• DocumentCode
    1537789
  • Title

    Processing-to-amplifier power ratio for energy efficient communications

  • Author

    Gomez-Miguelez, Ismael ; Marojevic, Vuk ; Gelonch, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    732
  • Lastpage
    734
  • Abstract
    The energy consumption of modern communications systems is dominated by the signal processing and shaping circuitry. Assuming a rate-independent processing power consumption, the energy per bit spent for signal processing can be effectively reduced by increasing the transmission power. The optimal relation between processing and transmission power for energy efficient communications is derived. This relation is called processing-to-amplifier power ratio (PrAPR).
  • Keywords
    energy conservation; power amplifiers; radiocommunication; signal processing; circuit shaping; energy consumption; energy efficient communication; processing-to-amplifier power ratio; rate-independent processing power consumption; signal processing; transmission power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2011.3679
  • Filename
    6215330