Energy modeling and analysis in heterogeneous cellular systems

Cellular networks;Energy efficiency;Energy savings;Heterogeneous cellular networks

Chavarria Reyes, Elias ; Akyildiz, Ian F. Electrical and Computer Engineering Ma, Xiaoli Weitnauer, Mary A. Li, Geoffrey Y. Ammar, Mostafa H. ; Akyildiz, Ian F.

University:Georgia Institute of Technology

Department:Electrical and Computer Engineering

关键词: Cellular networks;    Energy efficiency;    Energy savings;    Heterogeneous cellular networks;   

Others  :  https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/54299/1/CHAVARRIAREYES-DISSERTATION-2014.pdf

美国|英语

来源: SMARTech Repository

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this thesis is to model and analyze the energy consumption in heterogeneous cellular systems and develop techniques to minimize it. First, the energy consumption is modeled and analyzed for multi-layered heterogeneous wireless systems. This work encompasses the characterization of all the energy consumed at the base stations. Then, a novel on-off and cell-association scheme is proposed to minimize the overall network energy consumption while satisfying the spatially- and temporally-varying traffic demands. Second, we exploit the use of multi-stream carrier aggregation not only to improve the energy efficiency, but also to balance it with the conflicting objective of capacity maximization. Third, we analyze the performance of discontinuous reception methods for energy savings within the user equipments. Then, for scenarios that support carrier aggregation, we develop a cross-carrier-aware technique that further enhances such savings with minimum impact on the packet delay. Fourth, the use of small cells as an energy-saving tool and its limitations are analyzed and modeled in OPNET, a high-fidelity simulation and development platform. To bypass such limitations, a novel small cell solution is proposed, modeled, and analyzed in OPNET and then compared against its existing alternative.