] In some embodiments, slice information in the network to be measured is identified by an identifier of the network slice carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The identifier of the network slice can be a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) parameter or a network slice assistance information group ID (NSAG ID).

[0067] In some embodiments, the PDU session identifier (PDU session ID) is a numeric identifier for identifying a PDU session in a network to be measured. For example, PDU session ID (integer (0-255)) represents an integer in the range of 0 to 255 representing the identifier of a PDU session.

[0068] In some embodiments, the identifier of the QoS data flow is used to identify the QoS data flow in the network to be measured. For example, the QoS flow identifier (QoS flow Identifier) ​​((INTEGER (0-63)) represents an integer in the range of 0 to 63 representing the identifier of the QoS data flow.

[0069] In some embodiments, the network identifier of the SNPN may be a network identifier (NID), which is used to identify the SNPN in the network to be measured. The NID is completely independent of the PLMN ID.

[0070] In some embodiments, the identifier of the public land mobile network may be a content access gateway identifier (GAG ID), which is used to identify network access permissions for public and private network users in the network to be measured. A GAG ID is a special access identifier possessed by a public network integrated–non-public network (PNI-NPN) device.

[0071] In some embodiments, the identifier of the core network area is used to identify the core network area in the network to be measured. For example, the identifier of the core network area can be a number, a letter, a symbol, or a specific code.

[0072] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement priority is used to represent the priority or energy conservation level of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, the higher the energy consumption measurement priority, the higher the energy conservation requirement for the network being measured, and the higher the priority of the energy consumption measurement and the transmission priority of subsequent network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0073] In this way, through the energy consumption measurement priority carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, networks with higher energy-saving levels can be measured first, and network energy consumption measurement reports of corresponding networks can be obtained in time, and network energy consumption can be configured and managed in a timely manner.

[0074] In some embodiments, the energy consumption threshold used in energy consumption measurement is used to set an upper limit on the energy consumption per unit time, a specific time period, or a specific space of a terminal or base station at a certain granularity. For example, the energy consumed per unit time is measured in watts, and the energy consumed in a specific time period or a specific space is measured in kilowatt-hours.

[0075] In some embodiments, the address of the target functional entity is used to represent the address of the target functional entity that receives the network energy consumption measurement report. The address of the target functional entity may be an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the target functional entity.

[0076] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement interval is used to represent the measurement interval when the base station measures the energy consumption of the measured network. For example, if the energy consumption measurement interval is 5 minutes, it means that the base station measures the energy consumption of the measured network once every 5 minutes and generates a corresponding network energy consumption measurement report.

[0077] In some embodiments, the measurement type of energy consumption measurement is used to characterize the type of the current energy consumption measurement and the network energy consumption measurement report. The measurement type of energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, and carbon emission type. For example, when the measurement type of energy consumption measurement includes energy consumption type, when the base station performs energy consumption measurement on the measured network, it measures the energy consumption of the measured network and generates a network energy consumption measurement report related to the energy consumption.

[0078] In some embodiments, the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report is used not only to indicate the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report, but also to indicate the measurement period of the energy consumption measurement.

[0079] Exemplarily, the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report is configured by a higher-level entity.

[0080] In this way, by using the network energy consumption measurement report transmission cycle carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, energy consumption detection is performed regularly on the network to be measured, and the corresponding network energy consumption measurement report is uploaded regularly. This helps to achieve regular monitoring of network energy consumption and analyze long-term energy consumption trends.

[0081] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report transmission trigger indication is used to represent a trigger event for transmitting the network energy consumption measurement report. The network energy consumption measurement report transmission trigger indication includes at least one of the following: energy consumption threshold, energy efficiency threshold, renewable energy utilization threshold, and carbon emission threshold.

[0082] For example, when, during the energy consumption measurement process, the measured energy consumption related value reaches the energy consumption threshold, the corresponding network energy consumption measurement report is uploaded.

[0083] In this way, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information carries a triggering indication for sending a network energy consumption measurement report, allowing for timely monitoring of network energy consumption. When the network energy consumption reaches a set threshold, the sending of a network energy consumption measurement report is triggered, allowing for the timely detection of networks with abnormal energy consumption, ensuring timely monitoring and ultimately reducing network energy consumption.

[0084] In some embodiments, the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to instruct the base station to directly send the generated network energy consumption measurement report after completing one measurement within the measurement interval of the energy consumption measurement.

[0085] In this way, through the real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the base station directly sends the network energy consumption measurement report after energy consumption measurement, so as to timely check the energy consumption of the network and improve the real-time performance of energy consumption monitoring.

[0086] In some embodiments, the periodic transmission indication of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to instruct the base station to transmit the network energy consumption measurement report based on the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report. For example, after the base station generates the network energy consumption measurement report, it stores it locally and then transmits the locally stored network energy consumption measurement reports in batches after the transmission period of the network energy consumption measurement report is reached.

[0087] In this way, by using the periodic transmission indication of network energy consumption measurement reports carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, multiple network energy consumption measurement reports are sent in batches according to the transmission period, which facilitates data integration and analysis. By integrating and analyzing multiple network energy consumption measurement reports, a better understanding of network energy consumption related conditions and changing trends can be achieved. It can also effectively reduce the transmission of network energy consumption measurement reports and improve the stability and reliability of transmission.

[0088] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement start indication is used to instruct the base station to start or resume energy consumption measurement.

[0089] In some embodiments, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement is used to indicate time information related to the energy consumption measurement. The measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: a start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, and a valid time of the energy consumption measurement.

[0090] In this way, the energy consumption measurement time carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information can be used to determine the time range of energy consumption measurement and understand the energy consumption of the network in different time periods, so as to more accurately analyze the energy consumption of the network and formulate corresponding energy-saving measures.

