In this paper, we study the problem of minimizing the energy cost incurred by a Cellular
Network Operator (CNO) in a Smart Grid (SG) environment. We consider a CNO that deploys …

The deployment of dense networks of small base stations represents one of the most
promising solutions for future mobile networks to meet the foreseen increasing traffic …

Three factors make power supply one of the most urgent and challenging issues for the
future of mobile networks. First, the expected fast growth of mobile traffic raises doubts about …

Energy-efficient base station (BS) operation is a key design goal in green cellular networks.
An effective way for energy conservation of BSs is to switch BSs on/off according to the traffic …

Over the last decade, mobile communications have been witnessing a noteworthy increase
of data traffic demand that is causing an enormous energy consumption in cellular networks …

Energy-efficiency, one of the major design goals in wireless cellular networks, has received
much attention lately, due to increased awareness of environmental and economic issues …

Last few years have witnessed an exponential upsurge in data intensive applications over
the communication networks. Energy saving is one of the major aspects in such networks …

This paper presents a distributed energy-saving management strategy for green cellular
networks. During off-peak periods, an energy-saving operation is activated. A subset of base …

The energy cost of cellular networks is ever increasing to match the surge of wireless data
traffic, and savings in this cost is important to reduce the operational expenditure of wireless …

The growing concerns of a global environmental change leads to a revolution in the way
energy is utilized. In the wireless industry, green wireless communications has recently …