JP6546893B2 - POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a power management system and a power management method.

It has been known that a telecommunications carrier installs a base station of a wireless communication network on a roof or the like of a building (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[Prior art document]
[Patent Document]
[Patent Document 1] JP-A-2002-141855

  It is desirable that the amount of power supplied from a building or the like to the radio base station and used by the radio base station can be appropriately managed.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, a power management system is provided. The power management system may include a power amount acquisition unit that acquires the power amount of the power supplied to the wireless device and the antenna included in the wireless base station. The power management system may include a power amount transmission unit that transmits a power amount for each predetermined period to a predetermined destination.

  The power management system includes an electricity bill calculation unit that calculates an electricity bill of the power supplied to the wireless device and the antenna based on the amount of electricity acquired by the electricity quantity acquiring unit, and a payment process of the electricity bill. It may further comprise a payment processing execution unit to be executed. The power management system may further include a notification form creation unit that creates a payment notice to notify that the payment process has been performed. The power management system includes an electricity bill calculation unit that calculates an electricity bill of the power supplied to the wireless device and the antenna based on the amount of power acquired by the electricity amount acquisition unit, and a calculation by the electricity bill calculation unit The information processing apparatus may further include a statement creation unit that creates a statement including the result.

  The power management system further includes a traffic amount acquisition unit for acquiring a communication traffic amount of communication executed by the wireless device, and a traffic amount output unit for associating the communication traffic amount with the power amount and outputting the result. You may The power management system may further include an error information acquisition unit that acquires error information indicating an error that has occurred in the wireless device, and an error information output unit that outputs the error information and the power amount in association with each other. . The power management system outputs a temperature acquisition unit that acquires a temperature detected by a temperature sensor disposed in a space in which the wireless device is installed, a temperature that associates the temperature with the power amount, and outputs the temperature And an output unit. The power management system may further include an operation status acquisition unit for acquiring an operation status of a cooling device for cooling the inside of the space in which the wireless device is installed, and the temperature output unit may indicate the operation status of the cooling device. Further, they may be correlated and output. The power amount acquisition unit may obtain power amounts of single-phase power and three-phase power supplied to the radio base station.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, a power management method is provided. The power management method may include a power amount acquisition step of acquiring a power amount of power supplied to a radio and an antenna of the radio base station. The power management method may include a power amount transmission step of transmitting a power amount for each predetermined period to a predetermined destination.

  Note that the above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention. In addition, a subcombination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

1 schematically shows an example of a power management system 10; An example of power monitoring unit 100 is shown roughly. 1 schematically shows an example of a functional configuration of a power monitoring unit 100. FIG. An example of a function structure of the power management apparatus 200 is shown roughly. An example of the computer 1000 which functions as the power management apparatus 200 is shown roughly.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through the embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. Moreover, not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the solution of the invention.

  FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an example of a power management system 10. The power management system 10 manages the power supplied to the radio base station 20. The radio base station 20 is installed, for example, on the roof of the building 30 and receives power supply from the building 30.

  The wireless base station 20 has a radio 22 and an antenna 24. The wireless device 22 may be installed in the installation space 40. The installation space 40 is, for example, one room of the building 30. The installation space 40 may be a rack such as a so-called system rack and an MISC rack. Other electrical equipment may be installed in the installation space 40. For example, in the installation space 40, a light is installed. Further, for example, in the installation space 40, a cooling device for cooling the inside of the installation space 40 is installed.

The radio 22 may receive three-phase power supply. The antenna 24 may be supplied with three phase power. The light may be supplied with single phase power. The cooling device may receive a single phase power supply. The cooling device may receive three-phase power supply.

  The power management system 10 may include a power monitoring unit 100. The power management system 10 may include a power management apparatus 200.

  The power monitoring unit 100 acquires the amount of power supplied to the radio base station 20. The power monitoring unit 100 acquires the amount of power of the power supplied to the wireless base station 20 from, for example, a power meter disposed on the distribution board of the power management system 10. The power monitoring unit 100 may obtain the amount of three-phase power supplied to the radio base station 20. The power monitoring unit 100 may obtain the amount of single-phase power supplied to the radio base station 20.

  The power monitoring unit 100 may transmit the amount of power for each predetermined period to a predetermined destination. The predetermined period may be any period such as seconds, minutes, hours, and days, and may be changeable according to settings. The predetermined destination is, for example, the power management apparatus 200. The predetermined destination may be changeable by setting.

