Comparative Analysis of Solar-Powered Base Stations for Green Mobile Networks

Comparative Analysis of Solar-Powered Base Stations for Green Mobile Networks

The rapid growth of mobile communication technology and the corresponding significant increase in the number of cellular base stations (BSs) have increased operational expenses (OPEX) for mobile operators, due to increased electricity prices and fossil fuel consumption. Thus, identifying alternative solutions to reduce OPEX has become a major priority of mobile operators. Solar energy is consid...

Safety Issues of Mobile Phone Base Stations

Base Stations in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Multi-hop ad-hoc networks consist of nodes which cooperate by forwarding packets for each other to allow communication beyond the power range of each node. In pure ad-hoc networks, no additional infrastructure is required to allow the nodes to communicate. Multi-hop hybrid networks are a combination of ad-hoc and cellular networks. As in ad-hoc networks, the nodes forward packets on behalf of o...

Green Energy and Delay Aware Downlink Power Control and User Association for Off-Grid Solar Powered Base Stations

Cellular base stations (BSs) powered by renewable energy like solar power have emerged as a promising solution to address the issues of reducing the carbon footprint of the telecom industry as well as the operational cost associated with powering the BSs. This paper considers a network of off-grid solar powered BSs and addresses two key challenges while operating them (a) avoiding energy outage...

A Survey of Green Base Stations in Cellular Networks

The growing awareness towards energy efficient cellular networks has paved way for new technologies in designing green cellular networks. According to technical analysts, the base stations are the most energy intensive part of a typical cellular network. Saving power in base stations is therefore the primary focus in green cellular networks. The main goal of designing green base stations is for...