[0091] In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement suspension indication is used to instruct the base station to stop performing energy consumption measurement, or to release corresponding network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0092] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information also includes slice configuration information. The slice configuration information includes slice configuration user information. The base station can perform energy consumption measurement on the configured users of one or more slices in the measured network based on the slice configuration information carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0093] In this way, the slice configuration information carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information can be used to measure the energy consumption of users in the measured network. User services, PDU sessions, and QoS flows can be flexibly selected for energy consumption measurement, thereby realizing energy consumption measurement at the slice level and user level. This helps to adjust resource allocation and network optimization at the slice level and user level to achieve energy saving effects.

[0094] S102: Generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0095] As an implementation method, the base station performs energy consumption measurement on the network to be measured based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information and generates a network energy consumption measurement report. In some embodiments, the start time of the energy consumption measurement is any one of the following:

[0096] The time when the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is obtained;

[0097] The time of obtaining the measurement indication of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0098] The network energy consumption measurement configuration information carries the time corresponding to the start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement.

[0099] Exemplarily, upon receiving the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the base station directly performs energy consumption measurement. Alternatively, upon receiving a measurement indication for energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the base station directly performs energy consumption measurement. Alternatively, when the current time is the time corresponding to the energy consumption measurement start timestamp carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the base station starts energy consumption measurement.

[0100] In some embodiments, the base station selects a terminal to perform energy consumption measurement based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0101] Exemplarily, the base station determines the cell where energy consumption measurement is required based on the information such as the cell, cell set, tracking area identifier, etc. in the area range carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and then selects the terminal in the cell where energy consumption measurement is required to perform energy consumption measurement.

[0102] In this way, accurate measurement is achieved through the area range carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, which can effectively control the measurement range and optimization range, and select terminals within the cell to perform energy consumption measurement, which can improve the accuracy of energy consumption measurement.

[0103] In some embodiments, when a preset condition is met, the base station stops performing energy consumption measurement.

[0104] Preconditions include any of the following:

[0105] receiving an energy consumption measurement suspension instruction carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0106] The current time is the time corresponding to the stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0107] The duration of the energy consumption measurement reaches the duration of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0108] The duration of the energy consumption measurement reaches the valid time of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0109] The energy measurement duration is the length of time the base station performs energy measurement, and the energy measurement validity period is the effective period for the base station to perform energy measurement. Data obtained from energy measurement performed by the base station during this validity period is considered valid data. Data obtained outside this validity period may be considered outdated or invalid.

[0110] In some embodiments, the base station obtains release indication information to stop performing energy consumption measurement.

[0111] The release indication information is used to instruct the base station to release the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The release indication information includes the network energy consumption measurement reference information.

[0112] Exemplarily, when the target functional entity believes that the network energy consumption measurement configuration information does not conform to the current energy consumption measurement status, or does not want the base station to continue to perform energy consumption measurement based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, it directly sends a release indication message to the base station or sends a release indication message to the base station through the AMF network element, so that the base station stops performing energy consumption measurement and releases the corresponding network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The release indication message includes the network energy consumption measurement reference information that needs to be released.

[0113] In this way, when the base station does not need to perform energy consumption measurement, the base station can stop performing energy consumption measurement in time by sending release indication information, thereby reducing the energy consumption of the base station and alleviating the storage pressure of the base station.

[0114] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type of the measured network, area range of the measured network, network slice in the measured network, identifier of the PDU session in the measured network, QoS data flow in the measured network, network identifier of the SNPN in the measured network, identifier of the measured public land mobile network, identifier of the measured core network area, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

[0115] The detailed description of the measurement time from the network energy consumption measurement reference information to the energy consumption measurement can be referred to the relevant description above, and this disclosure will not go into details here. Only other information of the network energy consumption measurement report will be described below.

[0116] The identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to identify the network energy consumption measurement report to distinguish different network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0117] The identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is used by the terminal to identify the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to or associated with itself. Compared with the identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is more detailed.

[0118] Energy consumption information is used to represent relevant information about energy consumption in energy consumption measurement. Energy consumption information includes at least one of the following: total energy consumption, electricity consumption, thermal energy consumption, fuel consumption, green energy consumption, carbon intensity, carbon emissions, and renewable energy information, where renewable energy information is used to represent renewable non-fossil energy.

[0119] For example, total energy consumption is typically expressed in units of measure, such as kilowatt-hours (kW / h) or joules. Electrical energy consumption is typically measured in kilowatt-hours. Thermal energy consumption is used to represent heat-related energy consumption and is typically expressed in units of heat, such as kilocalories (kcal) or joules. Fuel consumption is used to represent energy consumption generated using fossil fuels or other energy sources and is typically expressed in units of heat, such as kilocalories or joules. Green energy consumption is used to represent energy consumption generated using renewable energy sources (such as solar, wind, and hydropower) and is typically expressed in watt-hours (W / h) or kilowatt-hours. Carbon intensity is used to represent the relationship between energy use and carbon dioxide emissions and is typically expressed in terms of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of energy, such as carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour. Carbon intensity is calculated by first converting energy consumption into standard coal and then calculating the carbon dioxide emissions per unit of standard coal. The calculation formula is: Carbon intensity = carbon emissions / standard coal consumption * 1,000,000. Carbon emissions can be directly measured or calculated using parameters such as energy consumption and factors. Standard coal consumption can be calculated using parameters such as energy consumption and the energy-to-standard coal conversion coefficient. Carbon emissions represent the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per watt-hour or kilowatt-hour and can be calculated using the following formula: Carbon emissions = emission factor * emissions, where the emission factor represents the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of fuel or energy. Renewable energy information is used to characterize renewable non-fossil energy sources, such as wind, solar, gas thermal, geothermal, hydrothermal, ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogas, and is typically expressed in watt-hours or kilowatt-hours.

