Embodiments of the present invention disclose a power estimation method and apparatus. On a premise of controlling interference caused by a second node to a first node to be within a range, a transmit power of the second node can be increased so as to improve communication quality of the second node. A specific solution is: obtaining an estimated load value of each first node in N first nodes according to a transmit power and user service requirements of each first node that are obtained and according to a transmit power set for each second node in M second nodes, and further, respectively using the transmit power set for each second node as an allowed transmit power of each second node according to the estimated load value of each first node in the N first nodes.