6G-capable simulator for network energy saving
5G and 6G represent a new era in mobile communications, but they also come at a price: The sharp rise in data volume leads to a considerable increase in energy requirements. At the same time, the pressure to take effective countermeasures is growing in view of the ambitious CO₂ reduction targets of the Paris Climate Agreement and the European Green Deal.
We are therefore starting where particularly significant effects can be achieved: at the base station. They are responsible for more than 70 percent of the power consumption in mobile networks, whereby energy is also required when no data is being transmitted. To address this challenge, we are intensifying our research activities in network energy savings. We are investigating how base stations can be intelligently put into different wake and sleep states to minimize energy consumption based on data volume without compromising user experience Inspired by the human sleep cycle, individual hardware components are set to different sleep modes to save energy and reactivated as required by wake-up signals from active end devices. Intelligent fine-tuning and extended synchronization periods ensure that the quality of data transmission is not compromised. This not only reduces energy consumption, but also costs for network operators.
With our 6G-capable simulator for network energy saving, we can test different sleep modes and select the most promising ones. Visit our booth at NGMN 2024 and discover how mobile communications contributes to climate protection.