Profitable and Energy-Efficient Resource Optimization for Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Radio Access Networks

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 7; pp. 34719 - 34737
• Main Authors: Kim, Taewoon, Chang, J. Morris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Base stations; Cloud computing; Cloud-RAN; Computer architecture; Energy efficiency; Environmental impact; heterogeneous C-RAN; Infrastructure; Operators; Optimization; Power consumption; Power demand; Profit maximization; Radio access networks; Resource allocation; resource optimization; Stations; stochastic programming; Task analysis; Uncertainty

As network operators invest more and more in infrastructure to keep up with the ever-increasing traffic demand, it has become important for them to operate networks in a profitable manner. The resulting expansion of network infrastructure also increases power consumption, which has a negative impact...