What is the energy-saving technology of base stations?

This technical report focuses on energy-saving technology of base stations. Some energy saving technologies since 4G era will be explained in details, while artificial intelligence and big data technology will be introduced in response to the requirement of an intelligent and self-adaptive energy saving solution.

Can network energy saving technologies mitigate 5G energy consumption?

This technical report explores how network energy saving technologies that have emerged since the 4G era, such as carrier shutdown, channel shutdown, symbol shutdown etc., can be leveraged to mitigate 5G energy consumption.

Is a 5G energy saving solution enough?

It also analyses how enhanced technologies like deep sleep, symbol aggregation shutdown etc., have been developing in the 5G era. This report aims to detail these fundamentals. However, it is far away from being enough, a revolutionized energy saving solution should be taken into consideration.

What is base station energy saving?

There are mainly two method of base station energy saving, which are hardware power saving and software energy saving. It is based on lowering the basic energy consumption of the base station.

What is 5G MIMO & how does it work?

The 5G standard introduces massive MIMO technology. In low base station service load scenarios, such as idle hours at night and non-capacity cell scenarios, it can be considered to turn off the transmission power of some RF channels to achieve energy-saving effect.

Does 5G cost more energy than 4G?

A report from GSMA about 5G network cost suggests up to 140% more energy consumption than 4G . Energy saving measures in MNOs are needs rather than nice-to-have. What is more important is that sustainability has risen to the top of the agenda for many industries, including telecoms.