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How much power does a cellular BS consume?

As the power breakdown is not available from on-site measurements, we use an existing power model of cellular BSs to estimate that the analog and digital components are respectively responsible for 14% and 22% of power consumption at no-traffic load, and of 10% and 18% at high-traffic load.

How does mobile data traffic affect the energy consumption of 5G base stations?

The explosive growth of mobile data traffic has resulted in a significant increase in the energy consumption of 5G base stations (BSs).

What are the model parameters of 5G BS?

Prospective model parameters of 5G BSs are given in Table 4. Among numerous existing energy saving techniques for 5G BSs , the sleep mode (SM) is a feature that reduces the idle-state power consumption [17, 23]. When there is no traffic, this feature sequentially disables BS components over time, leading to sleep powers of different depths.

What is 5G BS power consumption?

The 5G BS power consumption mainly comes from the active antenna unit (AAU) and the base band unit (BBU), which respectively constitute BS dynamic and static power consumption. The AAU power consumption changes positively with the fluctuation of communication traffic, while the BBU power consumption remains basically unchanged , , .

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