Energy-efficient wireless systems for communications networks |
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| Mentor: | Francisco Javier Simó Reigadas |
| Email: | javier.simo@urjc.es |
| Phone: | (+34) 914887221 |
| University: | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos |
| Partner Host Institution: | N.A |
| Keywords: | wireless networks, energy-efficient communications, digital divide, 5G |
Energy-efficient wireless systems for communications networks
New generation mobile networks (5G and its alternatives) are expected to become a game changer that will certainly modify the way people participate in society and benefitiate from all sorts of public and private services. However, it also implies an important increase in the density of wireless communications systems. As side effects, the energy consumption and the electromagnetic contamination are going to be dramatically increased. This drives to different situations in urban and rural areas. Both would benefitiate from a significant reduction in the power consumption of wireless systems, and urban areas would also obtain important benefits from a significant reduction in radio emisions. The proposed research aims at proposing a new system architecture for wireless systems in which hardware is powered and activated upon demand depending on the service level, bandwidth and other requirements that must be satisfied. The research is based on successful results of previous theoretical & experimental research and specifically aims at proposing energy-efficient systems that reduce both CAPEX and OPEX in 5G rural deployments, which eventually would permit telecommunications operators to serve smaller and more remote towns and villages, as well as deploying 5G infrastructure without compromising regulated carbon emissions.
| Departament: | Theory on Signal and Communication and Telematic Systems and Computing |
| Research Group: | Information and Communications Technologies for Human Development (ICT4HD) |
| More Information: | http://www.ehas.org/que-hacemos/investigacion-y-desarrollo/ https://gestion2.urjc.es/pdi/ver/javier.simo |
| Relevants projects on the area: | TUCAN3G: Wireless Technologies for Underdeveloped non-urban areas based on Cellular 3G femto/relAys deploymeNts. European Commission, FP7. 2013-2016. |
| Relevants publications on the area: | 1.- Ignacio Foche-Perez , Javier Simo-Reigadas , Ignacio Prieto-Egido , Eduardo Morgado and Andres Martinez-Fernandez, "A dual IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.15-4 network architecture for energy-efficient communications with low-demanding applications", Elsevier Ad-Hoc Networks. 2.- Andres Martinez-Fernandez, Josep Vidal, Javier Simo-Reigadas, Ignacio Prieto-Egido, Adrian Agustin, Juan Paco, Alvaro Rendon, The TUCAN3G project: wireless technologies for isolated rural communities in developing countries based on 3G small cell deployments, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol 54, N. 7, pp 36-43, Jul 2016. |
