WO2021091438A1 - Allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands of a radio site - Google Patents

Allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands of a radio site Download PDF

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WO2021091438A1
WO2021091438A1 PCT/SE2019/051112 SE2019051112W WO2021091438A1 WO 2021091438 A1 WO2021091438 A1 WO 2021091438A1 SE 2019051112 W SE2019051112 W SE 2019051112W WO 2021091438 A1 WO2021091438 A1 WO 2021091438A1
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Xiaoyu LAN
Lackis ELEFTHERIADIS
Aneta VULGARAKIS FELJAN
Marin ORLIC
Yang ZUO
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
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  • the present disclosure relates to a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site, and a device performing the method.
  • New 5G (“5 th generation”) radio scenarios utilizing multi-standard and multi band communication are being installed as customers require high capacity and low latency performance.
  • Many radio network operators meet these requirements by implementing multi-carrier configurations on their radio sites. Typical future configurations will have multiple frequency bands/radio site.
  • a problem is however that additional and higher frequency bands will lead to greater power consumption of base station(s) providing the increased capacity at the radio site, not only in terms of absolute power, but also per served mobile device of the radio site.
  • An objective is to solve, or at least mitigate, this problem in the art and to provide an improved method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site,
  • a method of a radio base station of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site comprises estimating power consumption of the radio base station caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, determining whether or not power consumption of the radio base station is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band, and if so reallocating said at least one mobile device from said one frequency band to said another frequency band.
  • a radio base station configured to control allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site.
  • the radio base station comprises a processing unit and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processing unit, whereby the radio base station is operative to estimate power consumption of the radio base station caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, determine whether or not power consumption of the radio base station is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band, and if so to reallocate said at least one mobile device from said one frequency band to said another frequency band.
  • a radio base station estimates power consumption caused by radio traffic of mobile devices such as smart phones in each frequency band of a radio site hosted by the RBS. This maybe performed by analysing historical power consumption data of the radio site 10, preferably by using machine learning (ML) at the RBS.
  • ML machine learning
  • the RBS may analyse weeks, months or even years of historical power consumption data for the radio site in order to estimate total power consumption caused by mobile device radio traffic in the frequency bands of the radio site during for instance the next coming hour.
  • an ML component of the RBS may make use of historical data patterns to determine future radio site power consumption.
  • the RBS determines whether or not total power consumption of the radio site can be decreased by reallocating one or more of the mobile devices from one frequency band to another while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the band to which the mobile device(s) is reallocated.
  • the total power consumption of the radio site will decrease as radio traffic communicated at higher frequencies generally consumes more RBS power for the same traffic load as compared to being communicated at a lower frequency.
  • the RBS estimates amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, and determines whether or not amount of radio traffic of said at least one of the mobile devices to be reallocated from said one frequency band to said another frequency band would result in a radio traffic capacity of said another band being exceeded, as stipulated for instance by a predetermined radio traffic capacity threshold value, wherein the step of reallocating only is performed if radio traffic capacity of said another band is not being exceeded.
  • the amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site is taken into account upon reallocating any mobile device in order to avoid radio traffic capacity of a band being exceeded.
  • the RBS estimates, when estimating the power consumption of the radio base station caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, and estimates amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, wherein the determining whether or not power consumption of the radio base station is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices comprises computing a sum of a ratio between the estimated amount of radio traffic and the estimated RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site, the computed sum being set to equal a sum of a ratio between the amount of radio traffic and the RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site after a hypothetical reallocation being performed with the same assumed amount of radio traffic, wherein the power consumption of the radio base station is decreased if the RSRP for a particular frequency band after said hypothetical reallocation being performed is higher than the estimated RSRP for the particular frequency band.
  • RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
  • said at least one of the mobile devices is reallocated from a frequency band for which the RSRP after said hypothetical reallocation being performed is lower than the estimated RSRP for the frequency band.
  • the power headroom limit is set to a threshold power value below a maximum power level of said another frequency band.
  • a computer program comprising computer- executable instructions for causing a device to perform steps of the method of the first aspect when the computer-executable instructions are executed on a processing unit included in the device.
  • a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having the computer program of the third aspect embodied thereon.
  • Figure 1 shows a radio site in which embodiments maybe implemented
  • Figure 2 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to an embodiment
  • Figures 3a-c illustrate estimated power consumption and reallocation of mobile devices based on the estimation
  • Figure 4 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to a further embodiment
  • Figure 5 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to a further embodiment
  • Figure 6a illustrates two frequency bands and estimated parameters for the bands
  • Figure 6b illustrates the two frequency bands and the parameters for the bands after reallocation
  • Figure 7 shows a radio base station according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a radio site 10 in which embodiments maybe implemented.
