Title :
Energy harvesting empowered cognitive metro-cellular networks
Author :
Raza Zaidi, Syed Ali ; Ghogho, Mounir ; McLernon, Des C. ; Swami, Ananthram
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Abstract :
Harvesting energy from natural (solar, wind, vibration etc.) and synthesized (microwave power transfer) sources is envisioned as a key enabler for realizing green wireless networks. Energy efficient scheduling is one of the prime objectives of cognitive radio platforms. To that end, in this article, we present a comprehensive analytical framework to characterize the performance of a cognitive metro-cellular network empowered by solar energy harvesting. The proposed model considers both spatial and temporal dynamics of the energy field and the mobile user traffic. Channel uncertainties are also captured in terms of large scale path-loss and small-scale Rayleigh fading. A new metric called `energy outage probability´ which characterizes the self-sustainable operation of the base stations under energy harvesting is proposed and quantified. It is shown that the energy outage probability is strongly coupled with the path-loss exponent, required quality-of-service, base station and user density. Moreover, the energy outage probability varies both on daily and yearly basis depending on the solar geometry. It is shown that even in winter time BSs can run for 10-15 hours without any purchase of energy from the power grid.
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; cellular radio; cognitive radio; energy harvesting; error statistics; geometry; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; QoS; base stations; channel uncertainties; cognitive metro-cellular networks; comprehensive analytical framework; energy efficient scheduling; energy field; energy outage probability; green wireless networks; key enabler; microwave power transfer; mobile user traffic; path-loss exponent; quality-of-service; self-sustainable operation; small-scale Rayleigh fading; solar energy harvesting; solar geometry; spatial dynamics; synthesized sources; temporal dynamics; user density; Base stations; Computer architecture; Earth; Mathematical model; Microprocessors; Solar energy; Sun; Hottell´s model; LTE; Poisson point process; cognitive radio; energy harvesting; metro-cells; phantom cell; solar irradiance;
Conference_Titel :
Cognitive Cellular Systems (CCS), 2014 1st International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Germany
DOI :
10.1109/CCS.2014.6933812