Energy efficiency in the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) for 5G mobile networks: Opportunities and challenges

Isiaka Ajewale Alimi; Abdelgader M. Abdalla; Akeem Olapade Mufutau; Fernando Pereira Guiomar; Ifiok Otung; Jonathan Rodriguez; Paulo Pereira Monteiro; Antonio Luís Teixeira

doi:10.1002/9781119491590.ch11

Energy efficiency in the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) for 5G mobile networks: Opportunities and challenges

Isiaka Ajewale Alimi^*, Abdelgader M. Abdalla, Akeem Olapade Mufutau, Fernando Pereira Guiomar, Ifiok Otung, Jonathan Rodriguez, Paulo Pereira Monteiro, Antonio Luís Teixeira

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This chapter explains the major reasons for considering the increase in the radio access network (RAN) energy consumption. In the cloud-RAN, various functions that are presently executed in the base station are shifted to a remote data center where they are implemented via software. The chapter presents a comprehensive discussion on energy efficiency (EE) metric measurement. It considers the green design for energy crunch prevention in the fifth generation (5G) networks. The chapter comprehensively discusses schemes, such as hardware solutions, resource allocation, network planning and deployment, and energy harvesting and transfer, that can be employed to improve the EE of the 5G and beyond-5G networks. It also discusses fiber based energy efficient networks. The chapter analyzes system and power consumption models in which remote unit-based power consumption, centralized unit based power consumption, fronthaul power consumption, and massive MIMO energy efficiency are considered. It also presents obtained simulation results and comprehensive discussions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks
Editors	Abdelgader M. Abdalla, Jonathan Rodriguez, Issa Elfergani, Antonio Teixeira
Publisher	Wiley
Pages	225-248
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1119491590
ISBN (Print)	978-1119491583
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119491590.ch11
Publication status	Published - 2 Aug 2019

Keywords

5G network
Energy efficiency metric measurement
Energy harvesting
Fiber based energy efficient networks
Hardware solutions
Network planning
Power consumption models
Radio access network

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Alimi, I. A., Abdalla, A. M., Mufutau, A. O., Guiomar, F. P., Otung, I., Rodriguez, J., Monteiro, P. P., & Teixeira, A. L. (2019). Energy efficiency in the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) for 5G mobile networks: Opportunities and challenges. In A. M. Abdalla, J. Rodriguez, I. Elfergani, & A. Teixeira (Eds.), Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks (pp. 225-248). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119491590.ch11

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Energy efficiency in the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) for 5G mobile networks: Opportunities and challenges. / Alimi, Isiaka Ajewale; Abdalla, Abdelgader M.; Mufutau, Akeem Olapade et al.
Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks. ed. / Abdelgader M. Abdalla; Jonathan Rodriguez; Issa Elfergani; Antonio Teixeira. Wiley, 2019. p. 225-248.

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Energy efficiency in the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) for 5G mobile networks: Opportunities and challenges

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