REDUCING THE POWER CONSUMPTION IN WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS: OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Power consumption in wireless access networks

The power consumption of wireless access networks will become an important issue in the coming years. In this paper the power consumption of base stations for mobile WiMAX, fixed WiMAX and UMTS is modelled. This power consumption is evaluated in relation to the coverage. For a physical bit rate of 2 Mbps, a power consumption of approximately 5600 W and a range of 1 km is obtained with UMTS. Fix...

Reducing the Power Consumption in Wire- Less Access Networks: Overview and Recom- Mendations

Due to growing importance of wireless access and the steeply growing data volumes being transported, the power consumption of wireless access networks will become an important issue in the coming years. This paper presents a model for this power consumption and investigates three base station types: macrocell, microcell, and femtocell base stations. Based on these models, the coverage effective...

Reducing the Power Consumption in 1 LTE - Advanced Wireless Access Networks by a 2 Capacity Based Deployment Tool

The Role of Regulatory in Price Control and Spectrum Allocation to Competing Wireless Access Networks

With the rapid growth of wireless access networks, various providers offer their services using different technologies such as Wi-Fi, Wimax, 3G, 4G and so on. These networks compete for the scarce wireless spectrum. The spectrum is considered to be a scarce resource moderated by the spectrum allocation regulatory (“regulatory” for short) which is the governance body aiming to maximize the socia...

Minimizing Power Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks

Power consumption among sensors has always and will continue to be an issue among developers and deployers of such devices. Wireless sensor networks are even more power draining because they utilize a wireless radio communications device which requires more power than any other items on the sensor. This paper discusses some of the previous schemes to reduce power consumption through planning or...