scholarly journals One Step Greener: Reducing 5G and Beyond Networks’ Carbon Footprint by 2-Tiering Energy Efficiency with CO2 Offsetting

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luís Carlos Gonçalves ◽  
Pedro Sebastião ◽  
Nuno Souto ◽  
Américo Correia
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Service Usage ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

Fifth generation (5G) and Beyond-5G (B5G) will be characterized by highly dense deployments, both on network plane and user plane. Internet of Things, massive sensor deployments and base stations will drive even more energy consumption. User behavior towards mobile service usage is witnessing a paradigm shift with heavy capacity, demanding services resulting in an increase of both screen time and data transfers, which leads to additional power consumption. Mobile network operators will face additional energetic challenges, mainly related to power consumption and network sustainability, starting right in the planning phase with concepts like energy efficiency and greenness by design coming into play. The main contribution of this work is a two-tier method to address such challenges leading to positively-offset carbon dioxide emissions related to mobile networks using a novel approach. The first tier contributes to overall power reduction and optimization based on energy efficient methods applied to 5G and B5G networks. The second tier aims to offset the remaining operational power usage by completely offsetting its carbon footprint through geosequestration. This way, we show that the objective of minimizing overall networks’ carbon footprint is achievable. Conclusions are drawn and it is shown that carbon sequestration initiatives or program adherence represent a negligible cost impact on overall network cost, with the added value of greener and more environmentally friendly network operation. This can also relieve the pressure on mobile network operators in order to maximize compliance with environmentally neutral activity.

scholarly journals How Trend of Increasing Data Volume Affects the Energy Efficiency of 5G Networks

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Josip Lorincz ◽  
Zonimir Klarin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Access Network ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Network Capacity ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Density Class ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
The Impact

As the rapid growth of mobile users and Internet-of-Everything devices will continue in the upcoming decade, more and more network capacity will be needed to accommodate such a constant increase in data volumes (DVs). To satisfy such a vast DV increase, the implementation of the fifth-generation (5G) and future sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks will be based on heterogeneous networks (HetNets) composed of macro base stations (BSs) dedicated to ensuring basic signal coverage and capacity, and small BSs dedicated to satisfying capacity for increased DVs at locations of traffic hotspots. An approach that can accommodate constantly increasing DVs is based on adding additional capacity in the network through the deployment of new BSs as DV increases. Such an approach represents an implementation challenge to mobile network operators (MNOs), which is reflected in the increased power consumption of the radio access part of the mobile network and degradation of network energy efficiency (EE). In this study, the impact of the expected increase of DVs through the 2020s on the EE of the 5G radio access network (RAN) was analyzed by using standardized data and coverage EE metrics. An analysis was performed for five different macro and small 5G BS implementation and operation scenarios and for rural, urban, dense-urban and indoor-hotspot device density classes (areas). The results of analyses reveal a strong influence of increasing DV trends on standardized data and coverage EE metrics of 5G HetNets. For every device density class characterized with increased DVs, we here elaborate on the process of achieving the best and worse combination of data and coverage EE metrics for each of the analyzed 5G BSs deployment and operation approaches. This elaboration is further extended on the analyses of the impact of 5G RAN instant power consumption and 5G RAN yearly energy consumption on values of standardized EE metrics. The presented analyses can serve as a reference in the selection of the most appropriate 5G BS deployment and operation approach, which will simultaneously ensure the transfer of permanently increasing DVs in a specific device density class and the highest possible levels of data and coverage EE metrics.

Toward Mobile Web 2.0-Based Business Methods

2011 ◽  
pp. 1515-1535
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Wac ◽  
Richard Bults ◽  
Bert-Jan van Beijnum ◽  
Hong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Service Deployment ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