  • the radio site 10 comprises a radio base station (RBS) 11 serving a plurality of mobile devices 12-23 embodied in the form of for instance smart phones, tablets, laptops, etc., served by the RBS 11. These mobile devices will be referred to as User Equipment (UE).
  • RBS may serve hundreds of mobile devices in a radio site.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to an embodiment.
  • the RBS 11 is assumed to utilize four frequency bands, i.e. four carrier signals, to serve the twelve UEs 12-23.
  • the RBS 11 estimates power consumption caused by radio traffic of the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band of the radio site 10. This is performed by analysing historical power consumption data of the radio site 10, preferably by using machine learning (ML) at the RBS 11.
  • the RBS 11 may analyse weeks, months or even years of historical power consumption data for the radio site 10 in order to estimate total power consumption caused by UE radio traffic in the frequency bands of the radio site 10 during for instance the next coming hour.
  • an ML component of the RBS li may make use of historical data patterns to determine future radio site power consumption.
  • the RBS n may conclude, by analysing the historical data, that the power consumption on Tuesdays between io:oo and 11:00 is more or less always the same.
  • FIG 3a illustrates the estimated RBS power consumption for each frequency band of the radio site 10.
  • radio traffic of the UEs in first frequency band Bi is estimated to cause the RBS 11 have a power consumption Pi
  • radio traffic in second frequency band B2 is estimated to cause a power consumption P2
  • radio traffic in third frequency band B3 is estimated to cause a power consumption P3
  • radio traffic in fourth frequency band B4 is estimated to cause a power consumption P4.
  • the frequency of the first band Bi is the highest
  • the second band B2 has the next-highest frequency
  • the third band B3 has the third-highest frequency
  • the lowest-frequency carrier forms the fourth band B4.
  • FIG. 3a there is a maximum amount of power that the RBS 11 can deliver for each band. It is noted that this may differ from one band to another even though in the illustrated embodiments, the maximum amount of power is assumed to be the same for all bands.
  • the remaining power capacity in each band that can be delivered before the maximal power level is reached is commonly referred to as power headroom. In practice, the full power headroom is rarely used in order to provide some power margin. Rather, a power threshold T (as shown in Figure 3b) is set slightly under the maximum power level to avoid power amplifiers of the RBS 11 being operated at their maximal output power level.
  • the RBS 11 determines in step S102 whether or not total power consumption of the radio site 10 can be decreased by reallocating one or more of the UEs from one frequency band to another while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the band to which the UE is reallocated.
  • Figure 3b illustrates reallocation of three UEs.
  • first UE 12 and second UE 13 is allocated to the first frequency band Bi
  • the third UE 13 is allocated to the second frequency band B2
  • fourth UE 15 through eighth UE 19 is allocated to the third frequency band B3
  • the remaining four UEs 20-23 are allocated to the fourth frequency band B4.
  • the RBS 11 determines in step S102 that one UE of the first frequency band Bi, e.g. the second UE 13, is reallocated to the fourth band B4; the single third UE 14 in the second band B2 is reallocated to the fourth band B4, and one of the UEs in the third band B3, e.g. the eighth UE 19, is reallocated to the fourth band B4.
  • one UE of the first frequency band Bi e.g. the second UE 13
  • the single third UE 14 in the second band B2 is reallocated to the fourth band B4
  • one of the UEs in the third band B3, e.g. the eighth UE 19 is reallocated to the fourth band B4.
  • the total power consumption of the radio site 10 will decrease as radio traffic communicated at higher frequencies consumes more RBS power for the same traffic load as compared to being communicated at a lower frequency.
  • the RBS 11 determines that the first UE 12 is to remain allocated to the first frequency band Bi.
  • Figure 3c shows the allocation of UEs to frequency bands after the reallocation of the three UEs 13, 14 and 19 to the fourth frequency band B4 has been performed by the RBS 10 in the radio site 10.
  • the amount of radio traffic of the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band of the radio site 10 is taken into account upon reallocating any UEs.
  • the method comprises step Sioia of estimating amount of radio traffic of the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band of the radio site 10.
  • the RBS 11 determines in step S102 whether or not total power consumption of the radio site 10 can be decreased by reallocating one or more of the UEs from one frequency band to another while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the band to which the UE is reallocated.
  • the RBS 11 will further in step Si02a determine whether or not amount of radio traffic of the one or more UEs 12-23 to be reallocated from one frequency band to another would result in a radio traffic capacity of the band to which the UE is to be reallocated is being exceeded. If not, reallocation is performed in step S103.
  • RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
  • FIG. 5 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to an embodiment where the power efficiency is taken into account.
