Survey and applications of standardized energy metrics to mobile networks

• Published in: Annales des télécommunications Vol. 67; no. 3-4; pp. 113 - 123
• Main Authors: Hamdoun, Hassan, Loskot, Pavel, O’Farrell, Timothy, He, Jianhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Springer-Verlag 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Circuits; Communications Engineering; Computer Communication Networks; Engineering; Information and Communication; Information Systems and Communication Service; Networks; R & D/Technology Policy; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Wireless access networks; Energy and power efficiency; Energy and power metrics
• ISSN: 0003-4347; 1958-9395
• DOI: 10.1007/s12243-012-0285-z

The energy consumption and the energy efficiency have become very important issue in optimizing the current as well as in designing the future telecommunications networks. The energy and power metrics are being introduced in order to enable assessment and comparison of the energy consumption and power efficiency of the telecommunications networks and other transmission equipment. The standardization of the energy and power metrics is a significant ongoing activity aiming to define the baseline energy and power metrics for the telecommunications systems. This article provides an up-to-date overview of the energy and power metrics being proposed by the various standardization bodies and subsequently adopted worldwide by the equipment manufacturers and the network operators.