[0120] Energy efficiency information is an important indicator for evaluating energy consumption performance, indicating the wireless performance or throughput achieved per unit energy consumption. Energy efficiency information includes at least one of the following: energy consumption efficiency, energy efficiency, and renewable energy efficiency.

[0121] For example, energy consumption efficiency is usually expressed in units such as bits per joule (bit / j) or bits per watt-hour (bit / Wh). Energy efficiency is usually expressed as a percentage, and its calculation method is the ratio of effective energy output to total input energy. For example, when measuring a service in a terminal, the calculation method is to use the percentage ratio of the energy consumption of the service to the energy consumption of the terminal as the energy efficiency of the service. For another example, when measuring the energy consumption efficiency of one or more slices in a cell, the percentage ratio of the energy consumption of the one or more slices to the total energy consumption of the cell or the energy consumption of all slices of the cell is used as the energy efficiency of the one or more slices. Renewable energy efficiency is used to characterize the percentage ratio of renewable energy consumed to total energy consumption. For example, the percentage ratio of renewable energy consumed by a terminal to total energy consumption. For another example, when measuring the renewable energy efficiency of one or more slices in a cell, the percentage ratio of the renewable energy consumed by the one or more slices to the total energy consumption of the cell or the energy consumption of all slices of the cell is used as the renewable energy efficiency of the one or more slices.

[0122] In some embodiments, the base station determines the requirement for sending the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the network energy consumption measurement configuration information based on the configuration mode of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0123] The requirement for sending the network energy consumption measurement report is used to indicate the urgency of the high-level entity in obtaining the network energy consumption measurement report.

[0124] For example, the timeliness requirement for the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the network energy consumption measurement configuration information of the definite measurement object configured for the target functional entity is relatively high, because it is mainly targeted at a certain terminal, a certain slice, etc., and by timely obtaining the corresponding network energy consumption measurement report, energy consumption optimization can be directly performed on the terminal, slice, etc. The timeliness requirement for the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the network energy consumption measurement configuration information of the uncertain measurement object configured for the target functional entity is relatively low, because the objects of the energy consumption measurement are some terminals, some services, or some slices in a specific area, the workload of the energy consumption measurement is large, and the scope is relatively wide.

[0125] S103: Send a network energy consumption measurement report.

[0126] In some embodiments, the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0127] For example, for network energy consumption measurement configuration information in different configuration modes, the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report differently based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, when the high-level entity configures the network energy consumption measurement configuration information through the target functional entity, the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report including at least one of the following:

[0128] The base station sends the network energy consumption measurement report based on the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0129] The base station sends the network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement report sending trigger indication carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0130] The base station sends the network energy consumption measurement report based on the real-time sending instruction of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information or the real-time sending instruction of the network energy consumption measurement report defaulted by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0131] The base station sends the network energy consumption measurement report based on the periodic sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0132] As another example, in the case where the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is directly configured by the target functional entity, the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report including at least one of the following:

[0133] The base station sends the network energy consumption measurement report based on the real-time sending instruction of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0134] The base station sends the network energy consumption measurement report based on the sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0135] The base station sends the network energy consumption measurement report based on the periodic sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0136] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG5 , the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the target functional entity.

[0137] In other embodiments, as shown in FIG6 , the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the AMF network element, and the AMF then sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the target functional entity.

[0138] In some embodiments, the base station adjusts network configuration to reduce energy consumption.

[0139] The network configuration includes at least one of the following: transmission configuration of periodic and semi-continuous signals, switching of dynamic cells, data reception mode of the terminal, energy-saving mode configuration of the terminal, transmission power of the base station, spectrum allocation configuration, spectrum sharing configuration, division of dynamic cells, beamforming configuration, network slicing configuration, transmission configuration of common channels, scheduling configuration of spectrum resources, allocation configuration of time domain resources, power control configuration, signal transmission configuration, resource block scheduling configuration, and QoS scheduling configuration.

[0140] Exemplarily, the base station may reduce or adjust the transmission of periodic and semi-persistent signals. For example, the periodic and semi-persistent signals include at least one of the following: a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), a group-common / terminal-specific physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a semi-persistent scheduling physical downlink shared channel (SPS PDSCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying a scheduling request (SR), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or PUCCH carrying a CSI report, a PUCCH carrying a user semi-persistently scheduled hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), a positioning reference signal (PRS), or a reference signal (RS) for positioning.

[0141] As another example, the base station can adjust the switching of dynamic cells. For example, the base station can adjust the semi-static / dynamic cell switching at one or more granularities (subframe / time slot / symbol). The dynamic cell switching includes at least one of the following: the terminal's information element / network node activation request switch, the network node (transmission point (TRP) / repeater) switching operation within the cell (for indicating the signal enhancement switch for the duration of the semi-static and / or dynamic cell / subframe / time slot / symbol).

[0142] As another example, the base station may adjust the data reception mode of the terminal. For example, the base station adjusts the data reception mode of the terminal in a terminal group or a specific cell so that the terminal implements connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) in a connected state.

[0143] As another example, the base station may adjust the energy-saving mode configuration of the terminal, for example, the base station may adjust the mechanism for the terminal to switch to an energy-saving mode or a sleep mode, and the mechanism for switching the battery state of the terminal.

[0144] As another example, the base station can adjust its transmit power in real time based on network energy consumption measurement reports and network load. For example, it can reduce transmit power during low load conditions and increase transmit power during high load conditions to ensure base station service quality.