Mobile service providers (MoSPs) emerge, driven by the ubiquitous availability of mobile devices and wireless communication infrastructures. MoSPs’ customers satisfaction and consequently their revenues, largely depend on the quality of service (QoS) provided by wireless network providers (WNPs) available at a particular location-time to support a mobile service delivery. This chapter presents a novel method for the MoSP’s QoS-assurance business process. The method incorporates a location- and time-based QoS-predictions’ service, facilitating the WNP’s selection. The authors explore different business cases for the service deployment. Particularly, they introduce and analyze business viability of QoSIS.net, an enterprise that can provide the QoS-predictions service to MoSPs, Mobile Network Operators (as MoSPs), or directly to their customers (i.e. in B2B/B2C settings). QoSIS.net provides its service based on collaborative-sharing of QoS-information by its users. The authors argue that this service can improve the MoSP’s QoS-assurance process and consequently may increase its revenues, while creating revenues for QoSIS.net.

scholarly journals Collaborative Resource Management for Negotiable Multi-Operator Small Cell Networks

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (16) ◽  
pp. 3550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shashi Shah ◽  
Somsak Kittipiyakul ◽  
Yuto Lim ◽  
Yasuo Tan
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Small Cells ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Small Cell Networks ◽  
User Data ◽  
Mobile Network Operators ◽  
Cell Networks ◽  
Mutual Agreement

The ubiquitous coverage/connectivity requirement of wireless cellular networks has shifted mobile network operators’ (MNOs) interest toward dense deployment of small cells with coverage areas that are much smaller as compared to macrocell base stations (MBSs). Multi-operator small cells could provide virtualization of network resources (infrastructure and spectrum) and enable its efficient utilization, i.e., uninterrupted coverage and connectivity to subscribers, and an opportunity to avoid under-utilization of the network resources. However, a MNO with exclusive ownership to network resources would have little incentive to utilize its precious resources to serve users of other MNOs, since MNOs differentiate among others based on their ownership of the licensed spectrum. Thus, considering network resources scarcity and under-utilization, this paper proposes a mechanism for multi-operator small cells collaboration through negotiation that establishes a mutual agreement acceptable to all involved parties, i.e., a win–win situation for the collaborating MNOs. It enables subscribers of a MNO to utilize other MNOs’ network resources, and allows MNOs to offer small cells “as a service” to users with ubiquitous access to wireless coverage/connectivity, maximize the use of an existing network resources by serving additional users from a market share, and enhance per-user data rate. We validated and evaluated the proposed mechanism through simulations considering various performance metrics.

scholarly journals Cell Throughput based Sleep Control Scheme for Heterogeneous Cellular Networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
Prapassorn Phaiwitthayaphorn ◽  
Kazuo Mori ◽  
Hideo Kobayashi ◽  
Pisit Boonsrimuang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Cellular Networks ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Network Capacity ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Sleep Control

The mobile traffic continuously grows at a rapid rate driven by the widespread use of wireless devices. Along with that, the demands for higher data rate and better coverage lead to increase in power consumption and operating cost of network infrastructure. The concept of heterogeneous networks (HetNets) has been proposed as a promising approach to provide higher coverage and capacity for cellular networks. HetNet is an advanced network consisting of multiple kinds of base stations, i.e., macro base station (MBS), and small base station (SBS). The overlay of many SBSs into the MBS coverage can provide higher network capacity and better coverage in cellular networks. However, the dense deployment of SBSs would cause an increase in the power consumption, leading to a decrease in the energy efficiency in downlink cellular networks. Another technique to improve energy efficiency while reducing power consumption in the network is to introduce sleep control for SBSs. This paper proposes cell throughput based sleep control which the cell capacity ratio for the SBSs is employed as decision criteria to put the SBSs into a sleep state. The simulation results for downlink communications demonstrate that the proposed scheme improves the energy efficiency, compared with the conventional scheme.

scholarly journals Independence and Fairness Analysis of 5G mmWave Operators Utilizing Spectrum Sharing Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mothana L. Attiah ◽  
A. A. M. Isa ◽  
Zahriladha Zakaria ◽  
M. K. Abdulhameed ◽  
Mowafak K. Mohsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spectrum Sharing ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Spectrum Utilization ◽  
Selection Scheme ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Network Functionality ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

