A survey of green mobile networks: Opportunities and challenges

Mobile Networks and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-20

  Wang, Xiaofei ^a   Vasilakos, Athanasios V ^c   Chen, Min ^a,b   Liu, Yunhao ^d,e   Kwon, Ted Taekyoung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Green technique; Mobile networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SERVICE; DESIGN CHALLENGES; ENERGY COST; ENERGY CRISIS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GLOBAL WARMING PROBLEMS; GREEN TECHNIQUES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILE CELLULAR NETWORKS; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; SURVEYS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84861817602     PISSN: 1383469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11036-011-0316-4     Document Type: Review

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