Title :
An energy consumption comparison of different mobile backhaul and fronthaul optical access architectures
Author :
Carapellese, N. ; Pizzinat, A. ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Chanclou, Philippe ; Gosselin, S.
Author_Institution :
Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
How much energy savings are allowed by a C-RAN based on macro-cells, exploiting existing aggregation infrastructures? By comparing several network architectures in a real-world scenario, we show that fronthaul-based solutions always outperform pure backhaul, with about 40-50% of savings.
Keywords :
optical fibre subscriber loops; C-RAN; aggregation infrastructures; cloud radio access network concept; energy consumption; energy savings; fronthaul optical access architectures; macrocells; mobile backhaul architectures; network architectures; real-world scenario; Computer architecture; Energy consumption; Microprocessors; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Radio access networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964023
