Patent ID: 9485723
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for reducing a power consumption in a wireless network, the method comprising: performing, by a processor, an analysis of a usage pattern for a cell site; determining, by the processor, whether a threshold is reached for reducing the power consumption based on the analysis of the usage pattern, wherein the threshold comprises a level of a traffic load of the cell site, wherein the threshold is reached when the traffic load falls below the level; reducing, by the processor, the power consumption when the threshold is reached for reducing the power consumption, wherein the reducing the power consumption is performed by suppressing transmissions by a base station of the cell site over a radio frequency spectrum band that has been utilized by the base station, wherein, when the transmissions by the base station over the radio frequency spectrum band are suppressed, the base station ceases utilizing the radio frequency spectrum band and utilizes a different radio frequency spectrum band for the transmissions.