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Survey and applications of standardized energy metrics to mobile networks

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The energy consumption and the energy efficiency have become very important issue in optimizing the current as well as in designing the future telecommunications networks. The energy and power metrics are being introduced in order to enable assessment and comparison of the energy consumption and power efficiency of the telecommunications networks and other transmission equipment. The standardization of the energy and power metrics is a significant ongoing activity aiming to define the baseline energy and power metrics for the telecommunications systems. This article provides an up-to-date overview of the energy and power metrics being proposed by the various standardization bodies and subsequently adopted worldwide by the equipment manufacturers and the network operators.

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Notes

  1. Current members are IXIA Corporation and Juniper Networks.

  2. Note that, here, the ECR is referred to as the energy consumption rate rather than the energy consumption rating discussed previously.

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The work reported in this survey has formed part of the Green Radio Core 5 Research Programme of the Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile & Personal Communications (MVCE); http://www.mobilevce.com. Fully detailed technical reports on this research are available to the Industrial Members of the MVCE.

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Hamdoun, H., Loskot, P., O’Farrell, T. et al. Survey and applications of standardized energy metrics to mobile networks. Ann. Telecommun. 67, 113–123 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-012-0285-z

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