WO2011144037A2

WO2011144037A2 - Energy saving method, apparatus and system

Info

Publication number: WO2011144037A2
Application number: PCT/CN2011/074324
Authority: WO
Inventors: 邹畅
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2011-05-19
Filing date: 2011-05-19
Publication date: 2011-11-24
Also published as: CN102893237B; CN102893237A; WO2011144037A3

Abstract

An energy saving method, apparatus and system are provided. The energy saving method includes: querying configuration information of a functional component in the system; judging whether the functional component is in an idle state according to the query result of the configuration information; and performing energy saving operation for the functional component which is in the idle state. When the functional component is in the idle state, the technical solution of the embodiments in the present invention performs energy saving operation for the functional component of the apparatus so as to enable the functional component to operate in an energy saving state, thereby achieving the effect of energy saving and emission reduction.

Description

Energy saving method, device and system

The invention relates to the technical field of energy saving and emission reduction, in particular to an energy saving method, device and system. Background technique

Large equipment systems (such as macro base stations for wireless access networks) are generally composed of multiple functional components, and there are generally multiple components with the same functions. Typically, some of the features in a large device system are left unused. In the prior art, unused functional components also run in the system, resulting in a large amount of energy being consumed. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an energy-saving method, device and system, which solves the problem that the idle function of the idle function component consumes a large amount of energy in the prior art.

An aspect of the present invention provides an energy saving method, the method comprising: querying configuration information of a functional component in a system; determining, according to a query result of the configuration information, whether the functional component is in an idle state; and performing a functional component in an idle state Energy-saving operation.

Another aspect of the present invention provides an energy-saving device, where the device includes: a query unit, configured to query configuration information of a functional component in the system; and a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the query result of the configuration information, whether the functional component is in the An idle state; and an execution unit for performing a power saving operation on a feature that is in an idle state.

A further aspect of the present invention provides an energy-saving system, the energy-saving system comprising: a functional component and an energy-saving device connected to the functional component; the energy-saving device, configured to query configuration information of a functional component in the system; The query result of the configuration information determines whether the functional component is in an idle state; performs a power saving operation on the functional component that is in an idle state.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention performs energy-saving operation on the functional components of the device when the functional component is in the idle state, so that the idle functional component operates in the energy-saving manner. State, achieved the effect of energy saving and emission reduction. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic diagram of an operating state machine of a functional component in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of an energy saving method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a functional block diagram of an energy saving device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a connection relationship of an energy saving system according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is a partial embodiment of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The solution of the embodiment of the present invention is designed based on the following principles: The functional component in the large-scale device system indicates whether the component is used in the current system by using corresponding configuration information, and the unconfigured means that there is no corresponding configuration information, that is, the component does not need to be used. , is idle; the configured feature further determines whether it is actually used according to whether it carries a specific function or whether there is a fault. If the configured function does not carry a specific function, the component is still idle at this time. For example, the baseband processing unit in the macro base station system performs the processing function of the baseband data. If the baseband processing unit has corresponding configuration information in the system, If there is no need to use the instance processed by the baseband unit, it means that it does not carry a specific function, and the baseband processing unit processes the idle state at this time. In addition, configured features can go idle if they fail.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an operating state machine of a functional component in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1: If the function in the initial state is not configured, it enters the idle state, and vice versa. If the function is in use, if the configuration is deleted or fails, or does not carry the specific function, it enters the idle state; Idle features are fully configured or failover or hosted Specific functions, then enter the use state.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the idle state includes the following three types:

(1) Unconfigured features are in idle state;

(2) A feature that is configured but does not carry a specific function is idle;

(3) A configured but faulty feature is idle.

Based on the state machine principle shown in FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the present invention provides an energy saving method, so as to perform an energy-saving operation on the device function component when the device function component is in an idle state (refer to all operations capable of reducing energy consumption, including But not limited to: power down, lower device frequency, lower voltage, standby, low rate operation, symbol shutdown, etc.). 2 is a flow chart of an energy saving method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following content.

5201. Query the configuration information of the functional components in the system.

5202. Determine, according to the query result of the configuration information, whether the functional component is in an idle state.

