An apparatus for controlling enabling of a station, wherein the apparatus is disposed in a communications system that comprises at least two stations, and the apparatus comprises: a coverage determining unit, configured to determine coverage of the at least two stations; an expected transmission rate determining unit, configured to determine expected transmission rates of all services accessed by using the communications system; a target service determining unit, configured to determine, from all the services according to the coverage of the at least two stations and the expected transmission rates of all the services, at least one target service that meets a preset condition, wherein one target service is corresponding to merely one station of the at least two stations, and the preset condition comprises a first preset condition or a second preset condition, wherein the first preset condition is: for a first target service corresponding to a first station, in the at least two stations, only the first station can meet an expected transmission rate of the first target service, and user equipment that accesses the first target service is located within coverage of the first station; and the second preset condition is: for a second target service corresponding to a second station, in the at least two stations, no station can meet an expected transmission rate of the second target service, and user equipment that accesses the second target service is located within coverage of the second station; and a to-be-enabled station determining unit, configured to determine a target station as a to-be-enabled station from the at least two stations according to a sum of expected transmission rates of all target services corresponding to each station. a coverage determining unit, configured to determine coverage of the at least two stations; an expected transmission rate determining unit, configured to determine expected transmission rates of all services accessed by using the communications system; a target service determining unit, configured to determine, from all the services according to the coverage of the at least two stations and the expected transmission rates of all the services, at least one target service that meets a preset condition, wherein one target service is corresponding to merely one station of the at least two stations, and the preset condition comprises a first preset condition or a second preset condition, wherein the first preset condition is: for a first target service corresponding to a first station, in the at least two stations, only the first station can meet an expected transmission rate of the first target service, and user equipment that accesses the first target service is located within coverage of the first station; and the second preset condition is: for a second target service corresponding to a second station, in the at least two stations, no station can meet an expected transmission rate of the second target service, and user equipment that accesses the second target service is located within coverage of the second station; and a to-be-enabled station determining unit, configured to determine a target station as a to-be-enabled station from the at least two stations according to a sum of expected transmission rates of all target services corresponding to each station.