Son automatic transport capacity control
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorAlexander Lindström
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to embodiments of a method and a network element for real-time adjustment of the energy consumption of a data communications network. The network comprises a number of network elements connected by transport links. User activity status is determined based on status information from user activity monitor. An activity status is determined by aggregating available activity status from activity status reports for each downlink connection and the most recent determined user activity status. The determined activity status is sent in activity status reports upstream, and the performance of associated transport links and internal network element components is adjusted and regulated in accordance with the determined activity status.
Claims20
A method for real-time adjustment of the energy consumption of a data communications network, said network comprising a number of network elements connected by transport links, said method comprising:
- determining user activity status of a network element based on status information of one or more user equipments (UEs) accessing the data communications network through the network element, wherein the status information is based on one or more of a number of sessions, a number of connections, and a number of served users;
- determining an activity status of the network element by aggregating available activity status from one or more activity status reports, each for a downstream network element of the network element, and
- the determined user activity status of the network element;
- sending the determined activity status in one or more updated activity status reports to an upstream network element;
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- adjusting and regulating the performance of associated transport links and internal network element components of the network element in accordance with the determined activity status.
A network element for real-time adjustment of the energy consumption of a data communications network, said network comprising a number of network elements connected by transport links, said network element comprising:
- a network element controller configured to:
- determine user activity status of the network element based on status information of one or more user equipments (UEs) accessing the data communications network through the network element, wherein the status information is based on one or more of the of a number of sessions, a number of connection, and a number of served users;
- determine an activity status of the network element by aggregating available activity status from one or more activity status reports, each for a downstream network element of the network element, and
- the determined user activity status of the network element;
- send the determined activity status in one or more activity status reports to an upstream network element;
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- adjust and regulate the performance of associated transport links and internal network element components of the network element in accordance with the determined activity status.
A non-transitory machine readable storage device having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a programmable processor, cause the programmable processor to perform operations for real-time adjustment of the energy consumption of a data communications network, the network comprising a number of network elements connected by transport links, the operations comprising:
- determining user activity status of a network element based on status information of one or more user equipments (UEs)accessing the data communications network through the network element, wherein the status information is based on one or more of a number of sessions, a number of connections, and a number of served users;
- determining an activity status of the network element by aggregating available activity status from one or more activity status reports, each for a downstream network element of the network element, and
- the determined user activity status of the network element;
- sending the determined activity status in one or more updated activity status reports to an upstream network element;
- and
- adjusting and regulating the performance of associated transport links and internal network element components of the network element in accordance with the determined activity status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.