METHODS OF SWITCHING OFF POWER OF BASE STATIONS WITHIN CELLULAR NETWORKS BY USING MESSAGE PASSING, AND BASE STATIONS AND CELLULAR NETWORK SYSTEMS USING THE METHODS

摘要

A method of determining whether to switch off a base station's own power in the base station within a cellular network may comprise: receiving terminal messages having real number values from terminals within cell coverage of the base station; calculating real number values of base-station messages individually regarding the terminals based on the received terminal messages; transmitting the base-station messages having the calculated real number values individually to the terminals; repeatedly performing the receiving, the calculating, and the transmitting until the calculated real number values of the base-station messages are converged to constant values; when the real number values of the base-station messages are converged, calculating a base-station message convergence value, which is one real number value regarding the terminals, based on the converged real number values of the terminal messages; and/or determining whether to switch off the base station's own power based on the base-station message convergence value.

主权项

1. A method of determining whether to switch off a base station's own power in the base station within a cellular network, the method comprising:
receiving terminal messages having real number values from terminals within cell coverage of the base station; calculating real number values of base-station messages individually regarding the terminals based on the received terminal messages; transmitting the base-station messages having the calculated real number values individually to the terminals; repeatedly performing the receiving, the calculating, and the transmitting until the calculated real number values of the base-station messages are converged to constant values; when the real number values of the base-station messages are converged, calculating a base-station message convergence value, which is one real number value regarding the terminals, based on the converged real number values of the terminal messages; and determining whether to switch off the base station's own power based on the base-station message convergence value.