Techniques for improved energy-savings management
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJoey Chou, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Alexander Sirotkin
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Abstract
Techniques for improved energy-savings management are described. In various embodiments, for example, a network management node includes a processor circuit, a communication component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to receive device tracking information from a device tracking node, and a determination component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to determine whether an eNodeB is to enter an energy-saving mode based on the device tracking information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims30
A network management node, comprising:
- a processor circuit;
- a communication component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to receive service sustainability information from a mobility management entity (MME), the service sustainability information describing a set of connective statuses for one or more mobile devices served by an eNodeB;
- and
- a determination component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to determine a non-sustainable idle device count for the eNodeB based on the service sustainability information, the non-sustainable idle device count comprising a number of idle mobile devices served by the eNodeB that are not registered with any alternate-standard mobile device interface node, the determination component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to determine whether the eNodeB is to enter an energy-saving mode based on the non-sustainable idle device count.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting a query to a mobility management entity (MME);
- receiving a non-sustainable idle device count from the MME in response to the query, the non-sustainable idle device count comprising a number of idle mobile devices served by an eNodeB that are not registered with any alternate-standard mobile device interface node;
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- determining, by a processor circuit, whether the eNodeB is to enter an energy-saving mode based on the non-sustainable idle device count.
At least one machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- receive an operator policy defining a first threshold;
- transmit a service sustainability information query to a mobility management entity (MME);
- receive service sustainability information from the MME in response to the service sustainability information query, the service sustainability information comprising a non-sustainable idle device count indicating a number of idle mobile devices served by an eNodeB that are not registered with any alternate-standard mobile device interface node;
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- determine whether the eNodeB is to enter an energy-saving mode based on the service sustainability information.
A method, comprising:
- receiving device tracking information;
- adding, by a processor, the device tracking information to a device tracking table;
- receiving a service sustainability information query;
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- generating service sustainability information based on the service sustainability information query and the device tracking table, the service sustainability information describing a set of connective statuses for one or more mobile devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.