Powering mobile networks with green energy

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

154 Scopus citations

Abstract

Explosive mobile data demands are driving a significant growth in energy consumption in mobile networks, and consequently a surge of carbon footprints. Reducing carbon footprints is crucial in alleviating the direct impact of greenhouse gases on the earth environment and the climate change. With advances of green energy technologies, future mobile networks are expected to be powered by green energy to reduce their carbon footprints. This article provides an overview on the design and optimization of green energy enabled mobile networks, discusses the energy models for the analysis and optimization of the networks, and lays out basic design principles and research challenges on optimizing the green energy powered mobile networks.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6757901
Pages (from-to)90-96
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Wireless Communications
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Powering mobile networks with green energy'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this