DocumentCode
2211992
Title
“WindFi” - A renewable powered base station for rural broadband
Author
McGuire, C. ; Brew, M.R. ; Darbari, F. ; Weiss, Steven ; Stewart, R.W.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
fYear
2012
fDate
11-13 April 2012
Firstpage
265
Lastpage
268
Abstract
The HopScotch rural wireless broadband access test bed uses a network of low power base stations, powered by renewable energy sources to provide a low-cost rural broadband solution. In this paper we discuss the low power design aspects of the HopScotch base station and the impact on the required generation potential of renewable sources, battery bank sizing and the use of tracking PV arrays.
Keywords
broadband networks; photovoltaic power systems; radio access networks; telecommunication power supplies; wireless LAN; HopScotch rural wireless broadband access test bed; PV array tracking; WindFi; battery bank sizing; low-cost rural broadband solution; low-power design aspects; renewable energy sources; renewable-powered base station; rural broadband; Base stations; Batteries; Broadband communication; Communities; Power systems; Telecommunications; Wind turbines;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP), 2012 19th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Vienna
ISSN
2157-8672
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-2191-5
Type
conf
Filename
6208124
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