ENERGY SAVING CONTROL IN A NETWORK
Provided are apparatus, method, and device for automatically perform energy saving control in a network. According to embodiments, the apparatus may be configured to: transmit an energy saving capability request to a distributed unit (DU); receive, from the DU, an energy saving capability of a radio unit (RU) associated with the DU, wherein the energy saving capability may include at least one of: a plurality of sleep modes of an Advanced Sleep Mode (ASM) and a plurality of array modes of an antenna mask (TRX) control that can be performed by the RU, and wherein the energy saving capability may further include a capability range associated with the at least one of: the plurality of sleep modes and the plurality of array modes; select a value within the capability range; and transmit the selected value to the DU.
1 . An apparatus configured to:
transmit an energy saving capability request to a distributed unit (DU);
receive, from the DU, an energy saving capability of a radio unit (RU) associated with the DU, wherein the energy saving capability comprises at least one of: a plurality of sleep modes of an Advanced Sleep Mode (ASM) and a plurality of array modes of an antenna mask (TRX) control that can be performed by the RU, and wherein the energy saving capability further comprises a capability range associated with the at least one of: the plurality of sleep modes and the plurality of array modes;
select a value within the capability range; and
transmit the selected value to the DU.
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
each value within the capability range is associated with at least one of: a sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and an array mode of the plurality of array modes; and
the selected value within the capability range is associated with at least one of: a sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and an array mode of the plurality of array modes to be executed by the DU.
3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one of: the sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and the array mode of the plurality of array modes associated with the selected value is executed by the DU via a Section Type 4 (ST4) C-Plane message.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the capability range comprises a range of values from a first value representing a maximum user experience and a minimum energy saving performance of the RU to a second value representing a minimum user experience and a maximum energy saving performance of the RU.
5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sleep modes is associated with a component of the RU and a sleep duration, and wherein the sleep duration comprises a duration when the associated component of the RU is disabled.
6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of array modes is associated with an antenna element of the RU to disable.
7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to select the value within the capability range using an Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) model.
8 . A method comprising:
transmitting an energy saving capability request to a distributed unit (DU);
receiving, from the DU, an energy saving capability of a radio unit (RU) associated with the DU, wherein the energy saving capability comprises at least one of: a plurality of sleep modes of an Advanced Sleep Mode (ASM) and a plurality of array modes of an antenna mask (TRX) control that can be performed by the RU, and wherein the energy saving capability further comprises a capability range associated with the at least one of: the plurality of sleep modes and the plurality of array modes;
selecting a value within the capability range; and
transmitting the selected value to the DU.
9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein:
each value within the capability range is associated with at least one of: a sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and an array mode of the plurality of array modes; and
the selected value within the capability range is associated with at least one of: a sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and an array mode of the plurality of array modes to be executed by the DU.
10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one of: the sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and the array mode of the plurality of array modes associated with the selected value is executed by the DU via a Section Type 4 (ST4) C-Plane message.
11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the capability range comprises a range of values from a first value representing a maximum user experience and a minimum energy saving performance of the RU to a second value representing a minimum user experience and a maximum energy saving performance of the RU.
12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of sleep modes is associated with a component of the RU and a sleep duration, and wherein the sleep duration comprises a duration when the associated component of the RU is disabled.
13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of array modes is associated with an antenna element of the RU to disable.
14 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the value within the capability range is selected using an Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) model.
15 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon instructions executable by an apparatus to cause the apparatus to perform a method comprising:
transmitting an energy saving capability request to a distributed unit (DU);
receiving, from the DU, an energy saving capability of a radio unit (RU) associated with the DU, wherein the energy saving capability comprises at least one of: a plurality of sleep modes of an Advanced Sleep Mode (ASM) and a plurality of array modes of an antenna mask (TRX) control that can be performed by the RU, and wherein the energy saving capability further comprises a capability range associated with the at least one of: the plurality of sleep modes and the plurality of array modes;
selecting a value within the capability range; and
transmitting the selected value to the DU.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein:
each value within the capability range is associated with at least one of: a sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and an array mode of the plurality of array modes; and
the selected value within the capability range is associated with at least one of: a sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and an array mode of the plurality of array modes to be executed by the DU.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one of: the sleep mode of the plurality of sleep modes and the array mode of the plurality of array modes associated with the selected value is executed by the DU via a Section Type 4 (ST4) C-Plane message.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein the capability range comprises a range of values from a first value representing a maximum user experience and a minimum energy saving performance of the RU to a second value representing a minimum user experience and a maximum energy saving performance of the RU.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of sleep modes is associated with a component of the RU and a sleep duration, and wherein the sleep duration comprises a duration when the associated component of the RU is disabled.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of array modes is associated with an antenna element of the RU to disable.