TRAFFIC AWARE CELLULAR BASE STATION POWER SCHEDULING FOR GREEN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Abstract

In different components of the smart city infrastructure the communication network is one of the essential components. This component is also a grate energy consumer, and the demand of energy is also growing continuously. But when the base stations are ideal then a significant amount of energy is being waste. Therefore, in this paper a detailed study of the cellular traffic pattern of the cellular base station has been performed. Additionally, the actual energy utilization of base stations has been measured. Based on the theoretical analysis the amount of waste energy in different scenarios has been measured. The results demonstrate the 90% of energy is being wasted when the base station is working on their full capacity all time. Additionally, when the base stations are working at peak load basis then about 54% of energy is being wasted. Based on the experimental analysis, visualization, and observations some essential facts have been recovered which is needed to incorporate when we are designing an energy scheduling system for the base stations