5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Energy efficient architectures and techniques for Green Radio access networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/chinacom.2010.136,
        author={Jianhua He and Pavel Loskot and Tim O’Farrell and Vasilis Friderikos and Simon Armour and John Thompson},
        title={Energy efficient architectures and techniques for Green Radio access networks},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2011},
        month={1},
        keywords={Base stations Computer architecture Energy consumption Interference Measurement Mobile communication Radio access networks},
        doi={10.4108/chinacom.2010.136}
    }
    
  • Jianhua He
    Pavel Loskot
    Tim O’Farrell
    Vasilis Friderikos
    Simon Armour
    John Thompson
    Year: 2011
    Energy efficient architectures and techniques for Green Radio access networks
    CHINACOM
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/chinacom.2010.136
Jianhua He1,*, Pavel Loskot1,*, Tim O’Farrell1,*, Vasilis Friderikos2,*, Simon Armour3,*, John Thompson4,*
  • 1: School of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
  • 2: Centre for Telecommunications Research, Kings College London, London, UK
  • 3: Centre for Communications Research, Bristol University, Bristol, UK
  • 4: School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
*Contact email: j.he@swansea.ac.uk, p.loskot@swansea.ac.uk, t.ofarrell@swansea.ac.uk, vasilis.friderikos@kcl.ac.uk, Simon.Armour@bristol.ac.uk, John.Thompson@ed.ac.uk

Abstract

Energy consumption in wireless networks, and in particular in cellular mobile networks, is now of major concern in respect of their potential adverse impact upon the environment and their escalating operating energy costs. The recent phenomenal growth of data services in cellular mobile networks has exacerbated the energy consumption issue and is forcing researchers to address how to design future wireless networks that take into account energy consumption constraints. One fundamental approach to reduce energy consumption of wireless networks is to adopt new radio access architectures and radio techniques. The Mobile VCE (MVCE) Green Radio project, established in 2009, is considering such new architectural and technical approaches. This paper reports highlights the key research issues pursued in the MVCE Green Radio project.