Renewable energy powered sustainable 5G network infrastructure: Opportunities, challenges and perspectives

A Israr, Q Yang, W Li, AY Zomaya - Journal of Network and Computer …, 2021 - Elsevier
A massive increase in the amount of data traffic over mobile wireless communication has
been observed in recent years, while further rapid growth is expected in the years ahead …

A novel energy model for renewable energy-enabled cellular networks providing ancillary services to the smart grid

HAH Hassan, D Renga, M Meo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we consider cellular networks powered by the smart grid (SG) and by local
renewable energy (RE) sources. While this configuration promises energy savings, usage of …

Renewable energy assisted traffic aware cellular base station energy cooperation

F Ahmed, M Naeem, W Ejaz, M Iqbal, A Anpalagan… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
With global concern for climate change, and for cutting down the energy cost, especially in
off grid areas, use of renewable energy has been gaining widespread attention in many …

Dimensioning renewable energy systems to power mobile networks

D Renga, M Meo - IEEE Transactions on Green …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To face the huge increase in the mobile traffic demand, denser cellular access networks are
extensively deployed by mobile operators, entailing high cost for energy supply. Hence …

Energy efficiency maximization for hybrid-powered 5G networks with energy cooperation

Y Cao, Y Zhong, X Peng, S Pan - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The extensive deployment of 5G cellular networks causes increased energy consumption
and interference in systems, and to address this problem, this paper investigates the …

Cost saving and ancillary service provisioning in green mobile networks

M Ali, M Meo, D Renga - The Internet of Things for Smart Urban …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are facing huge operational costs, due to the
staggering increase of mobile traffic and to substantial bandwidth reliability requirements …

From self-sustainable green mobile networks to enhanced interaction with the smart grid

D Renga, M Meo - 2018 30th International Teletraffic Congress …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the staggering increase of mobile traffic, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are
facing considerable operational cost due to power supply. Renewable Energy (RE) sources …

Radio resource allocation in 5G cellular networks powered by the smart grid and renewable energies

A El Amine - 2019 - theses.fr
The heated 5G network deployment race had begun between competitors to outperform one
another and be the most innovative followed by a rapid progress towards standardization …

Energy Pool Management Mechanisms

R Kaur, S Kumar, K Vijayakumar - Optimal Planning and Operation of …, 2023 - Springer
In this chapter, mechanism for energy pool management is discussed. In the following
sections of the chapter, the benefits and challenges of distributed energy resources (DER) …

On the use of small solar panels and small batteries to reduce the RAN carbon footprint

APC da Silva, D Renga, M Meo… - 2020 Mediterranean …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The limited power requirements of new generations of base stations make the use of
renewable energy sources, solar in particular, extremely attractive for mobile network …