Patent ID: 9635585
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A power saving method for controlling base station operation, comprising: determining that a number of user equipment sending service requests within coverage of a coverage base station is greater than a first threshold; sending, in response to the determining, an intermediate state activation request to a capacity-boosting base station, wherein the intermediate state activation request is configured to request the capacity-boosting base station in a dormant state to enter an intermediate state from the dormant state, and the intermediate state is a state in which the capacity-boosting base station bears user equipment in a connection state but does not bear user equipment in an idle state; and transferring a connection of a user equipment sending service requests within the coverage of the coverage base station to the capacity-boosting base station after the capacity-boosting base station enters the intermediate state.