5203. Perform energy-saving operations on the functional components that are in an idle state.

Optionally, S202 specifically includes: if the functional component does not have corresponding configuration information, determining that the functional component is in an idle state.

Optionally, if the foregoing functional component has corresponding configuration information, the method of FIG. 2 further includes: querying function bearer information of the foregoing functional component; if the functional component has corresponding configuration information, and the functional component does not have a corresponding functional bearer The information is judged to be in the idle state.

Optionally, if the foregoing functional component has corresponding configuration information, the method of FIG. 2 further includes: querying fault information of the foregoing functional component; if the functional component has corresponding configuration information, and the functional component has corresponding fault information, Then, it is judged that the above-mentioned functional components are in an idle state.

Optionally, the method of Figure 2 further comprises: performing an activation operation on the functional component when the functional component is no longer in an idle state.

The functional components in the above embodiments may be one or more. Corresponding to the energy saving method of the foregoing embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an energy saving device. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the energy saving device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the device includes: a query unit 301, a determining unit 302 and execution unit 303.

The query unit 301 queries the configuration information of the functional components in the system; the determining unit 302 determines whether the functional component is in an idle state according to the query result of the configuration information; and the execution unit 303 performs a power saving operation on the functional component in the idle state.

Optionally, the determining unit 302 is specifically configured to: when the functional component does not have corresponding configuration information, determine that the functional component is in an idle state.

Optionally, when the function component has the corresponding configuration information, the querying unit 301 is further configured to query the function bearer information of the function component; the determining unit 302 is further configured to: when the function component has corresponding configuration information, When the function component does not have corresponding function bearer information, it is determined that the function component is in an idle state.

Optionally, when the function component has the corresponding configuration information, the querying unit 301 is further configured to query the fault information of the function device, and the determining unit 302 is further configured to: when the function component has corresponding configuration information, When the function component has corresponding fault information, it is judged that the above-mentioned functional component is in an idle state.

Optionally, the executing unit 303 is further configured to perform an activation operation on the foregoing functional component when the functional component is no longer in an idle state.

The functional components in the above embodiments may be one or more.

Corresponding to the method and device of the foregoing embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an energy-saving system, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a connection relationship of the energy-saving system according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the system includes: a functional component 10, an energy saving device 30 connected to the functional component 10, configured to query configuration information of functional components in the system; and determining, according to the query result of the configuration information, whether the functional component is in an idle state. ; Perform energy-saving operations on features that are in an idle state. The above functional component 10 can be one or more functional components.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 4, the system further includes a configuration management device connected to the functional component 10. The device 20 is configured to perform configuration management on the functional components in the system, and store configuration information of the foregoing functional components. The energy saving device 30 is specifically configured to query configuration configuration information of the foregoing functional components in the system from the configuration management device 20; When the component 10 does not have corresponding configuration information, it is judged that the functional component 10 is in an idle state; and the energy saving operation is performed on the functional component 10 in an idle state.

Optionally, the configuration management device 20 is further configured to store the function bearer information of the functional component 10 in the system. The energy saving device 30 is further configured to query the functional component from the configuration management device 10 when the functional component 10 has corresponding configuration information. The function of the function is 10; when the function component 10 has corresponding configuration information but no corresponding function bearer information, it is judged that the function component 10 is in an idle state; and the power saving operation is performed on the functional component 10 in an idle state.

Optionally, the system further includes a fault management device 40 connected to the functional component 10 for fault management of the functional component 10 in the system and storing fault information of the functional component; the energy saving device 30 is also used for the functional component When there is corresponding configuration information, the fault management device 40 queries the fault information of the functional component 10; when the functional component 10 has corresponding configuration information and corresponding fault information, the functional component 10 is judged to be in an idle state; The functional component 10 performs an energy saving operation.

Optionally, the energy saving device 30 is further configured to perform an activation operation on the functional component 10 when the functional component 10 is no longer in an idle state.