  • the RBS 11 is assumed to utilize two frequency bands Bi and B2, i.e. two carrier signals, to serve the twelve UEs 12-23, as illustrated in Figure 6a.
  • step Sioia the RBS 11 estimates the RSRP of each frequency band of the radio site 10.
  • step Sioib the RBS 11 estimates the radio usage (i.e. total amount or volume of radio traffic of the UEs) of each frequency band Bi, B2 of the radio site 10.
  • the estimated radio usage will in the following be referred to as DV (“data volume”).
  • the power efficiency per carrier signal is computed as DV/RSRP.
  • the computed ratio is referred to as a
  • the computed ratio is referred to as b.
  • the estimated RSRP of first band Bi (referred to as RSRPpi) is 3, while the estimated RSRP of second band B2 (referred to as RSRP p2 ) is 1.
  • step 102a it is determined in step 102a whether or not power consumption of the RBS 11 is decreased by reallocating one or more of the UEs 12-23 from one frequency band to another, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the frequency band to which the reallocation is performed.
  • RSRPpi > RSRP si i.e. remove UE(s) from the first frequency band Bi
  • RSRP p2 ⁇ RSRP s2 , i.e. add UE(s) to the second frequency band B2.
  • step Si02a the RBS 11 computes a sum of a ratio between the estimated amount of radio traffic DV and the estimated RSRP over all frequency bands Bi, B2 of the radio site 10,
  • the computed sum is set to equal a sum of a ratio between the amount of radio traffic and the RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site 10 after a hypothetical reallocation has been performed with the same assumed amount of radio traffic, as set out in equation 1.
  • step Si02a the power consumption of the RBS 11 is decreased if the RSRP for a particular frequency band after the hypothetical reallocation has been performed is higher than the estimated RSRP for the particular frequency band, i.e. if RSRPpX ⁇ RSRPsX.
  • UEs will in this particular example be reallocated from the second frequency band B2 to the first frequency band Bi, as illustrated in Figure 6b thereby decreasing power consumption of the RBS 11, as can be seen by the total RSRP decreasing.
  • UEs will in this particular example be reallocated from the second frequency band B2 to the first frequency band Bi while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the first frequency band Bi, possibly by applying the previously discussed power headroom threshold T to provide some power margin in the band.
  • one frequency band is always maintained by the RBS 11 at the radio site 10 such that coverage is always provided. In other words, the RBS 11 will always transmit at least one carrier signal at the radio site 10.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an RBS 11 according to an embodiment.
  • the steps of the method performed by the RBS 11 of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site are in practice performed by a processing unit 30 embodied in the form of one or more microprocessors arranged to execute a computer program 31 downloaded to a suitable storage volatile medium 32 associated with the microprocessor, such as a Random Access Memory (RAM), or a non-volatile storage medium such as a Flash memory or a hard disk drive.
  • the processing unit 30 is arranged to cause the RBS 11 to carry out the method according to embodiments when the appropriate computer program 31 comprising computer-executable instructions is downloaded to the storage medium 32 and executed by the processing unit 30.
  • the storage medium 32 may also be a computer program product comprising the computer program 31.
  • the computer program 31 maybe transferred to the storage medium 32 by means of a suitable computer program product, such as a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) or a memory stick.
  • DVD Digital Versatile Disc
  • the computer program 31 maybe downloaded to the storage medium 32 over a network.
  • the processing unit 30 may alternatively be embodied in the form of a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), etc.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field-programmable gate array
  • CPLD complex programmable logic device
  • step S101 of power consumption of the RBS 11 caused by radio traffic of the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band of the radio site 10 as well as step S102 of determining whether or not power consumption of the RBS 11 is decreased by reallocating at least one of the UEs 12-23 from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band, are performed remote from the RBS 11 such as in a cloud server (not shown) or any other appropriate device.

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The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices (12-23) to frequency bands in a radio site (10), and a device (11) performing the method. In an aspect, a method of a radio base station (11) of controlling allocation of mobile devices (12-23) to frequency bands in a radio site (10) is provided. The method comprises estimating (S101) power consumption of the radio base station (11) caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10), determining (S102) whether or not power consumption of the radio base station (11) is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band, and if so reallocating (S103) said at least one mobile device from said one frequency band to said another frequency band.

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ALLOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICES TO FREQUENCY BANDS OF A RADIO
SITE
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site, and a device performing the method.
BACKGROUND
[0002] New 5G (“5th generation”) radio scenarios utilizing multi-standard and multi band communication are being installed as customers require high capacity and low latency performance. Many radio network operators meet these requirements by implementing multi-carrier configurations on their radio sites. Typical future configurations will have multiple frequency bands/radio site.