The spectrum sharing approach (SSA) has emerged as a cost-efficient solution for the enhancement of spectrum utilization to meet the stringent requirements of 5G systems. However, the realization of SSA in 5G mmWave cellular networks from technical and regulatory perspectives could be challenging. Therefore, in this paper, an analytical framework involving a flexible hybrid mmWave SSA is presented to assess the effectiveness of SSA and investigate its influence on network functionality in terms of independence and fairness among operators. Two mmWave frequencies (28 GHz and 73 GHz) are used with different spectrum bandwidths. Various access models have been presented for adoption by four independent mobile network operators that incorporate three types of spectrum allocation (exclusive, semipooled, and fully pooled access). Furthermore, an adaptive multi-state mmWave cell selection scheme is proposed to associate typical users with the tagged mmWave base stations that provide a great signal-to-interference plus noise ratio, thereby maintaining reliable connections and enriching user experience. Numerical results show that the proposed strategy achieves considerable improvement in terms of fairness and independence among operators, which paves the way for further research activities that would provide better insight and encourage mobile network operators to rely on SSA.

scholarly journals Base Station Energy Efficiency Improvement for Next Generation Mobile Networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weston Mwashita ◽  
Marcel Ohanga Odhiambo
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Data Traffic ◽  
Energy Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Next Generation Mobile Networks ◽  
Operational Expenditure

Abstract As more and more Base Stations (BSs) are being deployed by mobile operators to meet the ever increasing data traffic, solutions have to be found to try and reduce BS energy consumption to make the BSs more energy efficient and to reduce the mobile networks’ operational expenditure (OPEX) and carbon dioxide emissions. In this paper, a BS sleeping technology deployable in heterogeneous networks (HetNets) is proposed. The proposed scheme is validated by using extensive OMNeT++/SimuLTE simulations. From the simulations, it is shown that some lightly loaded micro BSs can be put to sleep in a HetNet when the network traffic is very low without compromising the QoS of the mobile network.

scholarly journals Estimation of Electromagnetic Compatibility Between DVB-T/DVB-T2 and 4G/5G in the 700 MHz Band for Co-Channel Case

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
G. Ancans ◽  
E. Stankevicius ◽  
V. Bobrovs ◽  
G. Ivanovs
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Electromagnetic Compatibility ◽  
Mobile Radiocommunication ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Separation Distance ◽  
Propagation Model ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
The World

AbstractThe 694–790 MHz band (700 MHz) known also as the second digital dividend was allocated to the mobile radiocommunication service on a primary basis in Region 1 and identified to International Mobile Telecommunications by the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12). The designation of mobile service in Europe and other countries of Region 1 in 700 MHz band was obtained after the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15). Administrations of Region 1 will be able to plan and use these frequencies for mobile networks, including IMT. The goal of this study is to estimate the electromagnetic compatibility of Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (DVB-T/DVB-T2) and LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology operating both in 700 MHz band. The study assumes frequency division duplex (FDD) channel arrangement of 703–733 MHz (for uplink) and of 758–788 MHz (for downlink).The model contains two parts: a DVB-T/DVB-T2 system and LTE mobile broadband network. Co-channel scenario is considered in this paper, and possible impact of DVB-T/DVB-T2 on LTE base stations (receivers) is also investigated. The Monte Carlo simulations within SEAMCAT software and the Minimum Coupling Loss (MCL) method are used for interference investigation. The coordination trigger field strength value predetermined by GE06 Agreement is also used in this study. The Monte Carlo method presents more relaxed electromagnetic compatibility scenario in comparison with the MCL method. For SEAMCAT simulations, ITU-R P.1546-5 radio propagation model is used.The obtained results present the required minimum separation distance between DVB-T/DVB-T2 and LTE networks in the 694–790 MHz in order to provide the necessary performance of LTE mobile network.

scholarly journals On Exploiting Millimeter-Wave Spectrum Trading in Countrywide Mobile Network Operators for High Spectral and Energy Efficiencies in 5G/6G Era

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 3495
Author(s):  
Rony Kumer Saha
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Spectral Efficiency ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Wave Spectrum ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Small Cells ◽  
Spectrum Trading ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

