Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of base station in radio communication system

摘要

A method for reducing power consumption of a macro Base Station (BS) in a radio communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a preamble through at least one mini BS installed within a service coverage area of the macro BS, and transmitting a power-off command to the at least one mini BS after being switched into a power-on state, upon reception of access request information through the at least one mini BS from a terminal that received the preamble.

主权项

1. A method for reducing power consumption of a macro Base Station (BS) by the macro BS in a radio communication system, the method comprising:
determining whether there is at least one active terminal within a service coverage area of the macro BS; transmitting a power-on command to at least one data processing unit installed within the service coverage area of the macro BS if the at least one active terminal is not present within the service coverage area of the macro BS; and switching to a power-off state if a response of the command is received from the at least one data processing unit.