US 12,432,655 B2
Virtual power plant interoperability
Tuomas Niemela, Helsinki (FI); Seppo Olavi Hamalainen, Helsinki (FI); Olli Pekka Salmela, Helsinki (FI); Topi Tuomas Volkov, Kantvik (FI); Henri Jonni Koskela, Espoo (FI); Petri Olavi Jappila, Helsinki (FI); and Scaria Kurian, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed by Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed on May 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/652,964.
Claims priority of application No. 20235502 (FI), filed on May 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0373345 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 52/0206 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0895 (2022.05); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor, and
at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
receive, from an energy saving management application or function, information indicating at least one of: one or more actions performed with the energy saving management application or function, or one or more key performance indicators indicating an impact or predicted impact of the one or more actions;
based on the one or more actions, determine at least one of an amount of reserve battery capacity or a duration of battery-based operation of one or more base stations based on a traffic profile or power consumption of the one or more base stations caused by at least one of data rates, latency, jitter, or packet loss requirements of expected data traffic characteristics of a service or application for the one or more base stations;
based on the determining, cause a change in the traffic profile or power consumption of at least one of:
data communication traffic associated with the one or more base stations, or power consumption of the one or more base stations;
determine, based at least partly on the received information one or more peak shaving actions to be performed for at least one base station of the one or more base stations comprising one of charging battery power when the electricity price is low, or offloading a power grid using battery power when the price is high;
transmit, to the energy saving management application or function, information indicating the one or more peak shaving actions performed for the at least one base station;
wherein the one or more peak shaving actions are based on at least determined advantages of an electricity price fluctuation determined with the information; and
initiate the one or more peak shaving actions.