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- Energy Efficient TransmissionTechniques for LTEPublication . Cardoso, Filipe; Petersson, Sven; Boldi, Mauro; Mizuta, Shinji; Dietl, Guido; Torrea-Duran, Rodolfo; Desset, Claude; Leinonen, Jouko; Correia, LuísThe goal of the European ICT ProjectEARTH is to enhance energy efficiency of cur-rent LTE cellular networks by 50 percent,enabling operators to provide more extensivecoverage, namely to less densely populatedareas, while ensuring high levels of efficiency,hence, reducing the carbon footprint. In order toachieve this objective, different strategies, at dif-ferent levels, are being addressed. Energy effi-cient transmission techniques for LTE, proposedwithin the framework of EARTH, are addressedand discussed, with an emphasis on beamform-ing and MIMO. It is concluded that the strategicobjective of EARTH is achievable. CombinedMIMO mode selection, resource allocation,scheduling and precoding strategies will allow anenergy consumption reduction of more than 50percent in macro-cells. A reduction in MIMOpower consumption of 91.7 percent (factor of12) can be achieved in pico-cells
- MIMO Strategies for Energy Efficient Transmission in LTE Pico-cell EnvironmentsPublication . Cardoso, Filipe; Torrea-Duran, Rodolfo; Desset, Claude; Correia, LuísMobile data traffic is increasing at an unprecedented rate. To cope with this, operators are deploying small base station sites to cover hot spots. However, this also increases the total network energy expenditure and carbon footprint. As a consequence, improving the energy efficiency of small base stations remains a hot topic. In this paper energy efficient transmission in LTE pico-cell environments is addressed aiming at providing a basis for LTE networks optimization and carbon footprint reduction. MIMO is studied from an energy efficiency point of view rather than from an increased datarates perspective as usually found in literature. Additionally, duty-cycling in time and frequency is also considered, hence, improving the amount of power reduction that can be achieved. Globally, a factor of twelve times variation between the worst-case power consumption and the optimally selected MIMO mode is observed in pico-cells.