[0145] As another example, the base station may dynamically adjust the spectrum allocation configuration based on the network energy consumption measurement report and spectrum utilization, so as to reasonably allocate spectrum resources, ensure efficient spectrum utilization and reduce energy consumption.

[0146] As another example, the base station can adjust the spectrum sharing configuration to achieve spectrum sharing with other operators, reduce redundant spectrum usage, improve the overall spectrum utilization, and thus reduce energy consumption.

[0147] As another example, the base station can adjust the division of dynamic cells based on network energy consumption measurement reports and user distribution. For example, it can increase cell density in areas with high user density to reduce energy consumption, reduce cell density in areas with low user density to improve energy efficiency, and shut down cells with low user access to reduce energy consumption.

[0148] As another example, the base station can adjust the beamforming configuration and thus the antenna radiation pattern according to user distribution and communication requirements to improve signal quality, reduce ineffective radiation, and lower energy consumption.

[0149] As another example, the base station can adjust the network slice configuration based on network energy consumption measurement reports and the needs of different services, so that each slice can be independently optimized to improve resource utilization and thus reduce energy consumption. Alternatively, the base station can perform slice conversion between equivalent slices to improve resource utilization and efficiency, thereby reducing energy consumption.

[0150] As another example, the base station may adjust the transmission configuration of the common channel. For example, the base station may reduce or not transmit signals, increase the signal transmission period, enable on-demand transmission mode for the common channel, offload the common channel to other carriers, or use a light version or relaxed version of the common channel.

[0151] As another example, the base station can adjust the scheduling configuration of spectrum resources. For example, the base station can use dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) to dynamically allocate spectrum resources (subcarriers and bandwidth) based on network energy consumption measurement reports and demand to improve spectrum resource utilization.

[0152] As another example, the base station can adjust the allocation configuration of time domain resources. For example, the base station can dynamically allocate time domain resources based on network energy consumption measurement reports and terminal transmission requirements, and can adjust the size and position of time slots to improve network efficiency and thus reduce energy consumption.

[0153] As another example, the base station can adjust power control configurations. For example, the base station can dynamically adjust power based on network energy consumption measurement reports, terminal location, channel quality, and other factors to reduce interference and improve energy efficiency. The base station can also adopt minimum transmission power based on network energy consumption measurement reports to reduce transmission energy consumption while ensuring communication quality.

[0154] As another example, the base station can adjust the signal transmission configuration. For example, the base station can use beamforming technology to directional transmit signals, increase transmission power, reduce interference, and thus reduce energy consumption.

[0155] As another example, the base station may adjust the resource block scheduling configuration. For example, the base station may adjust the bandwidth based on the network energy consumption measurement report and the terminal's needs to improve scheduling flexibility and thereby reduce energy consumption.

[0156] As another example, the base station can adjust QoS scheduling configuration. For example, based on network energy consumption measurement reports and QoS predictive scheduling, the base station can adjust QoS resource allocation in advance to ensure service quality in the future, improve network efficiency, and avoid excessive energy consumption in some cells.

[0157] In this way, the base station can reasonably adjust various network resources through network energy consumption measurement reports to reduce network energy consumption, improve network energy efficiency, and ensure good network performance.

[0158] In some embodiments, the base station can pre-configure wireless resources by analyzing the network energy consumption measurement report. When the relevant information in the network energy consumption measurement report reaches the trigger adjustment or related threshold, the base station directly configures and schedules based on the pre-configured wireless resources to automatically reduce network energy consumption and improve energy consumption optimization efficiency.

[0159] In some embodiments, the centralized unit (gNB-CU) and distributed unit (gNB-DU) in a base station may be in a separated state. In this state, the base station obtains network energy consumption measurement configuration information, including at least one of the following:

[0160] The centralized unit obtains network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the distributed units;

[0161] The centralized unit obtains network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the target functional entity;

[0162] The distributed unit obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the centralized unit;

[0163] The distributed unit obtains network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the target functional entity.

[0164] For example, as shown in FIG7 , the centralized unit receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the target functional entity. Alternatively, as shown in FIG8 , the centralized unit receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the target functional entity via the AMF network element. Furthermore, as shown in FIG9 , the distributed unit receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the centralized unit.

[0165] As another example, as shown in Figure 10, the distributed unit receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information directly sent by the target functional entity. Alternatively, as shown in Figure 11, the distributed unit receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the target functional entity through the AMF network element. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 12, the centralized unit receives the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the distributed unit.

[0166] It should be noted that in the process where the target functional entity sends the network energy consumption configuration information to the centralized unit, or the AMF network element sends the network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the centralized unit, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is transmitted via dedicated signaling based on the configuration method of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. For example, when a higher-level entity configures the network energy consumption measurement configuration information through the target functional entity, terminal-related signaling is used to transmit the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. When the target functional entity directly configures the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, non-terminal-related signaling is used to transmit the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0167] The dedicated signaling includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the network energy consumption measurement configuration information clearly indicates the object or granularity of energy consumption measurement.

[0168] Furthermore, after receiving the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, the centralized unit and the distributed unit can directly start energy consumption measurement, or, after receiving the start indication of energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, start energy consumption measurement, or, according to the start timestamp of energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, perform energy consumption measurement.

[0169] Accordingly, when transmitting network energy consumption measurement configuration information, dedicated signaling is also used. For example, when a higher-level entity configures the network energy consumption measurement configuration information through a target functional entity, terminal-related signaling is used to transmit the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. When the target functional entity directly configures the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, non-terminal-related signaling is used to transmit the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0170] The dedicated signaling includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the network energy consumption measurement configuration information clearly indicates the object or granularity of energy consumption measurement.

