Do small cell base stations consume more power?

Base line small cell base station In cellular networks, to meet the increasing demand of high-data-rate for wireless applications, small cell BSs provide a promising and feasible approach but that consumes more power. The base line of small cell BSs is shown in Fig. 1.

What is a small cell BS?

Base Stations (BSs) sleeping strategy is an efficient way to obtain the energy efficiency of cellular networks. To meet the increasing demand of high-data-rate for wireless applications, small cell BSs provide a promising and feasible approach but that consumes more power. Hence, energy efficiency in small cell BSs is a major issue to be concerned.

Can small cell BSS reduce power consumption?

In , Yang et al. proposed light sleep and deep sleep for cellular BSs according to the URs available in the BSs coverage area. But introducing sleeping strategies in small cell as well as 5G small cell BSs are not enough to minimize more power consumption and maximize more power saving i.e., higher energy efficiency.

How to optimize the deployment of small cell BSS in small cell network?

To optimize the deployment of small cell BSs in the small cell network, Venkateswararao and Swain proposed an efficient cell modeling (ECM) algorithm for small cell formation and binary particle swarm optimization-based small cell deployment (BPSD).

How does a small cell BS consume power?

As per the proposed model, if there is at least one UR waiting in the queue the small cell BS turns in to active state and starts its service. Power consumed during the active state is termed as \ (E_ {AC}\). During the active state small cell BS consumes 100 % power.

Does Sleeping Strategy with N-limited scheme reduce power usage in small cell BSS?

It is also observed that sleeping strategy with N -limited scheme in small cell BSs has a lower predicted power usage than the model without N -limited scheme but delay can be more.