An example of the component configuration table and the function configuration table provided by the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

^: Parts configuration table:

The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention determines whether the functional component is idle and the idle functional component operates in the energy-saving state according to the configuration situation, the functional bearer condition, and the fault state. this invention In the technical solution of the embodiment, when the functional component is in an idle state, the energy-saving operation is performed on the functional component of the device, and the idle functional component is operated in an energy-saving state, thereby achieving the effect of energy saving and emission reduction.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the process of implementing the above embodiment method can be completed by a computer program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. In execution, the flow of an embodiment of the methods as described above may be included. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

The above embodiments are only used to explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and are not limited thereto; although the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that The technical solutions described in the embodiments are modified, or some of the technical features are replaced by equivalents; and the modifications or substitutions do not deviate from the technical solutions of the embodiments of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

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An energy saving method, the method comprising:

Query configuration information of functional components in the system;

Determining whether the functional component is in an idle state according to the query result of the configuration information; performing a power saving operation on the functional component in an idle state.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, according to the query result of the configuration information, whether the functional component is in an idle state comprises:

If the feature does not have corresponding configuration information, it is determined that the feature is in an idle state.

The method according to claim 1, wherein if the functional component has corresponding configuration information, the method further includes:

Querying function bearer information of the functional component;

If the functional component has corresponding configuration information, and the functional component does not have corresponding function bearer information, it is determined that the functional component is in an idle state.

Querying fault information of the functional component;

If the functional component has corresponding configuration information, and the functional component has corresponding failure information, it is determined that the functional component is in an idle state.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method further comprises:

When the functional component is no longer in an idle state, an activation operation is performed on the functional component.

6. An energy saving device, the device comprising:

a query unit, configured to query configuration information of functional components in the system; a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the query result of the configuration information, whether the functional component is in an idle state; and

An execution unit that performs a power saving operation on a feature that is in an idle state.

7. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein:

The determining unit is specifically configured to: when the functional component does not have corresponding configuration information, determine that the functional component is in an idle state.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the functional component has corresponding configuration information,

The query unit is further configured to query function bearer information of the functional component;

The determining unit is further configured to: when the functional component has corresponding configuration information, and the functional component does not have corresponding function bearer information, determine that the functional component is in an idle state.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the functional component has corresponding configuration information,

The query unit is further configured to query fault information of the function device;

The determining unit is further configured to: when the functional component has corresponding configuration information, and the functional component has corresponding fault information, determine that the functional component is in an idle state.

The device according to any one of claims 6-9, wherein the execution unit is further configured to perform activation on the functional component when the functional component is no longer in an idle state. operating.

1 1. An energy saving system, characterized in that: the energy saving system comprises: a functional component and an energy saving device connected to the functional component;

The energy saving device is configured to query configuration information of a functional component in the system; determine, according to the query result of the configuration information, whether the functional component is in an idle state; and perform a power saving operation on the functional component in an idle state.

12. The energy saving system according to claim 11, wherein the system further comprises: a configuration management device connected to the functional component; The configuration management device is configured to perform configuration management on a functional component in the system, and store configuration information of the functional component;

The energy saving device is specifically configured to query, from the configuration management device, configuration information of the functional component in the system; when the functional component does not have corresponding configuration information, determine that the functional component is in an idle state; The status feature performs energy-saving operations.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein

The configuration management device is further configured to store function bearer information of the functional component in the system; the energy saving device is further configured to: when the functional component has corresponding configuration information, query the configuration management device The function bearer information of the functional component; when the functional component has corresponding configuration information but no corresponding function bearer information, it is determined that the functional component is in an idle state; and the energy-saving operation is performed on the functional component that is in an idle state.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the system further comprises a fault management device coupled to the functional component,

The fault management device is configured to perform fault management on a functional component in the system, and store fault information of the functional component;

The energy saving device is further configured to: when the functional component has corresponding configuration information, query the fault management device for fault information of the functional component; when the functional component has corresponding configuration information, there is also a corresponding fault. In the case of information, it is judged that the functional component is in an idle state; and the energy-saving operation is performed on the functional component in an idle state.

15. A system according to any of claims 11-14, characterized in that

The energy saving device is further configured to perform an activation operation on the functional component when the functional component is no longer in an idle state.