[0003] Today, the increased traffic demand at densified areas such as city centres is met by adding frequency bands to available radio sites to increase the capacity. The advantage of having multiple carriers, and higher frequencies, is that a higher number of users and increased bandwidth is attained.
[0004] A problem is however that additional and higher frequency bands will lead to greater power consumption of base station(s) providing the increased capacity at the radio site, not only in terms of absolute power, but also per served mobile device of the radio site.
SUMMARY
[0005] An objective is to solve, or at least mitigate, this problem in the art and to provide an improved method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site,
[0006] This objective is attained in a first aspect by a method of a radio base station of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site. The method comprises estimating power consumption of the radio base station caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, determining whether or not power consumption of the radio base station is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band, and if so reallocating said at least one mobile device from said one frequency band to said another frequency band.
[0007] This objective is attained in a second aspect by a radio base station configured to control allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site. The radio base station comprises a processing unit and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processing unit, whereby the radio base station is operative to estimate power consumption of the radio base station caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, determine whether or not power consumption of the radio base station is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band, and if so to reallocate said at least one mobile device from said one frequency band to said another frequency band.
[0008] Hence, in a first step, a radio base station (RBS) estimates power consumption caused by radio traffic of mobile devices such as smart phones in each frequency band of a radio site hosted by the RBS. This maybe performed by analysing historical power consumption data of the radio site 10, preferably by using machine learning (ML) at the RBS. Thus, the RBS may analyse weeks, months or even years of historical power consumption data for the radio site in order to estimate total power consumption caused by mobile device radio traffic in the frequency bands of the radio site during for instance the next coming hour. Thus, an ML component of the RBS may make use of historical data patterns to determine future radio site power consumption.
[0009] After the power consumption caused by the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site has been estimated, the RBS determines whether or not total power consumption of the radio site can be decreased by reallocating one or more of the mobile devices from one frequency band to another while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the band to which the mobile device(s) is reallocated.
[0010] If so, reallocation of one or more mobile devices from one band to another is performed.
[0011] Advantageously, since for instance a plurality of mobile devices are reallocated from higher-frequency to lower-frequency bands, the total power consumption of the radio site will decrease as radio traffic communicated at higher frequencies generally consumes more RBS power for the same traffic load as compared to being communicated at a lower frequency.
[0012] Further advantageous is that if reallocation occurs such that no mobile device is allocated to a certain band, then the carrier signal forming said certain band may be turned off. This will in itself further decrease the power consumption of the RBS, since any power amplifier in operation (i.e. transmitting a carrier signal) will consume power even if no mobile devices are allocated to the served frequency band.
[0013] In an embodiment, the RBS estimates amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, and determines whether or not amount of radio traffic of said at least one of the mobile devices to be reallocated from said one frequency band to said another frequency band would result in a radio traffic capacity of said another band being exceeded, as stipulated for instance by a predetermined radio traffic capacity threshold value, wherein the step of reallocating only is performed if radio traffic capacity of said another band is not being exceeded. Advantageously, the amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site is taken into account upon reallocating any mobile device in order to avoid radio traffic capacity of a band being exceeded.
[0014] In an embodiment, the RBS estimates, when estimating the power consumption of the radio base station caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, and estimates amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices in each frequency band of the radio site, wherein the determining whether or not power consumption of the radio base station is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices comprises computing a sum of a ratio between the estimated amount of radio traffic and the estimated RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site, the computed sum being set to equal a sum of a ratio between the amount of radio traffic and the RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site after a hypothetical reallocation being performed with the same assumed amount of radio traffic, wherein the power consumption of the radio base station is decreased if the RSRP for a particular frequency band after said hypothetical reallocation being performed is higher than the estimated RSRP for the particular frequency band. Advantageously, not only power consumption is taken into account, but also power efficiency. [0015] In an embodiment, said at least one of the mobile devices is reallocated from a frequency band for which the RSRP after said hypothetical reallocation being performed is lower than the estimated RSRP for the frequency band.
[0016] In an embodiment, the power headroom limit is set to a threshold power value below a maximum power level of said another frequency band.
[0017] In a third aspect, a computer program is provided comprising computer- executable instructions for causing a device to perform steps of the method of the first aspect when the computer-executable instructions are executed on a processing unit included in the device.
[0018] In a fourth aspect, a computer program product is provided comprising a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having the computer program of the third aspect embodied thereon.
[0019] Generally, all terms used in the claims are to be interpreted according to their ordinary meaning in the technical field, unless explicitly defined otherwise herein. All references to "a/an/the element, apparatus, component, means, step, etc." are to be interpreted openly as referring to at least one instance of the element, apparatus, component, means, step, etc., unless explicitly stated otherwise. The steps of any method disclosed herein do not have to be performed in the exact order disclosed, unless explicitly stated.
