Demo: A Green Small Cells Deployment in 5G - Switch ON/OFF via IoT Networks & Energy Efficient Mesh Backhauling
12 June 2017
In this paper, we address the topic of the deployment of small cells in the future radio access network 5G. We propos our new and original switch ON/OFF mechanism for small cells base stations based on Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). Our proposal aims to completely shutdown the small cells in heterogeneous networks during low traffic periods. We carry out the wake-up process using a connected IoT object based on a Long Range (LoRa) system dedicated for Internet of Things applications.
