Power sharing method and apparatus

A power sharing apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and storing programming instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• estimate a first transmit power based on a traffic volume of to-be-scheduled terminal devices in a first carrier in a first scheduling period, wherein the first transmit power is a transmit power in the first carrier for scheduling the to-be- scheduled terminal devices in the first scheduling period;
• estimate a second transmit power based on the first transmit power and an initially configured transmit power of the first carrier, wherein the second transmit power is a remaining transmit power of the first carrier in the first scheduling period;
• calculate a third transmit power based on the second transmit power and a preset shared transmit power, wherein the third transmit power is a sharable transmit power of the first carrier in the first scheduling period;
• broadcast information about the third transmit power to the transmit power sharing group;
• receive information about a fourth transmit power, wherein the fourth transmit power is a sharable transmit power of a second carrier in the transmit power sharing group;
• and
• calculate a fifth transmit power based on the information about the third transmit power and the information about the fourth transmit power, wherein the fifth transmit power is an actually shared transmit power of the first carrier in the first scheduling period.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing programming instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a network device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• estimating a first transmit power based on a traffic volume of to-be-scheduled terminal devices in a first carrier in a first scheduling period, wherein the first transmit power is a transmit power in the first carrier for scheduling the to-be-scheduled terminal devices in the first scheduling period;
• estimating a second transmit power based on the first transmit power and an initially configured transmit power of the first carrier, wherein the second transmit power is a remaining transmit power of the first carrier in the first scheduling period;
• calculating a third transmit power based on the second transmit power and a preset shared transmit power, wherein the third transmit power is a sharable transmit power of the first carrier in the first scheduling period;
• broadcasting information about the third transmit power to the transmit power sharing group;
• receiving information about a fourth transmit power, wherein the fourth transmit power is a sharable transmit power of a second carrier in the transmit power sharing group;
• and
• calculating a fifth transmit power based on the information about the third transmit power and the information about the fourth transmit power, wherein the fifth transmit power is an actually shared transmit power of the first carrier in the first scheduling period.