doi: 10.7763/IJFCC.2015.V4.375
Evaluation of the Energy Impact on Indoor Small Cells and Backhaul
Albert Richard Moraes Lopes
1
,
Fabrício S. Farias
2,3
,
João Crisóstomo Weyl Albuquerque Costa
4
- 1 Laboratory of Applied Electromagnetics, Federal University of Pará, Brazil
- 2 Laboratory of Applied Electromagnetics, Federal University of Pará
- 3 UFPA Campus Cametá, Brazil
- 4 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Federal University of Pará, Brazil
Abstract
The use of heterogeneous networks, based on the macro and small cells composition, significantly reduces the power consumption in wireless networks. On the other hand, the implementation of the backhaul infrastructure responsible for ensuring communication and traffic support generated by the small cells causes a reverse regarding to the electric energy consumption. Thus, this study presents a model of predicting traffic for the next 15 years, from 2015 to 2030, aiming to define the energy impacts of using small cells for indoor coverage. Furthermore, this study shows the discretized impact of each backhaul structure component in the growth of electric energy consumption.
Keywords
- Backhaul
- energy efficiency
- small cells
- traffic model
How to Cite
Albert Richard Moraes Lopes, Fabrício S. Farias, and João Crisóstomo Weyl Albuquerque Costa, "Evaluation of the Energy Impact on Indoor Small Cells and Backhaul," International Journal of Future Computer and Communication, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 152-159, 2015. https://doi.org/ 10.7763/IJFCC.2015.V4.375
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Copyright © 2015 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).