Prioritization of Energy Over System Throughput in a Wireless Communications System

A method, in a radio base station in a wireless communications system, for affecting an energy saving in the system during a connection between a user equipment and the radio base station according to a priority level of the energy saving, the method comprising:

• retrieving an indicator of the priority level of the energy saving in the system;
• and
• configuring a parameter affecting the energy saving in the system during the connection according to the indicated priority level.

A user equipment configured to be used in a wireless communications system and to enable a radio base station to affect an energy saving in the system during a connection between the user equipment and the radio base station according to a priority level of the energy saving, the user equipment comprising:

• a detecting unit adapted to detect a trigger received via a user interface of the user equipment, the trigger associated with the priority level of the energy saving in the system;
• and
• a transmitter adapted to transmit an indicator of the priority level to the radio base station, allowing the radio base station to affect the energy saving in the system during the connection according to the priority level.

A radio base station configured to be used in a wireless communications system and to affect an energy saving in the system during a connection between a user equipment and the radio base station according to a priority level of the energy saving, the radio base station comprising:

• a retrieving unit adapted to retrieve an indicator of the priority level of the energy saving in the system;
• and
• a configuring unit adapted to configure a parameter affecting the energy saving in the system during the connection according to the indicated priority level.

A method, in a user equipment in a wireless communications system, for affecting an energy saving in the system during a connection between the user equipment and a radio base station according to a priority level of the energy saving, the method comprising:

• detecting a trigger received via a user interface of the user equipment, wherein the trigger is associated with the priority level of the energy saving in the system;
• and
• configuring a user equipment related parameter affecting the energy saving in the system during the connection according to the priority level.

A user equipment configured to be used in a wireless communications system, and to affect an energy saving in the system during a connection between the user equipment and a radio base station according to a priority level of the energy saving, the user equipment comprising:

• a receiver adapted to receive a trigger via a user interface of the user equipment, wherein the trigger is associated with the priority level of the energy saving in the system;
• and
• a configuring unit, adapted to configure a user equipment related parameter affecting the energy saving in the system during the connection according to the priority level.