Flexible Power Modeling of LTE Base Stations

Desset, C. et al. (2012) Flexible Power Modeling of LTE Base Stations. In: 2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Paris, France, 01-04 Apr 2012, pp. 2858-2862. ISBN 9781467304375 (doi: 10.1109/WCNC.2012.6214289)

Abstract

With the explosion of wireless communications in number of users and data rates, the reduction of network power consumption becomes more and more critical. This is especially true for base stations which represent a dominant share of the total power in cellular networks. In order to study power reduction techniques, a convenient power model is required, providing estimates of the power consumption in different scenarios. This paper proposes such a model, accurate but simple to use. It evaluates the base station power consumption for different types of cells supporting the 3GPP LTE standard. It is flexible enough to enable comparisons between state-of-the-art and advanced configurations, and an easy adaptation to various scenarios. The model is based on a combination of base station components and sub-components as well as power scaling rules as functions of the main system parameters.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Additional Information: The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement n 247733 project EARTH.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Imran, Professor Muhammad
• Authors: Desset, C., Debaillie, B., Giannini, V., Fehske, A., Auer, G., Holtkamp, H., Wajda, W., Sabella, D., Richter, F., Gonzalez, M.J., Klessig, H., Gódor, I., Olsson, M., Imran, M.A., Ambrosy, A., and Blume, O.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
• ISSN: 1558-2612
• ISBN: 9781467304375
• Published Online: 11 June 2012
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2012 IEEE
• First Published: First published in 2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC): 2858-2862
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy