Patent ID: 8886262

Claim:
A method for operating a wireless radio network, wherein the wireless radio network is comprising a core network, a number of base stations and at least one mobile host for wireless communication via at least one base station, comprising the steps of: where a peak traffic configuration is defined as where all the base stations of the wireless radio network are powered on, during an off-peak traffic configuration, defining base station partitions where a base station partition is an association of powered on and powered off base stations where each powered on base station can cover regions of prior powered on base stations; within the created base station partitions, maintaining a minimum number or smallest possible number of powered on base stations being necessary for accommodating a current traffic demand, with all remaining base stations within each partition not being necessary for accommodating the current traffic demand being powered off; and once the base station partitions are created, when load conditions or mobility among neighbouring partitions change, performing a re-arrangement of the base station partitions by changing the association between the powered on and the powered off base stations, wherein a functionality of one powered on base station of a first partition is moved towards another base station of a neighbouring second partition with a lower load.