Planning of Cellular Networks Enhanced by Energy Harvesting

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new cellular network planning approach that incorporates renewable energy sources and energy balancing, demonstrating potential cost savings over traditional methods.

Contribution

It proposes a novel planning problem formulation and an algorithm that leverages energy harvesting, offering a new perspective on sustainable cellular network deployment.

Findings

Cost savings in capital and operational expenses

Effective energy balancing improves network sustainability

Renewable energy integration enhances infrastructure efficiency

Abstract

We pose a novel cellular network planning problem, considering the use of renewable energy sources and a fundamentally new concept of energy balancing, and propose a novel algorithm to solve it. In terms of the network capital and operational expenditure, we conclude that savings can be made by enriching cellular infrastructure with energy harvesting sources, in comparison to traditional deployment methods.