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[0020] Aspects and embodiments are now described, by way of example, with refer ence to the accompanying drawings, in which:
[0021] Figure 1 shows a radio site in which embodiments maybe implemented;
[0022] Figure 2 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to an embodiment;
[0023] Figures 3a-c illustrate estimated power consumption and reallocation of mobile devices based on the estimation;
[0024] Figure 4 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to a further embodiment; [0025] Figure 5 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to a further embodiment;
[0026] Figure 6a illustrates two frequency bands and estimated parameters for the bands;
[0027] Figure 6b illustrates the two frequency bands and the parameters for the bands after reallocation; and
[0028] Figure 7 shows a radio base station according to an embodiment.
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[0029] The aspects of the present disclosure will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which certain embodiments of the invention are shown.
[0030] These aspects may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limiting; rather, these embodiments are provided by way of example so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and to fully convey the scope of all aspects of invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout the description.
[0031] Figure 1 illustrates a radio site 10 in which embodiments maybe implemented. The radio site 10 comprises a radio base station (RBS) 11 serving a plurality of mobile devices 12-23 embodied in the form of for instance smart phones, tablets, laptops, etc., served by the RBS 11. These mobile devices will be referred to as User Equipment (UE). In practice, an RBS may serve hundreds of mobile devices in a radio site.
[0032] Figure 2 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to an embodiment. In this particular example, the RBS 11 is assumed to utilize four frequency bands, i.e. four carrier signals, to serve the twelve UEs 12-23.
[0033] In a first step S101, the RBS 11 estimates power consumption caused by radio traffic of the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band of the radio site 10. This is performed by analysing historical power consumption data of the radio site 10, preferably by using machine learning (ML) at the RBS 11. In this respect, the RBS 11 may analyse weeks, months or even years of historical power consumption data for the radio site 10 in order to estimate total power consumption caused by UE radio traffic in the frequency bands of the radio site 10 during for instance the next coming hour. Thus, an ML component of the RBS li may make use of historical data patterns to determine future radio site power consumption. For instance, the RBS n may conclude, by analysing the historical data, that the power consumption on Tuesdays between io:oo and 11:00 is more or less always the same.
[0034] Figure 3a illustrates the estimated RBS power consumption for each frequency band of the radio site 10. Hence, radio traffic of the UEs in first frequency band Bi is estimated to cause the RBS 11 have a power consumption Pi, radio traffic in second frequency band B2 is estimated to cause a power consumption P2, radio traffic in third frequency band B3 is estimated to cause a power consumption P3, while radio traffic in fourth frequency band B4 is estimated to cause a power consumption P4.
[0035] In this exemplifying embodiment, it is further assumed that the frequency of the first band Bi is the highest, the second band B2 has the next-highest frequency, the third band B3 has the third-highest frequency, while the lowest-frequency carrier forms the fourth band B4.
[0036] As further can be seen in Figure 3a, there is a maximum amount of power that the RBS 11 can deliver for each band. It is noted that this may differ from one band to another even though in the illustrated embodiments, the maximum amount of power is assumed to be the same for all bands. The remaining power capacity in each band that can be delivered before the maximal power level is reached is commonly referred to as power headroom. In practice, the full power headroom is rarely used in order to provide some power margin. Rather, a power threshold T (as shown in Figure 3b) is set slightly under the maximum power level to avoid power amplifiers of the RBS 11 being operated at their maximal output power level.
[0037] Again with reference to the flowchart of Figure 2, after the power consumption P1-P4 caused by the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band B1-B4 of the radio site 10 has been estimated in step S101, the RBS 11 determines in step S102 whether or not total power consumption of the radio site 10 can be decreased by reallocating one or more of the UEs from one frequency band to another while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the band to which the UE is reallocated. [0038] Figure 3b illustrates reallocation of three UEs. In this particular example, it is assumed that first UE 12 and second UE 13 is allocated to the first frequency band Bi, the third UE 13 is allocated to the second frequency band B2, fourth UE 15 through eighth UE 19 is allocated to the third frequency band B3, while the remaining four UEs 20-23 are allocated to the fourth frequency band B4.
[0039] Hence, the RBS 11 determines in step S102 that one UE of the first frequency band Bi, e.g. the second UE 13, is reallocated to the fourth band B4; the single third UE 14 in the second band B2 is reallocated to the fourth band B4, and one of the UEs in the third band B3, e.g. the eighth UE 19, is reallocated to the fourth band B4.
[0040] Advantageously, since the second UE 13, the third UE 14 and the eighth UE 19 all are reallocated in step S103 from higher-frequency bands Bi, B2 and B3 to lower- frequency band B4, the total power consumption of the radio site 10 will decrease as radio traffic communicated at higher frequencies consumes more RBS power for the same traffic load as compared to being communicated at a lower frequency.
