Environmental friendly mobile radio networks: Approaches of the European OPERA-Net 2 project

Author

Lasanen, M. ; Aubree, M. ; Cassan, C. ; Conte, A. ; David, J. ; Elayoubi, S.-E. ; Galkin, T. ; Grigore, V. ; Le Masson, S. ; Lees, J. ; Louahlia-Gualous, H. ; Marquet, D. ; Mokhti, Z. ; Nuaymi, L. ; Scheck, H.-O. ; Smalen, L.

Author_Institution

VTT Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Oulu, Finland

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Reducing the overall environmental impact of mobile radio networks is a central factor in achieving improved mobile services whilst at the same time enabling a growing telecommunications industry in emerging markets. The OPERA-Net-2 (Optimising Power Efficiency in Mobile Radio Networks 2) project concentrates on this challenge, addressing both energy and material efficiencies of 3G, 4G and heterogeneous networks, while also considering the use of renewable energy sources. This paper presents an insight into the project after its first year and discusses research trends in `green communications networks´ for the future.

Keywords

mobile radio; renewable energy sources; European OPERA-Net 2 project; environmental friendly mobile radio networks; environmental impact; green communications networks; mobile services; optimising power efficiency in mobile radio networks; renewable energy sources; telecommunications industry; Computer architecture; Cooling; Energy consumption; Heating; Telecommunication standards; Telecommunications; access networks; green standardisation; hybrid energy sites; life cycle assessment; power amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications (ICT), 2013 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Casablanca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6425-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTEL.2013.6632077

Filename

6632077