How low-power operation of the base station

The method for reducing power consumption of a base station is disclosed. Low-power base station operation method performed in a base station of a mobile communication system, comprising: reporting to a management apparatus for managing the power of the base station status information for the traffic levels that the serving base station in an active mode; It includes; and transitioning to the inactive mode in an active mode according to the mode switching command in the device that reports the status information. Thereby reducing the power consumption of the base station.