Monitoring system environment of outdoor base station

摘要

According to the present invention, apparatus and methods are provided for monitoring the environment of an outdoor base station to protect the outdoor base station from variations of the environment. An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an environment monitor for monitoring the environment of the outdoor base station, for transmitting a command for power shutdown upon detecting a fatal state of environment, and for transmitting a command for resuming power upon detecting a lapse of the fatal state. A power supply control unit shuts down power supplied to the outdoor base station in response to the command for power shutdown from the environment monitor, and resumes power to the outdoor base station in response to the command for resuming power from the environment monitor.