Standardization, foras, and joint industrial projects

The urgent need to reduce the energy consumption of wireless ICT networks directly impacted the work of all actors involved in this industry, and in particular the groups and foras in charge to imagine, define and standardize the evolution of telecommunication networks. The introduction of energy saving mechanisms to current solutions and the definition of new techniques are issues addressed today by several experts, working in partnerships, all over the world. Standardization groups represent in the context of energy saving techniques, as well as in other domains of telecommunication, a link between research activities, industrial product development activities, mobile network operators and regulators. The standardization focus will depend on the role of each standardization body. Such focus may be linked to performance evaluation and comparison, e.g. energy efficiency benchmarking of entire mobile networks, or development of energy efficiency metrics for e.g. individual radio base stations. The outcome of such work provides: