US 12,245,145 B2
Base station battery control
Risto Olavi Tiainen, Espoo (FI); Seppo Olavi Hämäläinen, Helsinki (FI); Kimmo Kalervo Hätönen, Helsinki (FI); Olli Pekka Salmela, Helsinki (FI); and Topi Tuomas Volkov, Kantvik (FI)
Assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed by NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/371,053.
Claims priority of application No. 20225850 (FI), filed on Sep. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107445 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01)
CPC H04W 52/0206 (2013.01) [H02J 3/008 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
select one or more groups of base stations from multiple groups of base stations of multiple communications service providers for charging or discharging batteries of the one or more groups of base stations, wherein the selection is based at least on one or more agreements with the multiple communications service providers, wherein the one or more agreements indicate a promised battery capacity of the multiple communications service providers;
determine a schedule for charging or discharging of the batteries of the selected one or more groups of base stations, wherein the schedule comprises a timing and an amount of energy to be charged to or discharged from the batteries to satisfy the one or more agreements; and
transmit one or more requests based on the determined schedule for charging or discharging the batteries of the one or more groups of base stations, wherein the one or more groups of base stations comprise at least a first group of base stations associated with a first communications service provider, and a second group of base stations associated with a second communications service provider different to the first communications service provider.