[0171] Exemplarily, the dedicated signaling may include at least one of the following: GNB-DU configuration update confirmation (GNB-DU CONFIGURATION UPDATE ACKNOWLEDGE) signaling, F1 setup response (F1 SETUP RESPONSE) signaling, GNB-CU configuration update (GNB-CU CONFIGURATION UPDATE) signaling, GNB-DU resource coordination response (GNB-DU RESOURCE COORDINATION RESPONSE) signaling, UE context establishment request (UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST) signaling, system information delivery command (SYSTEM INFORMATION DELIVERY COMMAND), and CU-DU radio information transmission (CU-DU RADIO INFORMATION TRANSFER) signaling.

[0172] In some embodiments, when the target functional entity needs to stop the base station from performing energy consumption measurement based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, deactivation information is sent to the distributed unit or the centralized unit to cause the base station to stop performing energy consumption measurement.

[0173] Exemplarily, after receiving the deactivation information, the centralized unit sends the deactivation information to the distributed unit via dedicated signaling. When the centralized unit and the distributed unit receive the deactivation information, they stop performing energy consumption measurement and release the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0174] The deactivation information includes network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the dedicated signaling includes deactivation information. Exemplarily, the dedicated signaling may include at least one of the following: UE CONTEXT RELEASE COMMAND, GNB-DU CONFIGURATION UPDATE ACKNOWLEDGE signaling, F1 SETUP RESPONSE signaling, GNB-CU CONFIGURATION UPDATE signaling, GNB-DU RESOURCE COORDINATION RESPONSE signaling, UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST signaling, SYSTEM INFORMATION DELIVERY COMMAND, and CU-DU RADIO INFORMATION TRANSFER signaling.

[0175] In some embodiments, the centralized unit (gNB-CU) and distributed unit (gNB-DU) in a base station may be in a separated state. In this state, the base station sends a network energy consumption measurement report that includes at least one of the following:

[0176] The centralized unit sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the target functional entity;

[0177] The centralized unit sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the distributed units;

[0178] The distributed unit sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the centralized unit;

[0179] The distributed unit sends a network energy consumption measurement report to the target functional entity.

[0180] Exemplarily, when a centralized unit obtains network energy consumption measurement configuration information from a target functional entity, the distributed unit obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the centralized unit. Correspondingly, when sending a network energy consumption measurement report, the distributed unit sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the centralized unit via dedicated signaling, or sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the centralized unit via existing information. The centralized unit then sends the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the distributed unit and its own network energy consumption measurement report to the target functional entity.

[0181] As another example, when the distributed unit obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the target functional entity, the centralized unit obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the distributed unit. Correspondingly, when sending the network energy consumption measurement report, the centralized unit sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the distributed unit via dedicated signaling, or sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the distributed unit via existing information. The distributed unit then sends the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to the centralized unit and its own network energy consumption measurement report to the target functional entity.

[0182] The dedicated signaling may include at least one of the following: reference time information report (REFERENCE TIME INFORMATION REPORT) signaling, GNB-DU CONFIGURATION UPDATE ACKNOWLEDGE, UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST, UE context release request (UE CONTEXT RELEASE REQUEST) signaling, UE context modification request (UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUIRED) signaling, UE inactivation notification (UE INACTIVITY NOTIFICATION) signaling, notification (NOTIFY) signaling, initial UL RRC message transmission (INITIAL UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER) signaling, UL RRC message transmission (UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER) signaling, RRC container delivery report (RRC CONTAINER DELIVERY REPORT) signaling.

[0183] As another example, the distributed unit and the centralized unit may respectively send their corresponding network energy consumption measurement reports directly to the target functional entity.

[0184] Exemplarily, the target functional entity includes any one of the following: an energy saving entity, an energy consumption measurement entity, an operation management and maintenance OAM network element, and an authentication management function AMF network element.

[0185] In this way, the base station can measure the network's energy consumption based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. Based on the energy consumption measurement results, a network energy consumption measurement report is generated to facilitate monitoring and management of network energy consumption, thereby achieving energy conservation.

[0186] FIG13 shows a flow chart of an energy consumption measurement method provided by the present disclosure. As shown in FIG13 , the energy consumption measurement method is applied to a target functional entity and includes the following steps:

[0187] S201: Send network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0188] The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identifier, protocol data unit PDU session identifier, quality of service QoS data flow identifier, independent non-public network SNPN network identifier, public land mobile network identifier, core network area identifier, energy consumption measurement priority, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, and pause indication of energy consumption measurement.

[0189] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of the following: mobile country code MCC, mobile network code MNC, tracking area code TAC, public land mobile network identifier PLMN ID, base station identifier gNB ID, location area code LAC, and identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information.

[0190] In some embodiments, the service type includes at least one of the following: HTTP dynamic adaptive streaming DASH type, multimedia telephone service MTSI type, virtual reality VR type, augmented reality AR type, extended reality XR type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things service type, real-time communication service type, and location service service type.

[0191] In some embodiments, the area range includes at least one of the following: cell based, timing advance TA based, tracking area identifier TAI based, public land mobile network area PLMN area based, user plane positioning area UPLA, user plane service area UPSA, and preset mark area range.

[0192] In some embodiments, the measurement type of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, and carbon emission type.

[0193] In some embodiments, the triggering indication for sending the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: an energy consumption threshold, an energy efficiency threshold, a renewable energy utilization rate threshold, and a carbon emission threshold.

[0194] In some embodiments, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: a start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, and a valid time of the energy consumption measurement.

[0195] In some embodiments, the start time of energy consumption measurement is any one of the following:

[0196] The time when the base station obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0197] The time when the base station obtains the measurement indication of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0198] The network energy consumption measurement configuration information carries the time corresponding to the start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement.

