Patent ID: 9148850
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method in a radio base station for handling data traffic within a cell of the radio base station, wherein the radio base station is included in a telecommunications network and the method comprises: determining a maximum power, indicating an available power for the radio base station, wherein the available power is at least one of present available power and future available power, as generated by a power supply system of the radio base station; calculating a required power consumption in dependence on an amount of data traffic to be transmitted; determining a threshold power value based on the required power consumption; comparing the maximum power to the threshold power value; and handling data traffic served by the radio base station according to a shaper rule when the maximum power is below the threshold power value, wherein the shaper rule causes a scheduler in the radio base station to reduce the amount of data traffic that is transmitted over a given time period in comparison to the amount that would have been transmitted according to a basic rule used when the maximum power is above the power threshold value, and, thereby causes the radio base station to consume less power over the given period of time than would have been consumed if the data traffic were handled according to the basic rule.