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Classification, Recent Advances and Research Challenges in Energy Efficient Cellular Networks

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There is a growing interest in improving the energy efficiency of communication networks to reduce operational expenditures, to maintain profitability and to make cellular networks greener. The revolution of green cellular networks has received significant attention from researchers, vendors, cellular service providers and governments, all of whom play important roles in the success of green networking technology. This paper aims to present a comprehensive overview on current green techniques for wireless networks, highlighting the energy savings that can be achieved by each technique, as well as the challenges faced by these techniques. Additionally, we present a summary of the essential research projects that have recently emerged for green mobile networks and display them as open research issues, thus providing researchers interested in pursuing this vision with the latest update.

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Alsharif, M.H., Nordin, R. & Ismail, M. Classification, Recent Advances and Research Challenges in Energy Efficient Cellular Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 77, 1249–1269 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1564-3

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