Energy saving in a communications network

A communication system capable of providing energy saving comprising:

• at least two radio access technology systems having a plurality of access points;
• and
• and a management functionality capable of assigning respective priorities to the radio access technology systems and capable of instructing, on the basis of the priorities, at least one radio access technology system to reduce the operational state of at least one access point.

An energy saving functionality capable of energy saving in a mobile communications network comprising at least two radio access technology systems having a plurality of access points, the energy saving functionality being capable of assigning respective priorities to the radio access technology systems and being capable of instructing, on the basis of the priorities, at least one radio access technology system to reduce the operational state of at least one access point.

A computer program product comprising software code that when executed on a computing system performs a method of energy saving in a mobile communications network comprising at least two radio access technology systems having a plurality of access points, the method comprising the steps of:

• assigning respective priorities to the radio access technology systems;
• and
• instructing, on the basis of the priorities, at least one radio access technology system to reduce the operational state of at least one access point.