  The power monitoring unit 100 may transmit the amount of power to the power management apparatus 200 via the network 50. The network 50 may include a mobile phone network to which the radio base station 20 belongs. The network 50 may include the Internet.

  The power management apparatus 200 receives the amount of power transmitted by the power monitoring unit 100. The power management apparatus 200 calculates the electricity charge of the power supplied to the radio base station 20 based on the received amount of power.

  The power management device 200 may execute payment processing of the calculated electricity bill. The power management apparatus 200 may create a payment notice notifying that the payment process has been performed. The power management apparatus 200 may transmit the created payment notice to a predetermined destination. The power management apparatus 200 may transmit, for example, a payment notification to the owner of the building 30 to which the electricity bill is paid.

  The power management apparatus 200 may create a statement including the calculation result. The power management apparatus 200 may transmit the prepared statement to a predetermined destination. The power management apparatus 200 transmits, for example, a statement to the person in charge of the telecommunications carrier.

  It is desirable that the carrier and the power company directly contract power reception by the wireless base station 20. However, when the wireless base station 20 is installed in the building 30 or the like, the wireless base station 20 receives power from the building 30 as a tenant, for example. In this case, the telecommunications carrier pays the electricity bill to the owner of the building 30. Here, ideally, it is desirable for the owner of the building 30 to read monthly and charge the telecommunications carrier for the electricity charge equivalent to the power used. May be The amount of flat-rate payment is determined, for example, by calculating the power consumption from the specifications of each device provided in the radio base station 20, multiplying the power factor and the operation rate, and taking into consideration a certain margin. For this reason, in the electricity charges paid by the telecommunications carrier to the owner of the building 30, excess or deficiency may occur with respect to the amount of power actually used.

  According to the power management system 10 according to the present embodiment, the power monitoring unit 100 acquires the power amount of the power supplied to the radio base station 20 and transmits the power amount to the power management apparatus 200. As a result, the amount of power supplied from the building 30 to the radio base station 20 can be accurately grasped. Moreover, according to the power management system 10, the electricity rate of the power supplied to the wireless base station 20 may be automatically calculated, and the payment process for the owner of the building 30 may be automatically performed. This can reduce the burden on the telecommunications carrier.

  FIG. 2 schematically illustrates an example of the power monitoring unit 100. The power monitoring unit 100 may be disposed in the MISC rack 70. The power monitoring unit 100 has a web controller 102 and a router 104.

  The Web controller 102 obtains the amount of power supplied to the wireless base station 20 from the power meter 62 installed in the distribution board 60. Power meter 62 may include a three-phase power meter 64. Three-phase wattmeter 64 may have a single-phase wattmeter 66. The Web controller 102 may obtain the amount of three-phase power supplied to the wireless base station 20 from the three-phase power meter 62. The Web controller 102 may obtain the amount of single-phase power supplied to the wireless base station 20 from the single-phase power meter 66.

  The router 104 may be capable of performing communications via the network 50. For example, the router 104 may be attachable to a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module), and performs wireless communication with the network 50 using data in the SIM. The web controller 102 may transmit the acquired amount of power to the power management apparatus 200 via the router 104.

  FIG. 3 schematically illustrates an example of a functional configuration of the power monitoring unit 100. The power monitoring unit 100 includes a power amount acquisition unit 112 and a power transmission unit 114.

  The power amount acquisition unit 112 acquires the amount of power of the power supplied to the radio base station 20. The web controller 102 may be an example of the power amount acquisition unit 112. The power amount acquisition unit 112 may acquire the amount of power of the three-phase power supplied to the radio base station 20. The power amount acquisition unit 112 may acquire the amount of power of single-phase power supplied to the radio base station 20.

  The power amount acquisition unit 112 may acquire the power amount of the power supplied to the wireless device 22. The power amount acquisition unit 112 may obtain the power amount of the power supplied to the antenna 24. The power amount acquisition unit 112 may acquire the amount of power of the power supplied to the light of the wireless base station 20. The power amount acquisition unit 112 may acquire the power amount of the power supplied to the cooling device of the radio base station 20.

  The power transmission unit 114 transmits the power amount acquired by the power amount acquisition unit 112 to a predetermined destination. The router 104 may be an example of the power transmission unit 114. The power transmission unit 114 may transmit the power amount acquired by the power amount acquisition unit 112 to the power management apparatus 200. The power transmission unit 114 may transmit the power amount acquired by the power amount acquisition unit 112 to the power management apparatus 200 via the network 50.

