Relay Type 1a in LTE-Advanced: Can it increase energy efficiency?

• Published in: 2014 XXXIth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS) pp. 1 - 4
• Main Authors: Dimic, Goran, Bajic, Dragana, Beko, Marko
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.08.2014
• Subjects: Antennas; Downlink; Energy consumption; Power demand; Propagation losses; Relays; Transceivers

A comparison of energy efficiency of two-hop transmission via Type 1a relay node (RN) and the direct link in LTE-Advanced, between the same base station (BS) and user terminal (UE), is presented. We build upon an existing energy consumption model, which links the total transceiver power consumption...