Title :
Planning of Cellular Networks Enhanced by Energy Harvesting
Author :
Meng Zheng ; Pawelczak, Przemyslaw ; Stanczak, Slawomir ; Haibin Yu
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Ind. Control Network & Syst., Shenyang Inst. of Autom., Shenyang, China
Abstract :
We pose a novel cellular network planning problem, considering the use of renewable energy sources and a fundamentally new concept of energy balancing, and propose a novel algorithm to solve it. In terms of the network capital and operational expenditure we conclude that savings can be made by enriching cellular infrastructure with energy harvesting sources, in comparison to traditional deployment methods.
Keywords :
cellular radio; energy harvesting; renewable energy sources; telecommunication network planning; cellular network planning; energy balancing; energy harvesting; network capital expenditure; operational expenditure; renewable energy sources; Artificial neural networks; Complexity theory; Energy harvesting; Heuristic algorithms; Optimization; Planning; Quality of service; Cellular networks; energy balancing; energy harvesting; network planning; renewable energy;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2013.043013.122667