[0041] In the example of Figure 3b, an embodiment is described where service level as stipulated for instance by a Service Level Agreement (SLA) of the first UE 12 is taken into consideration. As can be seen in Figure 3b, the first UE 12 which remain in the first frequency band Bi could either be moved to the second band B2 or the third band B3 (but not to the fourth band B4 since the power headroom threshold T is reached). However, it is in this example assumed that the Quality of Service (QoS) to which the first UE 12 has agreed cannot be delivered in either the second band B2 or the third band B3 (for frequency reasons it would indeed be unfavourable to reallocate the first UE 12 from the higher-frequency first band Bi to the lower-frequency second band B2).
[0042] Hence, the RBS 11 determines that the first UE 12 is to remain allocated to the first frequency band Bi.
[0043] Figure 3c shows the allocation of UEs to frequency bands after the reallocation of the three UEs 13, 14 and 19 to the fourth frequency band B4 has been performed by the RBS 10 in the radio site 10.
[0044] In addition to advantageously having reallocated the three UEs 13, 14 and 19 from higher-frequency bands Bi, B2, B3 to lower-frequency bands B4 - thereby decreasing the power consumption of the RBS 11 - a further advantageous effect is attained. [0045] As can be seen in Figure 3c, no UEs are allocated to the second frequency band B2, which has as a result that the RBS power amplifier serving the second band B2 - and thus transmitting the associated carrier signal - advantageously can be turned off. This will in itself further decrease the power consumption of the RBS 11, since any power amplifier in operation (i.e. transmitting a carrier signal) will consume power even if no UEs are allocated to the served frequency band.
[0046] In a further embodiment, with reference to the flowchart of Figure 4, the amount of radio traffic of the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band of the radio site 10 is taken into account upon reallocating any UEs.
[0047] Hence, in addition to step S101 previously described with reference to Figure 2 of estimating RBS power consumption caused by the UEs 12-23, the method comprises step Sioia of estimating amount of radio traffic of the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band of the radio site 10.
[0048] Thereafter, as previously described, the RBS 11 determines in step S102 whether or not total power consumption of the radio site 10 can be decreased by reallocating one or more of the UEs from one frequency band to another while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the band to which the UE is reallocated.
[0049] In this embodiment, the RBS 11 will further in step Si02a determine whether or not amount of radio traffic of the one or more UEs 12-23 to be reallocated from one frequency band to another would result in a radio traffic capacity of the band to which the UE is to be reallocated is being exceeded. If not, reallocation is performed in step S103.
[0050] In a further embodiment, not only power consumption is taken into account, but also power efficiency.
[0051] In this particular exemplifying embodiment, as a measure of the power consumption that UE radio traffic is causing the RBS 11 in each band, the so-called Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) will be used. The RSRP is measured at each UE 12-23 for a reference signal transmitted by the RBS 11 and reported back to the RBS 11.
[0052] In addition, radio usage of the UEs 12-23 in each band will be taken into account in order to attain an indication of the power efficiency of each carrier signal. [0053] Figure 5 shows a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site according to an embodiment where the power efficiency is taken into account. In this particular example, the RBS 11 is assumed to utilize two frequency bands Bi and B2, i.e. two carrier signals, to serve the twelve UEs 12-23, as illustrated in Figure 6a.
[0054] In step Sioia, the RBS 11 estimates the RSRP of each frequency band of the radio site 10. In step Sioib, the RBS 11 estimates the radio usage (i.e. total amount or volume of radio traffic of the UEs) of each frequency band Bi, B2 of the radio site 10.
The estimated radio usage will in the following be referred to as DV (“data volume”).
[0055] Thereafter, based on the estimated RSRP and the estimated DV, the power efficiency per carrier signal is computed as DV/RSRP. In the following, for the first frequency band Bi the computed ratio is referred to as a, while for the second frequency band B2 the computed ratio is referred to as b.
[0056] In the exemplifying embodiment of Figure 5, the estimated RSRP of first band Bi (referred to as RSRPpi) is 3, while the estimated RSRP of second band B2 (referred to as RSRPp2) is 1.
[0057] Further, the estimated total amount of radio traffic DV of the UEs of each band is DVpi = 3 for the first band Bi and DVP2 = 2 for the second band B2.
[0058] Thereafter, it is determined in step 102a whether or not power consumption of the RBS 11 is decreased by reallocating one or more of the UEs 12-23 from one frequency band to another, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the frequency band to which the reallocation is performed.
