Grid energy consumption of mixed-traffic cellular networks with renewable energy sources

The usage of renewable energy has emerged as a promising solution for reducing the grid energy consumption of cellular networks. In this paper, we study the trade-off of users' satisfaction and grid energy consumption considering different types of traffic. Users' satisfaction of each type...

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Published in2016 IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications (OnlineGreenComm) pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Al Haj Hassan, Hussein, Deep Singh, Kamal, Nuaymi, Loutfi
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2016
Subjects
Base stations
Cellular networks
Energy consumption
Linear programming
Power demand
Renewable energy
Renewable energy sources
User satisfaction
Utility function
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Summary:The usage of renewable energy has emerged as a promising solution for reducing the grid energy consumption of cellular networks. In this paper, we study the trade-off of users' satisfaction and grid energy consumption considering different types of traffic. Users' satisfaction of each type of traffic is represented by a utility function, as this allows for a better trade-off between energy consumption and users' satisfaction. The problem is formulated as a weighted sum of two objectives, power demand and average users utility. Then, we study the users' satisfaction and power demand considering two types of schedulers. Finally, we study the trade-off between grid energy consumption and users' satisfaction for different weightage of each of the two objectives. Results show that grid energy consumption can be reduced of up to 40% with only 6% degradation in terms of users' satisfaction.
DOI:10.1109/OnlineGreenCom.2016.7805398