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How do base stations affect mobile cellular network power consumption?

Base stations represent the main contributor to the energy consumption of a mobile cellular network. Since traffic load in mobile networks significantly varies during a working or weekend day, it is important to quantify the influence of these variations on the base station power consumption.

How much power does a cellular base station use?

A cellular base station can use anywhere from 1 to 5 kW power per hour depending upon the number of transceivers attached to the base station, the age of cell towers, and energy needed for air conditioning. Cellular base stations use power without any interruption and also needs maintenance.

How much power does a base station have?

Maximum base station power is limited to 38 dBm output power for Medium-Range base stations, 24 dBm output power for Local Area base stations, and to 20 dBm for Home base stations. This power is defined per antenna and carrier, except for home base stations, where the power over all antennas (up to four) is counted.

How much energy does a 3G base station use?

It also depends on the number of calls at that time which is lower during the night time than at daytime. For instance, a typical 3G base station consumes about 500 W of input power to produce about 40 W of RF power making it the average annual energy consumption of 3G base station around 4.5 MWh.

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