[0199] In some embodiments, when a preset condition is met, the base station stops performing energy consumption measurement; the preset condition includes any one of the following:

[0200] The base station receives an energy consumption measurement suspension instruction carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0201] The current time is the time corresponding to the stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0202] The duration of the energy consumption measurement reaches the duration of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information;

[0203] The duration of the energy consumption measurement reaches the valid time of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0204] In some embodiments, the above method further includes: the target functional entity sending release indication information to the base station.

[0205] The release indication information is used to instruct the base station to release the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the release indication information includes the network energy consumption measurement reference information.

[0206] In some embodiments, the target functional entity sends network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the base station through the AMF network element.

[0207] S202: Receive a network energy consumption measurement report.

[0208] The network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the base station based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. The network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type of the measured network, area range of the measured network, network slice in the measured network, identifier of the PDU session in the measured network, QoS data flow in the measured network, network identifier of the SNPN in the measured network, identifier of the measured public land mobile network, identifier of the measured core network area, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

[0209] The detailed description of the measurement time from the network energy consumption measurement reference information to the energy consumption measurement can be referred to the relevant description above, and this disclosure will not go into details here. Only other information of the network energy consumption measurement report will be described below.

[0210] In some embodiments, the identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is used to identify the network energy consumption measurement report to distinguish different network energy consumption measurement reports.

[0211] In some embodiments, the terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is used by the terminal to identify the network energy consumption measurement report corresponding to or associated with itself. Compared with the identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report is more detailed.

[0212] In some embodiments, energy consumption information is used to represent relevant information about energy consumption in energy consumption measurement. The energy consumption information includes at least one of the following: total energy consumption, electricity consumption, thermal energy consumption, fuel consumption, green energy consumption, carbon intensity, carbon emissions, and renewable energy information, where the renewable energy information is used to represent renewable non-fossil energy.

[0213] In some embodiments, the energy efficiency information includes at least one of the following: energy consumption efficiency, energy efficiency, and renewable energy efficiency.

[0214] In this way, the target functional entity sends network energy consumption measurement configuration information to the base station, so that the base station performs energy consumption measurement based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information. Based on the energy consumption measurement results, a network energy consumption measurement report is generated to facilitate monitoring and management of network energy consumption, thereby achieving energy conservation.

[0215] It is understandable that, in order to realize the above functions, the energy consumption measuring device includes hardware structures and / or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function. It should be easily appreciated by those skilled in the art that, in combination with the algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the present disclosure can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

[0216] The embodiment of the present disclosure can divide the energy consumption measurement device into functional modules according to the above-mentioned method embodiment. For example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one functional module. The above-mentioned integrated module can be implemented in the form of hardware or software. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiment of the present disclosure is schematic and is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation. The following is an example of dividing each functional module corresponding to each function.

[0217] FIG14 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an energy consumption measurement device applied to a base station provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The energy consumption measurement device 140 can execute the energy consumption measurement method provided by the above method embodiment. As shown in FIG14 , the energy consumption measurement device 140 includes a communication module 1401 and a processing module 1402.

[0218] The communication module 1401 is used to obtain energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0219] The processing module 1402 is configured to generate a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0220] The communication module 1401 is further configured to send a network energy consumption measurement report.

[0221] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identification, protocol data unit PDU session identification, quality of service QoS data flow identification, network identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, and pause indication of energy consumption measurement.

[0222] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of the following: mobile country code MCC, mobile network code MNC, tracking area code TAC, public land mobile network identifier PLMN ID, base station identifier gNB ID, location area code LAC, and identifier ID of the network energy consumption measurement reference information.

[0223] In some embodiments, the service type includes at least one of the following: HTTP dynamic adaptive streaming DASH type, multimedia telephone service MTSI type, virtual reality VR type, augmented reality AR type, extended reality XR type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things service type, real-time communication service type, and location service service type.

[0224] In some embodiments, the area range includes at least one of the following: cell based, timing advance TA based, tracking area identifier TAI based, public land mobile network area PLMN area based, user plane positioning area UPLA, user plane service area UPSA, and preset mark area range.

[0225] In some embodiments, the measurement type of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, and carbon emission type.

[0226] In some embodiments, the triggering indication for sending the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: an energy consumption threshold, an energy efficiency threshold, a renewable energy utilization rate threshold, and a carbon emission threshold.

[0227] In some embodiments, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: a start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement, a duration of the energy consumption measurement, and a valid time of the energy consumption measurement.

[0228] In some embodiments, the start time of energy consumption measurement is any one of the following: the time when the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is obtained; the time when the measurement indication of energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is obtained; the time corresponding to the start timestamp of energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0229] In some embodiments, the processing module 1402 is also used to stop energy consumption measurement when a preset condition is met; the preset condition includes any one of the following: receiving a pause indication of energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; the current time is the time corresponding to the stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; the duration of the energy consumption measurement reaches the duration of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; the duration of the energy consumption measurement reaches the effective time of the energy consumption measurement carried by the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0230] In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is further used to obtain release indication information, where the release indication information is used to instruct the base station to release the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the release indication information includes network energy consumption measurement reference information.

[0231] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type of the measured network, area range of the measured network, network slice in the measured network, identifier of the PDU session in the measured network, QoS data flow in the measured network, network identifier of the SNPN in the measured network, identifier of the measured public land mobile network, identifier of the measured core network area, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

[0232] In some embodiments, the energy consumption information includes at least one of the following: total energy consumption, electricity consumption, thermal energy consumption, fuel consumption, green energy consumption, carbon intensity, carbon emissions, and renewable energy information, where the renewable energy information is used to characterize renewable non-fossil energy.