  FIG. 4 schematically illustrates an example of a functional configuration of the power management apparatus 200. The power management apparatus 200 includes a power amount acquisition unit 202, an electricity charge calculation unit 204, a payment processing execution unit 206, a notification form creation unit 208, a notification form transmission unit 210, a statement preparation unit 212, a statement output unit 214, and traffic volume. An acquisition unit 216, a traffic amount output unit 218, an error information acquisition unit 220, an error information output unit 222, a temperature acquisition unit 224, a temperature output unit 226, and an operation status acquisition unit 228 are provided. Note that the power management apparatus 200 is not necessarily required to have all of these configurations.

  The power amount acquisition unit 202 acquires the amount of power of the power supplied to the wireless base station 20. The power amount acquisition unit 202 may receive the amount of power transmitted by the power transmission unit 114. The power amount acquisition unit 202 may acquire the amount of power of the three-phase power supplied to the radio base station 20. The power amount acquisition unit 202 may acquire the amount of power of single-phase power supplied to the radio base station 20.

  The power amount acquisition unit 202 may acquire the power amount of the power supplied to the wireless device 22. The power amount acquisition unit 202 may acquire the power amount of the power supplied to the antenna 24. The power amount acquisition unit 202 may acquire the amount of power of the power supplied to the light of the wireless base station 20. The power amount acquisition unit 202 may acquire the power amount of the power supplied to the cooling device of the wireless base station 20.

  The electricity charge calculation unit 204 calculates the electricity charge of the power supplied to the wireless base station 20 based on the amount of power acquired by the power amount acquisition unit 202. The electricity bill calculation unit 204 calculates the electricity bill by, for example, multiplying the power amount acquired by the electricity amount acquisition unit 202 by the charge per unit electricity amount.

  The electricity bill calculation unit 204 may calculate the electricity bill in any period. The electricity charge calculation unit 204 may calculate the electricity charges of the three-phase power and the single-phase power supplied to the radio base station 20. The electricity bill calculation unit 204 may calculate the electricity bill for each of the wireless device 22, the antenna 24, the light of the radio base station 20, and the cooling device of the radio base station 20.

  The payment process execution unit 206 executes the payment process of the electricity bill calculated by the electricity bill calculation unit 204. The payment process execution unit 206 executes, for example, a remittance process to a predetermined remittance destination. Further, the payment process execution unit 206 executes, for example, a transfer process for a predetermined transfer destination. The payment processing execution unit 206 may execute the payment processing using any other method.

  The notice creation unit 208 creates a payment notice notifying that the payment processing execution unit 206 has executed the payment processing. The notice creation unit 208 may create a payment notice in any data format. The notice creation unit 208 may create a physical payment notice by printing the data of the payment notice.

  The notification form transmission unit 210 transmits the payment notification form created by the notification form creation unit 208 to a predetermined destination. The notification form transmission unit 210 transmits, for example, a payment notice to the payee of the electricity bill.

  The statement preparation unit 212 prepares a statement including the electricity rates calculated by the electricity rate calculation unit 204. The statement creation unit 212 may create a statement of any data format. The statement preparation unit 212 may create a physical statement by printing the data of the statement.

  The statement output unit 214 outputs the statement created by the statement creating unit 212. The statement output unit 214, for example, displays the statement on a display included in the power management apparatus 200. Further, the statement output unit 214 transmits and outputs a statement to another device, for example, to cause the display included in the other device to display the statement.

  The traffic amount acquisition unit 216 acquires the communication traffic amount of the communication performed by the wireless base station 20. The traffic amount acquisition unit 216 may receive the communication traffic amount from the radio base station 20. The traffic amount acquisition unit 216 may receive the communication traffic amount from a monitoring system that monitors the communication performed by the wireless base station 20.

  The traffic amount output unit 218 associates the communication traffic amount acquired by the traffic amount acquisition unit 216 with the power amount acquired by the power amount acquisition unit 202 and outputs it. The traffic volume output unit 218 displays and outputs, for example, the communication traffic volume and the power volume in time series. This makes it possible to easily grasp the correlation between the communication traffic amount of the wireless base station 20 and the power amount.

  The traffic amount output unit 218 may display and output, in time series, each of the power amount of the three-phase power and the power amount of the single power acquired by the power amount acquisition unit 202 and the communication traffic amount. This makes it possible to easily grasp the correlation between the communication traffic amount, the power of the three-phase power, and the power of the single-phase power.