In this paper, we propose a dynamic exclusive-use spectrum access (DESA) method to improve the overall licensed millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum utilization of all mobile network operators (MNOs) in a country. By exploiting secondary spectrum trading, the proposed DESA method shares partly and exclusively the licensed mmWave spectrum of one MNO to another in a dynamic and on-demand basis for a certain agreement term. We formulate the proposed DESA method for an arbitrary number of MNOs in a country. We then present an iterative algorithm to find the optimal amount of shared spectrum for each MNO, which is updated at each agreement term. We derive average capacity, spectral efficiency, energy efficiency, and cost efficiency performance metrics for all MNOs countrywide and present extensive numerical and simulation results and analyses for an example scenario of a country with four MNOs each assigned statically with an equal amount of 28-GHz mmWave spectrum. By applying DESA, we show that MNOs with a lack of minimum licensed spectra to serve their data traffic can lease at the cost of payment of the required additional spectra from other MNOs having unused or under-utilized licensed spectra. Moreover, it is shown that the overall countrywide average capacity, spectral efficiency, energy efficiency, and cost efficiency can be improved, respectively, by 25%, 25%, 17.5%, and 20%. Furthermore, we show that, by applying DESA to all MNOs countrywide, the expected spectral efficiency and energy efficiency requirements for sixth-generation (6G) mobile systems can be achieved by reusing the same mmWave spectrum to 20% fewer buildings of small cells. Finally, using the statistics of subscribers of all MNOs, we present a case study for fifth-generation (5G) networks to demonstrate the application of the proposed DESA method to an arbitrary country of four MNOs.

scholarly journals Estimation of the carbon footprint of IoT devices based on ESP8266 microcontrollers

2021 ◽  
Vol 279 ◽  
pp. 01002
Author(s):  
Alexander Lukyanov ◽  
Danila Donskoy ◽  
Miroslav Vernezi ◽  
Dmitry Karev
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Mesh Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Communication Algorithms ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Energy Consuming ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The development of the Internet of Things contributes to improving network protocols and increasing the requirements for energy efficiency of devices. In the field of the Internet of Things and automation systems, one of the most popular microcontrollers is the ESP8266. This article discusses the leading Internet of Things connection protocols based on ESP8266, such as ESP-NOW, HTTP, and ESP-MESH. The study of the power consumption of this microcontroller in various situations and describes the optimal applications of IoT based on ESP8266. The correct choice of communication means of the ESP8266 microcontroller allows you to reduce its power consumption by more than 10% relative to energyintensive communication algorithms. Compared to the power-intensive MESH network, the reduction in power consumption when using the HTTP protocol is 3.34%, and the percentage of energy-consuming events drops by 50.85%. When using ESP-NOW, energy efficiency increases by 5.35%, and the number of energy-consuming events decreases by 83.05%. The value of the carbon footprint generated by the device during the year was, for the three communication technologies used, 2 kg 500 g, 2 kg 320 g, and 2 kg 290 g of CO2, respectively.

scholarly journals Assessment of Quality of Service of Mobile Network Operators in Akure

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Obe Olumide Olayinka ◽  
Sangodoyin Oluranti Olukemi ◽  
Otti Chukwuemeka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Test Technique ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
The One ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

This study assessed and compared the Quality of Service provided by the four major Mobile Network Operators(MNOs) in Akure, Nigeria as well as assessed their level of compliance with Nigerian Communications Commission standard. The study also examined the level of customer satisfaction on the services delivered by the MNOs. The effect of Quality of Service on the satisfaction of the customers of the MNOs was also investigated in this study.Primary data was collected in this study using both the drive test and survey questionnaire techniques. The drive test technique was used to collect data on the Quality of Service provided by the MNOs while the survey questionnaire was used to collect data on customer satisfaction from 527 respondents.Descriptive statistics was used to assess the level of Quality of Service provided and also to examine the level of customer satisfaction. The one-way ANOVA was adopted to compare the Quality of Service provided among the MNOs while Regression analysis was used to examine the effect of Quality of Service on customer satisfaction.The study revealed that the Quality of Service of the Mobile Network Operators in Akure differed significantly (P<0.05). It also revealed a moderate level of satisfaction among the customers. Though the Quality of Service provided by the Mobile Network Operators was found not to meet Nigerian Communications Commission standard for most of the key performance indicators, MTN was found to be the best. The study also revealed that the effect of Quality of Service on the satisfaction of customers is insignificant. The study recommended that the Mobile Network Operators should build more base stations as this would help reduce coverage gaps and blind spots and ultimately increase their network coverage.

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