Power Versus Bandwidth-Efficiency in Wireless Communications: The Economic Perspective

Author

Akhtman, Jos ; Hanzo, Lajos

Author_Institution

Sch. of ECS, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

We carry out a comprehensive analysis of a range of wireless network efficiency considerations. Firstly, we explore the properties and the implications of the power-versus bandwidth-efficiency criteria. Secondly, we perform a detailed top-down analysis of a typical commercial wireless network, which emphasizes the inherent differences between the aforementioned two efficiency metrics, while demonstrating that the appropriate choice of the network optimization criterion can have a profound effect on the overall network performance. Finally, we address the issue of resource management and its impact on the definition of the overall system efficiency.

Keywords

mobile radio; telecommunication network management; bandwidth-efficiency; mobile radio; network optimization criterion; resource management; wireless communications; wireless network efficiency; Bandwidth; Communication industry; Context; Costs; Energy consumption; Power generation economics; Throughput; Wireless communication; Wireless networks; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC 2009-Fall), 2009 IEEE 70th

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2514-3

Electronic_ISBN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2009.5379027

Filename

5379027