Resilient and sustainable microgeneration power supply for 5G
To achieve higher resilience and sustainability, this chapter provides microgeneration approach to power 5G mobile network. The challenges associated with
But the analyst firm says a typical 5G base station consumes up to twice or more the power of a 4G base station; it notes that the industry consensus is that 5G will double to triple energy consumption for mobile operators, once networks scale.
Limited space and far few PV modules are required in 5G systems. Thus, RE is a desirable power supply for such communication networks. The RE sources to power individual SCBSs may face geographical issues.
Huawei data from FierceWireless suggest the typical 5G site has power needs of over 11.5kW, up nearly 70 percent from a base station deploying a mix of 2G, 3G, and 4G radios.
As a result, the operational cost of the system will rise, which is a significant concern of the mobile operators nowadays. It is expected that the 5G UDN network will increase the total network energy consumption by up to 150%–170% in 2026 ( Lorincz et al., 2019 ).
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