Patent ID: 11910310
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
at least one radio frequency (RF) unit, each RF unit of the at least one RF unit comprising a plurality of antenna paths; and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one RF unit and configured to:
identify a number of resource blocks (RBs) assigned to an RF unit of the at least one RF unit for communication, and
based on the number of RBs being less than a threshold value, transition the RF unit into a power saving mode by turning off a power amplifier related to a first antenna path of the plurality of antenna paths of the RF unit, and increase a gain of a power amplifier related to a second antenna path of the plurality of antenna paths of the RF unit.