  The error information acquisition unit 220 acquires error information indicating an error that has occurred in the wireless device 22. The error information acquisition unit 220 may receive error information from the wireless base station 20. The error information acquisition unit 220 may receive error information from a monitoring system that monitors the wireless device 22.

  The error information output unit 222 associates and outputs the error information acquired by the error information acquisition unit 220 and the power amount acquired by the power amount acquisition unit 202. The error information output unit 222 displays and outputs, for example, the error information and the power amount in time series. Thereby, the correlation between the error generated in the radio base station 20 and the amount of power can be easily grasped.

  The temperature acquisition unit 224 acquires the temperature in the space where the wireless device 22 is installed. The temperature acquisition unit 224 may acquire the temperature detected by the temperature sensor disposed in the space where the wireless device 22 is installed. The temperature acquisition unit 224 may receive the temperature from the temperature sensor via the network 50, for example. The temperature acquisition unit 224 may receive the temperature from the temperature sensor via any communication terminal. The temperature acquisition unit 224 may read the temperature from a storage medium in which the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is stored.

  The temperature output unit 226 outputs the temperature acquired by the temperature acquisition unit 224 and the electric energy acquired by the electric energy acquisition unit 202 in association with each other. The temperature output unit 226 displays and outputs, for example, temperature and electric energy in time series. Thereby, the correlation between the temperature in the space where the wireless device 22 is installed and the amount of power can be easily grasped.

  The operating status acquisition unit 228 acquires the operating status of a cooling device that cools the space in which the wireless device 22 is installed. The operation status acquisition unit 228 receives, for example, the operation status from the cooling device. The operating status acquisition unit 228 may receive the operating status from a monitoring system that monitors the operating status of the cooling device.

  The temperature output unit 226 outputs the temperature acquired by the temperature acquisition unit 224, the amount of power acquired by the power amount acquisition unit 202, and the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit 228 in association with each other. The temperature output unit 226 displays and outputs, for example, the temperature, the amount of power, and the operation status in time series. This makes it possible to easily grasp the correlation between the temperature in the space where the wireless device 22 is installed, the amount of electric power, and the operating state of the cooling device that cools the space where the wireless device 22 is installed. .

  The power management apparatus 200 is acquired by a sensor data acquisition unit that acquires data output by an arbitrary sensor disposed in the space where the wireless device 22 is installed, the data, and the power amount acquisition unit 202. It may further include a sensor data output unit that outputs the generated electric energy in association with each other. The sensor data acquisition unit acquires, for example, data of humidity output by the humidity sensor. The sensor data output unit may display and output, for example, the humidity and the electric energy in time series.

  FIG. 5 schematically illustrates an example of a computer 1000 that functions as the power management apparatus 200. A computer 1000 according to this embodiment includes a CPU peripheral unit having a CPU 1010, a RAM 1030, and a graphic controller 1085 mutually connected by a host controller 1092, a ROM 1020 connected to a host controller 1092 by an input / output controller 1094, and a communication I / O. It comprises an input / output unit having an F 1040, a hard disk drive 1050, a DVD drive 1070 and an input / output chip 1080.

  The CPU 1010 operates based on programs stored in the ROM 1020 and the RAM 1030 to control each part. The graphic controller 1085 acquires image data generated by the CPU 1010 or the like on a frame buffer provided in the RAM 1030 and causes the display 1090 to display the image data. Alternatively, the graphic controller 1085 may internally include a frame buffer for storing image data generated by the CPU 1010 or the like.

  The communication I / F 1040 communicates with other devices via a network by wire or wirelessly. The communication I / F 1040 also functions as hardware for performing communication. The hard disk drive 1050 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1010. The DVD drive 1070 reads a program or data from the DVD-ROM 1072 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1050 through the RAM 1030.

  The ROM 1020 stores a boot program executed when the computer 1000 starts up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like. The input / output chip 1080 connects various input / output devices to the input / output controller 1094 via, for example, a parallel port, a serial port, a keyboard port, a mouse port, and the like.

  The program provided to the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030 is stored in a recording medium such as the DVD-ROM 1072 or an IC card and provided by the user. The program is read from the recording medium, installed in the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030, and executed by the CPU 1010.

