Apparatus and method for measuring traffic of users using distributed antenna system

A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:

• a plurality of remote units configured to transmit and receive signals, each of the plurality of remote units corresponding to different locations within a building, a pseudo timing advance (TA) being allocated to each of the plurality of remote units and the pseudo TA having a different value for each of a plurality of radio units, wherein a pseudo TA allocated to a remote unit is transmitted to a user equipment (UE) associated with the remote unit;
• and
• a main unit coupled with the plurality of remote units and configured to process the signals, wherein an uplink signal is received, via the plurality of remote units, from the UE,
• wherein a TA for the UE is identified using the uplink signal,
• wherein a location for the UE is determined based on the pseudo TA allocated to the remote unit and the identified TA,
• wherein the uplink signal is transmitted from the UE based on the pseudo TA allocated to the remote unit, and
• wherein the main unit is further configured to:
• receive power reduction mode stop configuration information from a network management entity in a case that it is recognized that a quality of service (QoS) of the UE at a location to which a power reduction configuration is applied, is lowered to a specific value or less by an operation support system,
• configure stopping of the power reduction mode based on the received power reduction mode stop configuration information, and
• transmit power reduction mode stop configuration completion information to the operation support system.

A base station to provide service to a user equipment (UE), the base station comprising:

• a plurality of remote units configured to transmit and receive signals, each of the plurality of remote units corresponding to different locations within a building, a pseudo timing advance (TA) being allocated to each of the plurality of remote units and the pseudo TA having a different value for each of a plurality of radio units, wherein a pseudo TA allocated to a remote unit is transmitted to the UE associated with the remote unit;
• and
• a main unit coupled with the plurality of remote units and configured to process the signals, wherein an uplink signal is received, via the plurality of remote units, from the UE,
• wherein a TA for the UE is identified using the uplink signal,
• wherein a location for the UE is determined based on the pseudo TA allocated to the remote unit and the identified TA,
• wherein the uplink signal is transmitted from the UE based on the pseudo TA allocated to the remote unit,
• wherein an additional communication resource is configured to a location at which an overload is located based on at least one of a number of users and a traffic of each location, and
• wherein the main unit is further configured to:
• receive power reduction mode stop configuration information from a network management entity in a case that it is recognized that a quality of service (QoS) of the UE at a location to which a power reduction configuration is applied, is lowered to a specific value or less by an operation support system,
• configure stopping of the power reduction mode based on the received power reduction mode stop configuration information, and
• transmit power reduction mode stop configuration completion information to the operation support system.