[0059] In this exemplifying embodiment, this is performed by solving: a * RSRPp i + b * RSRPp2 = a * RSRPsl + b * RSRPs2 equation 1 where RSRPsi and RSRPs2 denotes the RSRP of each frequency band Bi, B2 after a hypothetical reallocation of any UE(s) has been performed. That is, RSRPsi and RSRPs2 denotes the RSRP of each frequency band Bi, B2 for an estimated computed reallocation of UEs. As will be shown in the following; if this hypothetical reallocation indicates that the power consumption of the RBS 11 decreases, then the UEs indeed will be reallocated in accordance with this hypothetical reallocation.
[0060] In this exemplifying embodiment: [0061] Hence, equation 1 is solved using the exemplifying numerals discussed hereinabove:
1 * 3 + 2 * 1 = l * l + 2 * 2
[ooό2] That is, RSRPsi = 1 and RSRPs2 = 2.
[0063] This result is interpreted as: if RSRPpX > RSRPsX, then remove UE(s) from frequency band X, and if RSRPpX < RSRPsX, then add UE(s) to frequency band X.
[0064] In this particular exemplifying embodiment:
RSRPpi > RSRPsi, i.e. remove UE(s) from the first frequency band Bi, and
RSRPp2 < RSRPs2, i.e. add UE(s) to the second frequency band B2.
[0065] In other words, in step Si02a, the RBS 11 computes a sum of a ratio between the estimated amount of radio traffic DV and the estimated RSRP over all frequency bands Bi, B2 of the radio site 10,
[0066] The computed sum is set to equal a sum of a ratio between the amount of radio traffic and the RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site 10 after a hypothetical reallocation has been performed with the same assumed amount of radio traffic, as set out in equation 1.
[0067] In step Si02a, the power consumption of the RBS 11 is decreased if the RSRP for a particular frequency band after the hypothetical reallocation has been performed is higher than the estimated RSRP for the particular frequency band, i.e. if RSRPpX < RSRPsX.
[0068] To conclude, UEs will in this particular example be reallocated from the second frequency band B2 to the first frequency band Bi, as illustrated in Figure 6b thereby decreasing power consumption of the RBS 11, as can be seen by the total RSRP decreasing. In an embodiment, as many UEs as possible are reallocated from the second frequency band B2 to the first frequency band Bi while not exceeding a power headroom limit of the first frequency band Bi, possibly by applying the previously discussed power headroom threshold T to provide some power margin in the band. [0069] Further, in an embodiment, one frequency band is always maintained by the RBS 11 at the radio site 10 such that coverage is always provided. In other words, the RBS 11 will always transmit at least one carrier signal at the radio site 10.
[0070] Figure 7 illustrates an RBS 11 according to an embodiment. The steps of the method performed by the RBS 11 of controlling allocation of mobile devices to frequency bands in a radio site are in practice performed by a processing unit 30 embodied in the form of one or more microprocessors arranged to execute a computer program 31 downloaded to a suitable storage volatile medium 32 associated with the microprocessor, such as a Random Access Memory (RAM), or a non-volatile storage medium such as a Flash memory or a hard disk drive. The processing unit 30 is arranged to cause the RBS 11 to carry out the method according to embodiments when the appropriate computer program 31 comprising computer-executable instructions is downloaded to the storage medium 32 and executed by the processing unit 30. The storage medium 32 may also be a computer program product comprising the computer program 31. Alternatively, the computer program 31 maybe transferred to the storage medium 32 by means of a suitable computer program product, such as a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) or a memory stick. As a further alternative, the computer program 31 maybe downloaded to the storage medium 32 over a network. The processing unit 30 may alternatively be embodied in the form of a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), etc.
[0071] It is noted that even though it has been described hereinabove that the steps of the method of controlling allocation of mobile devices 12-23 to frequency bands in a radio site 10 is performed by the RBS 11, if maybe envisaged that step S101 of power consumption of the RBS 11 caused by radio traffic of the UEs 12-23 in each frequency band of the radio site 10, as well as step S102 of determining whether or not power consumption of the RBS 11 is decreased by reallocating at least one of the UEs 12-23 from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band, are performed remote from the RBS 11 such as in a cloud server (not shown) or any other appropriate device. Further, a decision to reallocate one or more UEs from one frequency band to another may be taken by the cloud server, even though the RBS 11 will be the device sending the reallocation instruction to the UE. [0072] The aspects of the present disclosure have mainly been described above with reference to a few embodiments and examples thereof. However, as is readily appreciated by a person skilled in the art, other embodiments than the ones disclosed above are equally possible within the scope of the invention, as defined by the appended patent claims.
[0073] Thus, while various aspects and embodiments have been disclosed herein, other aspects and embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The various aspects and embodiments disclosed herein are for purposes of illustration and are not intended to be limiting, with the true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims.

