Energy management of telecommunication plants using Wireless Sensor Network

Author

Antonini, R. ; Fici, G. ; Gaspardone, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Res. & Trends, Telecom Italia: Strategy & Innovation, Turin, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

11-14 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In order to face electricity consumption of a big telecommunication operator, a monitoring system to keep under control power absorption is needed. In this paper is presented a whole management platform based on Wireless Sensor Network, built by Telecom Italia, specifically focusing on lessons from the field learnt in two-year trial and trying to highlight business model standing behind the scene.

Keywords

energy management systems; power consumption; power system control; power system measurement; telecommunication network management; wireless sensor networks; Telecom Italia; electricity consumption; energy management; monitoring system; power absorption ontrol; telecommunication operator; telecommunication plants; wireless sensor network; Battery charge measurement; Central office; Current measurement; Logic gates; Telecommunications; Temperature measurement; Wireless sensor networks; Wireless Sensor Network; consumptions; energy; monitoring; optimization; responsibility; saving; telecommunications; trial;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligence in Next Generation Networks (ICIN), 2010 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7443-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7444-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640911

Filename

5640911