Cooperative Base Station Switching Off in Multi-Operator Shared Heterogeneous Network

• Published in: 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Oikonomakou, Maria, Antonopoulos, Angelos, Alonso, Luis, Verikoukis, Christos
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2015
• Subjects: 5G mobile communication; Heterogeneous networks; Long Term Evolution; Mobile computing; Power demand; Quality of service; Switches

The dense deployment of high and low power nodes, i.e., eNodeBs (eNBs) and small cells (SCs), respectively, is expected to be the core element of fifth generation (5G) networks. Given the massive SC deployment, the aggregate power consumption attributed to SCs in the coverage area of a macrocell bec...