Green radio: radio techniques to enable energy-efficient wireless networks

Author

Han, Congzheng ; Harrold, Tim ; Armour, Simon ; Krikidis, Ioannis ; Videv, Stefan ; Grant, Peter M. ; Haas, Harald ; Thompson, John S. ; Ku, Ivan ; Wang, Cheng-Xiang ; Le, Tuan Anh ; Nakhai, M. Reza ; Zhang, Jiayi ; Hanzo, Lajos

Volume

49

Issue

6

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

54

Abstract

Recent analysis by manufacturers and network operators has shown that current wireless networks are not very energy efficient, particularly the base stations by which terminals access services from the network. In response to this observation the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence (VCE) Green Radio project was established in 2009 to establish how significant energy savings may be obtained in future wireless systems. This article discusses the technical background to the project and discusses models of current energy consumption in base station devices. It also describes some of the most promising research directions in reducing the energy consumption of future base stations.

Keywords

energy consumption; mobile radio; radio networks; AD 2009; Green Radio project; Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence; VCE; base station devices; base stations; energy consumption; energy savings; energy-efficient wireless networks; future wireless systems; radio techniques; Base stations; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Green design; Green products; Mobile communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2011.5783984

Filename

5783984