[0233] In some embodiments, the energy efficiency information includes at least one of the following: energy consumption efficiency, energy efficiency, and renewable energy efficiency.

[0234] In some embodiments, the processing module 1402 is also used to adjust the network configuration to reduce energy consumption; the network configuration includes at least one of the following: transmission configuration of periodic and semi-continuous signals, switching of dynamic cells, data reception mode of the terminal, energy-saving mode configuration of the terminal, transmission power of the base station, spectrum allocation configuration, spectrum sharing configuration, division of dynamic cells, beamforming configuration, network slicing configuration, transmission configuration of common channels, scheduling configuration of spectrum resources, allocation configuration of time domain resources, power control configuration, signal transmission configuration, resource block scheduling configuration, and QoS scheduling configuration.

[0235] In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is configured to receive network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a target functional entity.

[0236] In some embodiments, the communication module 1401 is used to receive network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the target functional entity through the AMF network element.

[0237] In some embodiments, the base station includes a centralized unit and a distributed unit, and the communication module 1401 is used for at least one of the following: obtaining network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the distributed unit; obtaining network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the target functional entity; obtaining network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the centralized unit; obtaining network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the target functional entity.

[0238] In some embodiments, the base station includes a centralized unit and a distributed unit, and the communication module 1401 is used for at least one of the following: sending a network energy consumption measurement report to a target functional entity; sending a network energy consumption measurement report to a distributed unit; sending a network energy consumption measurement report to a centralized unit; sending a network energy consumption measurement report to a target functional entity.

[0239] In some embodiments, the target functional entity includes any one of the following: an energy saving entity, an energy consumption measurement entity, an operation management and maintenance OAM network element, and an authentication management function AMF network element.

[0240] FIG15 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an energy consumption measurement device applied to a target functional entity provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The energy consumption measurement device 150 can execute the energy consumption measurement method provided by the above method embodiment. As shown in FIG15 , the energy consumption measurement device 150 includes a sending module 1501 and a receiving module 1502.

[0241] The sending module 1501 is configured to send network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0242] The receiving module 1502 is configured to receive a network energy consumption measurement report, where the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by the base station based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

[0243] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, network slice identification, protocol data unit PDU session identification, quality of service QoS data flow identification, network identification of independent non-public network SNPN, identification of public land mobile network, identification of core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, and pause indication of energy consumption measurement.

[0244] In some embodiments, the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type of the measured network, area range of the measured network, network slice in the measured network, identifier of the PDU session in the measured network, QoS data flow in the measured network, network identifier of the SNPN in the measured network, identifier of the measured public land mobile network, identifier of the measured core network area, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

[0245] In the case of implementing the functions of the above-mentioned integrated modules in hardware, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an alternative structure of the energy consumption measurement device involved in the above-mentioned embodiments. As shown in Figure 16, the energy consumption measurement device 160 includes: a processor 1602 and a bus 1604. In some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement device 160 may also include a memory 1601; in some embodiments, the energy consumption measurement device 160 may also include a communication interface 1603.

[0246] Processor 1602 may implement or execute the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the embodiments of this disclosure. Processor 1602 may be a central processing unit, a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application-specific integrated circuit, a field-programmable gate array, or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. It may implement or execute the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the embodiments of this disclosure. Processor 1602 may also be a combination that implements computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, or a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor.

[0247] The communication interface 1603 is used to connect to other devices via a communication network, such as Ethernet, wireless access network, wireless local area network (WLAN), etc.

[0248] The memory 1601 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto.

[0249] As an implementation, the memory 1601 may exist independently of the processor 1602. The memory 1601 may be connected to the processor 1602 via a bus 1604 for storing instructions or program codes. When the processor 1602 calls and executes the instructions or program codes stored in the memory 1601, the energy consumption measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented.

[0250] In another implementation, the memory 1601 may also be integrated with the processor 1602 .

[0251] Bus 1604 can be an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, etc. Bus 1604 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, FIG16 shows only one thick line, but this does not mean that there is only one bus or only one type of bus.

[0252] Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-readable storage medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium), which stores computer program instructions. When the computer program instructions are executed on a computer, the computer executes the energy consumption measurement method of any of the above embodiments.

[0253] Exemplarily, the above-mentioned computer-readable storage media may include, but are not limited to: magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disks, floppy disks, or magnetic tapes, etc.), optical disks (e.g., compact disks (CDs), digital versatile disks (DVDs), etc.), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), cards, sticks, or key drives, etc.). The various computer-readable storage media described in the present disclosure may represent one or more devices and / or other machine-readable storage media for storing information. The term "machine-readable storage medium" may include, but is not limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and / or carrying instructions and / or data.

[0254] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program product comprising instructions. When the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the energy consumption measurement method described in any one of the above embodiments.

