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Mobile Networks and Applications
Published in: Mobile Networks and Applications 1/2012

01-02-2012

A Survey of Green Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges

Authors: Xiaofei Wang, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Min Chen, Yunhao Liu, Ted Taekyoung Kwon

Published in: Mobile Networks and Applications | Issue 1/2012

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Abstract

The explosive development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has significantly enlarged both the energy demands and the CO 2 emissions, and consequently contributes to make the energy crisis and global warming problems worse. However, as the main force of the ICT field, the mobile networks, are currently focusing on the capacity, variety and stability of the communication services, without paying too much severe concerns on the energy efficiency. The escalating energy costs and environmental concerns have already created an urgent need for more energy-efficient “green” wireless communications. In this paper, we survey and discuss various remarkable techniques toward green mobile networks to date, mainly targeting mobile cellular networks. We also summarize the current research projects related to green mobile networks, along with the taxonomy of energy-efficiency metrics. We finally discuss and elaborate future research opportunities and design challenges for green mobile networks.
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Footnotes
1
For simplicity, we will use “mobile networks” for the cellular networks throughout this paper
 
2
More specific surveys on the latter two can be found in [16] and [17] respectively.
 
3
Although data centers in backhaul are used not only by mobile hosts but also by wired hosts, we still carry out discussions in this paper, as mobile devices and networks are becoming more important.
 
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Metadata
Title
A Survey of Green Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges
Authors
Xiaofei Wang
Athanasios V. Vasilakos
Min Chen
Yunhao Liu
Ted Taekyoung Kwon
Publication date
01-02-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Mobile Networks and Applications / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1383-469X
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8153
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-011-0316-4

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