The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for activating a capacity station by using wave beams. In some feasible embodiments of the present invention, by setting a set of wave beams to be transmitted for a capacity station in a dormant state, and by transmitting the wave beams in the set of wave beams to be transmitted, load information is collected. According to the covering relation of the capacity station in a dormant state and the set of wave beams to be transmitted and the load information, the capacity station needing to be activated is determined and activated.