Title :
Modelling the power consumption in femtocell networks
Author :
Deruyck, Margot ; De Vulder, Dieter ; Joseph, Wout ; Martens, Luc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ./IBBT, Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
In this paper, the energy efficiency of a femtocell base station is investigated and compared for various bit rates and for three different wireless technologies namely, mobile WiMAX, HSPA, and LTE. A power consumption model is proposed and applied in a network deployment tool to develop energy-efficient femtocell networks. Furthermore, it is investigated to what extent the introduction of sleep modes can reduce the power consumption in femtocell networks. Reductions of 24% are obtained when sleep modes are introduced into the network.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; WiMax; energy conservation; femtocellular radio; power consumption; HSPA; LTE; WiMAX; energy efficient femtocell network; femtocell base station; high speed packet access; long term evolution; power consumption model; sleep modes; worldwide interoperability for microwave access; Base stations; Bit rate; Femtocell networks; IEEE 802.16 Standards; Power demand; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0681-2
DOI :
10.1109/WCNCW.2012.6215512