[0255] The above is only a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. An energy consumption measurement method, wherein, The method is applied to a base station and includes: Obtaining network energy consumption measurement configuration information; Generating a network energy consumption measurement report based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; Sending the network energy consumption measurement report.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, area range, identifier of a network slice, identifier of a protocol data unit (PDU) session, identifier of a quality of service (QoS) data stream, network identifier of a standalone non-public network (SNPN), identifier of a public land mobile network, identifier of a core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of a target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The network energy consumption measurement reference information includes at least one of the following: mobile country code (MCC), mobile network code (MNC), tracking area code (TAC), public land mobile network identifier (PLMN ID), identifier of the base station (gNBID), location area code (LAC), identifier (ID) of the network energy consumption measurement reference information.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein The service type includes at least one of the following: HTTP dynamic adaptive streaming (DASH) type, multimedia telephony service (MTSI) type, virtual reality (VR) type, augmented reality (AR) type, extended reality (XR) type, data service type, voice service type, Internet of Things (IoT) service type, real-time communication service type, location service type.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein The area range includes at least one of the following: cell-based, timing advance (TA)-based, tracking area identifier (TAI)-based, public land mobile network area (PLMN area)-based, user plane location area (UPLA), user plane service area (UPSA), preset marked area range.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The measurement type of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: energy consumption type, energy efficiency type, renewable energy type, carbon emission type.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein The sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: energy consumption threshold, energy efficiency threshold, renewable energy utilization threshold, carbon emission threshold.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein The measurement time of the energy consumption measurement includes at least one of the following: start timestamp of energy consumption measurement, stop timestamp of energy consumption measurement, duration of energy consumption measurement, effective time of energy consumption measurement.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein The start time of the energy consumption measurement is any one of the following: The time when the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is obtained; The time when the measurement indication of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information is obtained; The time corresponding to the start timestamp of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

10. According to the method of claim 2, it further includes: When preset conditions are met, stop performing energy consumption measurement; wherein, the preset conditions include any one of the following: Receiving a pause indication for energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; The current time is the time corresponding to the stop timestamp of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; The duration of the energy consumption measurement reaches the duration of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information; The duration of the energy consumption measurement reaches the effective time of the energy consumption measurement carried in the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Obtaining release indication information, where the release indication information is used to instruct the base station to release the network energy consumption measurement configuration information, and the release indication information includes the network energy consumption reference information.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein The network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: the network energy consumption reference information, the service type of the measured network, the regional scope of the measured network, the network slice in the measured network, the identifier of the PDU session in the measured network, the QoS data stream in the measured network, the network identifier of the SNPN in the measured network, the identifier of the measured public land mobile network, the identifier of the measured core network area, the measurement time of the energy consumption measurement, the identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, the terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, energy consumption information, and energy efficiency information.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein, The energy consumption information includes at least one of the following: total energy consumption, power energy consumption, heat energy consumption, fuel consumption, green energy consumption, carbon intensity, carbon emissions, renewable energy information, and the renewable energy information is used to characterize renewable non-fossil energy.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein, The energy efficiency information includes at least one of the following: energy consumption efficiency, energy efficiency, and renewable energy efficiency.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Adjusting the network configuration to reduce energy consumption; wherein, the network configuration includes at least one of the following: the transmission configuration of periodic and semi-persistent signals, the switching of dynamic cells, the data reception mode of the terminal, the energy-saving mode configuration of the terminal, the transmit power of the base station, the spectrum allocation configuration, the spectrum sharing configuration, the division of dynamic cells, the beamforming configuration, the network slice configuration, the transmission configuration of common channels, the scheduling configuration of spectrum resources, the allocation configuration of time-domain resources, the power control configuration, the signal transmission configuration, the resource block scheduling configuration, and the QoS scheduling configuration.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The obtaining of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes: Receiving the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a target functional entity.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein, The receiving of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by a target functional entity includes: Receiving the network energy consumption measurement configuration information sent by the target functional entity through the AMF network element.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein The base station includes a centralized unit and a distributed unit; the obtaining of the network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: The centralized unit obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the distributed unit; The centralized unit obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information from a target functional entity; The distributed unit obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information from the centralized unit; The distributed unit obtains the network energy consumption measurement configuration information from a target functional entity.

19. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The base station includes a centralized unit and a distributed unit; the sending of the network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: The centralized unit sends the network energy consumption measurement report to a target functional entity; The centralized unit sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the distributed unit; The distributed unit sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the centralized unit; The distributed unit sends the network energy consumption measurement report to the target functional entity.

20. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 19, wherein The target functional entity includes any one of the following: an energy-saving entity, an energy consumption measurement entity, an operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) network element, an authentication management function (AMF) network element.

21. A method for measuring energy consumption, wherein, The method is applied to a target functional entity and includes: Sending network energy consumption measurement configuration information; Receiving a network energy consumption measurement report, where the network energy consumption measurement report is generated by a base station based on the network energy consumption measurement configuration information.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein The network energy consumption measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following: network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type, regional scope, identifier of a network slice, identifier of a protocol data unit (PDU) session, identifier of a quality of service (QoS) data flow, network identifier of a standalone non-public network (SNPN), identifier of a public land mobile network, identifier of a core network area, priority of energy consumption measurement, energy consumption threshold of energy consumption measurement, address of the target functional entity, measurement interval of energy consumption measurement, measurement type of energy consumption measurement, sending period of the network energy consumption measurement report, sending trigger indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, real-time sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, periodic sending indication of the network energy consumption measurement report, start indication of energy consumption measurement, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, pause indication of energy consumption measurement.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein, The network energy consumption measurement report includes at least one of the following: the network energy consumption measurement reference information, service type of the measured network, regional scope of the measured network, network slice in the measured network, identifier of the PDU session in the measured network, QoS data flow in the measured network, network identifier of the SNPN in the measured network, identifier of the measured public land mobile network, identifier of the measured core network area, measurement time of energy consumption measurement, identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, terminal identification identifier of the network energy consumption measurement report, energy consumption information, energy efficiency information.

24. An energy consumption measurement device includes a processor, and when the processor executes a computer program, it implements the energy consumption measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 20, or implements the energy consumption measurement method according to any one of claims 21 to 23.

25. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein, The computer-readable storage medium includes computer instructions; wherein, when the computer instructions are executed, it implements the energy consumption measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 20, or implements the energy consumption measurement method according to any one of claims 21 to 23.

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