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1. Method of a radio base station (11) of controlling allocation of mobile devices (12- 23) to frequency bands in a radio site (10), comprising: estimating (S101) power consumption of the radio base station (11) caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10); determining (S102) whether or not power consumption of the radio base station (11) is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band; and if so reallocating (S103) said at least one mobile device from said one frequency band to said another frequency band.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: estimating (Sioia) amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10); and determining (Si02a) whether or not amount of radio traffic of said at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) to be reallocated from said one frequency band to said another frequency band would result in a radio traffic capacity of said another band being exceeded, wherein the step of reallocating (S103) only is performed if radio traffic capacity of said another band is not being exceeded.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the estimating (S101) of power consumption of the radio base station (11) caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10) comprises: estimating (Sioia) Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP, of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10); and estimating (Sioib) amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10); and the determining (S102) whether or not power consumption of the radio base station (11) is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) comprises: computing (Si02a) a sum of a ratio between the estimated amount of radio traffic and the estimated RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site (10), the computed sum being set to equal a sum of a ratio between the amount of radio traffic and the RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site (10) after a hypothetical reallocation being performed with the same assumed amount of radio traffic, wherein the power consumption of the radio base station (11) is decreased if the RSRP for a particular frequency band after said hypothetical reallocation being performed is higher than the estimated RSRP for the particular frequency band.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) is reallocated from a frequency band for which the RSRP after said hypothetical reallocation being performed is lower than the estimated RSRP for the frequency band.
5. The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the power headroom limit is set to a threshold power value below a maximum power level of said another frequency band.
6. The method of any one of the preceding claims, the steps of the method being performed by a machine learning, ML, model.
7. The method of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising: transmitting at least one carrier signal at the radio site (10) to provide coverage.
8. Method of a radio base station (11) of controlling allocation of mobile devices (12- 23) to frequency bands in a radio site (10), comprising: estimating (S101) power consumption of the radio base station (11) caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10) by analysing historical power consumption data of the radio site (10) utilising machine learning; determining (S102) whether or not power consumption of the radio base station (11) is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band; and if so reallocating (S103) said at least one mobile device from said one frequency band to said another frequency band.
9. A computer program (31) comprising computer-executable instructions for causing a device (11) to perform steps recited in any one of claims 1-8 when the computer-executable instructions are executed on a processing unit (30) included in the device (11).
10. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium (32), the computer readable medium having the computer program (31) according to claim 9 embodied thereon.
11. A radio base station (11) configured to control allocation of mobile devices (12-23) to frequency bands in a radio site (10), the radio base station (11) comprising a processing unit (30) and a memory (32), said memory containing instructions (31) executable by said processing unit (30), whereby the radio base station (11) is operative to: estimate power consumption of the radio base station (11) caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10); determine whether or not power consumption of the radio base station (11) is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) from one frequency band to another frequency band, while not exceeding a power headroom limit of said another frequency band; and if so reallocate said at least one mobile device from said one frequency band to said another frequency band.
12. The radio base station (11) of claim 11, further being operative to: estimate amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10); and determine whether or not amount of radio traffic of said at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) to be reallocated from said one frequency band to said another frequency band would result in a radio traffic capacity of said another band being exceeded, wherein the step of reallocating (S103) only is performed if radio traffic capacity of said another band is not being exceeded.
13. The radio base station (11) of claim 11, further being operative to, when estimating power consumption of the radio base station (11) caused by radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10): estimate Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP, of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10); and estimate amount of radio traffic of the mobile devices (12-23) in each frequency band of the radio site (10); and the determining (S102) whether or not power consumption of the radio base station (11) is decreased by reallocating at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) comprises: computing (Si02a) a sum of a ratio between the estimated amount of radio traffic and the estimated RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site (10), the computed sum being set to equal a sum of a ratio between the amount of radio traffic and the RSRP over all frequency bands of the radio site (10) after a hypothetical reallocation being performed with the same assumed amount of radio traffic, wherein the power consumption of the radio base station (11) is decreased if the RSRP for a particular frequency band after said hypothetical reallocation being performed is higher than the estimated RSRP for the particular frequency band.
14. The radio base station (11) of claim 13, wherein said at least one of the mobile devices (12-23) is reallocated from a frequency band for which the RSRP after said hypothetical reallocation being performed is lower than the estimated RSRP for the frequency band.
15. The radio base station (11) of any one of claims 11-14, wherein the power headroom limit is set to a threshold power value below a maximum power level of said another frequency band.
16. The radio base station (11) of any one of claims 11-15, the radio base station (11) being operative to perform actions by executing a machine learning, ML, model.
17. The radio base station (11) of any one of claims 11-16, further being operative to: transmit at least one carrier signal at the radio site (10) to provide coverage.
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