IRPManager Energy Saving Policy Coordination for Base Stations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional energy saving methods for base stations lack a unified policy, leading to isolated energy saving operations and inadequate management in different network deployment scenarios, failing to satisfy diverse energy saving requirements.
Innovation Solution
An integrated reference point manager (IRPManager) configures and sends energy saving policies to an integrated reference point agent (IRPAgent), which includes identifiers for coverage backup entities and specific policy information for activation and deactivation, enabling centralized energy saving management across base stations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If base stations use isolated energy saving algorithms independently, then local energy saving operations can be executed, but unified energy saving policy coordination and diverse network scenario requirements cannot be satisfied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an energy saving management entity as an intermediary between network management and base stations. This entity configures and distributes unified energy saving policies to multiple base stations, enabling coordinated energy saving operations across the network while maintaining adaptability to different deployment scenarios through policy parameters like coverage backup entity identifiers and activation/deactivation conditions
2Adaptability or versatility
If centralized energy saving policy management is implemented, then unified energy saving coordination across base stations is achieved, but system complexity and management overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the energy saving management system into distinct functional components: an energy saving management entity responsible for policy configuration and distribution, and base stations that execute local energy saving operations based on received policies. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by distributing management functions while maintaining unified coordination through the management entity
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AI summary
A method, an apparatus, and a system for energy saving management in a network management system are disclosed. The method for energy saving management includes: configuring, by an integrated reference point manager IRPManager, an energy saving policy, where the energy saving policy includes an identifier of a coverage backup entity for energy saving and further includes policy information of energy saving activation and/or policy information of energy saving deactivation; and sending, by the IRPManager, the energy saving policy to an integrated reference point agent IRPAgent, where the energy saving policy is used to perform energy saving management on a base station.