HetNets Powered by Renewable Energy Sources: Sustainable Next-Generation Cellular Networks

Author

Piro, Giuseppe ; Miozzo, Marco ; Forte, G. ; Baldo, Nicola ; Grieco, Luigi Alfredo ; Boggia, Gennaro ; Dini, Paolo

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2013

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

39

Abstract

Renewable energy could be the key for sustainable next-generation cellular networks. The authors´ approach would let mobile operators feed base stations in a heterogeneous network using renewable energy sources. The authors compare their method to a classical grid-powered solution. They evaluate costs and CO₂ emissions savings for different scenarios to demonstrate that properly powering a heterogeneous network with renewable energy can be a sustainable and economically convenient solution.

Keywords

air pollution control; cellular radio; mobile radio; next generation networks; renewable energy sources; CO₂; HetNets; base stations; classical grid-powered solution; economical convenient solution; heterogeneous network; mobile operators; renewable energy source; sustainable next-generation cellular network; Base stations; Internet; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Next generation networking; Power demand; Renewable energy resources; CAPEX; HetNets; LTE; LTE-A; OPEX; energy efficiency; renewable energy; small cells; sustainability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIC.2012.124

Filename

6353404