doi: 10.7763/IJFCC.2015.V4.378
An Energy Efficiency Assessment for Indoor Small Cells Using Copper-Based 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
Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) are beingadopted as the main alternative for reducing the energyconsumption in wireless network. This adoption forces thebackhaul architectures expansion, and consequently it increasesthe overall network energy consumption. In the last years,copper technology has been disregarded to backhaul indoorsmall cells. However, lately the copper-based technology turnedout as an effective option due to the femtocell technology basedon wireless over cable (FemtoWoC). In this paper , it wasassessed two backhaul architectures , using copper in the lastmile, to connect FemtoWoC in the network. It was alsoevaluated the energy-effiency achieved compared to the resultsin scenarios using conventional femtocells.
Keywords
- Energy efficiency
- mobile backhaul
- smallcells
How to Cite
Albert Richard Moraes Lopes, Fabrício S. Farias, and João Crisóstomo Weyl Albuquerque Costa, "An Energy Efficiency Assessment for Indoor Small Cells Using Copper-Based Backhaul," International Journal of Future Computer and Communication, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 170-174, 2015. https://doi.org/ 10.7763/IJFCC.2015.V4.378
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