  A program installed in the computer 1000 and causing the computer 1000 to function as the power management apparatus 200 may operate the CPU 1010 or the like to cause the computer 1000 to function as each part of the power management apparatus 200. The information processing described in these programs is a specific means in which software and the above-described various hardware resources cooperated by being read into the computer 1000, and a power amount acquisition unit 202, an electricity bill calculation unit 204, payment processing execution unit 206, notification form creation unit 208, notification form transmission unit 210, statement preparation unit 212, statement output unit 214, traffic amount acquisition unit 216, traffic amount output unit 218, error information acquisition unit 220, It functions as an error information output unit 222, a temperature acquisition unit 224, a temperature output unit 226, and an operation status acquisition unit 228. Then, by realizing calculation or processing of information according to the purpose of use of the computer 1000 in the present embodiment by these specific means, a power management apparatus 200 specific to the purpose of use is constructed.

  Although the case where the wireless base station 20 is installed on the roof of the building 30 and power is received from the building 30 has been described as an example in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited thereto. The radio base station 20 may be installed at any place and receive power from any place.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be added to the above embodiment. It is also apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such alterations or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The order of execution of each process such as operations, procedures, steps and steps in the devices, systems, programs and methods shown in the claims, the specification and the drawings is as follows. It is to be noted that “it can be realized in an arbitrary order unless it is explicitly stated as“ etc. ”and the output of the previous process is not used in the later process. With regard to the flow of operations in the claims, the specification and the drawings, even if it is described using “first,” “next,” etc. for the sake of convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. It is not a thing.

10 power management system, 20 radio base stations, 22 radios, 24 antennas, 30 buildings, 40 installation spaces, 50 networks, 60 distribution boards, 62 power meters, 64 three-phase power meters, 66 single-phase power meters, 70 MISC 100 power monitoring unit, 102 Web controller, 104 router, 112 power acquisition unit, 114 power transmission unit, 200 power management apparatus, 202 power acquisition unit, 204 electricity charge calculation unit, 206 payment processing execution unit, 208 notification Document creation unit 210 Notification document transmission unit 212 Statement creation unit 214 Statement output unit 216 Traffic volume acquisition unit 218 Traffic volume output unit 220 Error information acquisition unit 222 Error information output unit 224 Temperature acquisition unit , 226 temperature output unit, 228 operation status acquisition unit, 1000 compu Data, 1010 CPU, 1020 ROM, 1030 RAM, 1040 a communication I / F, 1050 hard drive, 1070 DVD drive, 1072 DVD-ROM, 1080 output chip 1085 graphics controller, 1090 a display, 1092 host controller, 1094 output controller

Claims (8)

A power amount acquisition unit for acquiring power amounts of single-phase power and three-phase power supplied to a radio included in the radio base station and an antenna;
And a power amount transmitting unit for transmitting the power amounts of the single-phase power and the three-phase power for each predetermined period to a predetermined destination,
A traffic volume acquisition unit for acquiring a communication traffic volume of communication executed by the wireless device;
A power management system, further comprising: a traffic amount output unit that displays and outputs each of the three-phase power amount and the single-phase power amount and the communication traffic amount in time series. The power amount acquisition unit acquires respective power amounts of single-phase power and three-phase power supplied from the building to the wireless device and the antenna included in the wireless base station installed on the roof of a building. The power management system according to Item 1. An electricity charge calculation unit that calculates an electricity charge of the power supplied to the wireless device and the antenna based on the power amount acquired by the power amount acquisition unit;
The power management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a payment processing execution unit that executes payment processing of the electricity bill. The power management system according to claim 3, further comprising: a notice preparation unit that creates a payment notice notifying that the payment process has been executed. An electricity charge calculation unit that calculates an electricity charge of the power supplied to the wireless device and the antenna based on the power amount acquired by the power amount acquisition unit;
The power management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a statement creation unit that creates a statement including a calculation result by the electricity bill calculation unit. A temperature acquisition unit that acquires a temperature detected by a temperature sensor disposed in a space in which the wireless device is installed;
The power management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: a temperature output unit that outputs the temperature and the electric energy in association with each other. It further comprises an operation status acquisition unit for acquiring the operation status of a cooling device for cooling the inside of the space where the wireless device is installed,
The power management system according to claim 6, wherein the temperature output unit further associates and outputs the operation status of the cooling device. A power amount acquisition step of acquiring respective power amounts of single-phase power and three-phase power supplied to a radio included in the radio base station and an antenna;
A power amount transmission step of transmitting the power amounts of the single phase power and the three phase power of a predetermined period to a predetermined destination,
Acquiring an amount of communication traffic of communication executed by the wireless device;
A power amount output step of displaying and outputting the power amount of the three-phase power and the power amount of the single-phase power, and the communication traffic amount in time series.

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