What is 5G Energy Consumption?
With 5G projected to increase capacity up to approximately 1000-fold and high frequency millimeter wave (mmWave) transmission driving exponentially higher cell density, this percentage could
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That's almost a threefold increase compared to 4G (5). One 5G base station is estimated to consume about as much power as 73 households (6), and 3x as much as the previous generation of base stations (5), (7).
It is worth making a distinction between efforts to reduce the energy demands of mobile networks and increase the use of renewable energy within mobile networks on the one hand, and the role 5G could play in saving energy across various 'vertical industries' such as smart grids and autonomous automotive systems on the other.
Simulation results reveal that more than 50% of the energy is consumed by the computation power at 5G small cell BS's. Moreover, the computation power of 5G small cell BS can approach 800 watt when the massive MIMO (e.g., 128 antennas) is deployed to transmit high volume traffic.
The researchers did a literature review to examine whole network level assessments of the operational energy use implications of 5G, the embodied energy use associated with 5G, and indirect energy use effects associated with 5G-driven changes in user behaviour and patterns of consumption and production in other sectors of the economy.
With 5G projected to increase capacity up to approximately 1000-fold and high frequency millimeter wave (mmWave) transmission driving exponentially higher cell density, this percentage could
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“Despite 5G consuming less power than 4G per unit of traffic, the overall energy consumption is still much higher, driven by more power-thirsty radios and network densification.
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