With the explosion of wireless communications in number of users and data rates, the
reduction of network power consumption becomes more and more critical. This is especially …

Power models are needed to assess the power consumption of cellular base stations (BSs)
on an abstract level. Currently available models are either too simplified to cover necessary …

In order to quantify the energy savings in wireless networks, the power consumption of the
entire system needs to be captured and an appropriate energy efficiency evaluation …

The power efficiency of cellular base stations is a crucial element to maintain sustainability
of future mobile networks. To investigate future network concepts, a good power model is …

With the ever increasing usage of wireless devices, the power consumption and energy
efficiency of cellular networks have become important performance indicators. In recent …

We analyze the power-saving operation in Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Long-Term Evolution Advanced (LTE Advanced) wireless networks. Typically, it is an …

Due to growing importance of wireless access and the steeply growing data volumes being
transported, the power consumption of wireless access networks will become an important …

In wireless communications micro cells are potentially more energy efficient than
conventional macro cells due to the high path loss exponent. Also, heterogeneous …

Base stations represent the main contributor to the energy consumption of a mobile cellular
network. Since traffic load in mobile networks significantly varies during a working or …

In order to quantify the energy efficiency of a wireless network, the power consumption of the
entire system needs to be captured. In this article, the necessary extensions with respect to …