Assessment of the energy efficiency enhancement of future mobile networks
conference paper
We assess the energy efficiency of mobile networks in 2020, and compare it with a 2010 baseline. A comprehensive assessment approach is taken, considering all relevant scenario aspects such as data traffic growth, hardware evolutions, mobile network deployments and operations including network sharing and the dynamic switching on/off of radio resources. In order to show the best technical capacities of mobile networks in achieving energy efficiency in 2020, while ensuring a fair comparison with the 2010 baseline scenarios, we apply a realistically appropriate approach for network dimensioning, determining suitable site densities that are in line with up- and downlink coverage and performance requirements. The results show an energy efficiency improvement factor of about 793 in 2020 over 2010.
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TNO Identifier
520160
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2014.6952714
Publisher
IEEE
Source title
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2014, 6-9 April 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
Place of publication
Piscataway, NJ
Pages
2336-2341
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