How much energy will your NGN consume? A model for energy consumption in next generation access networks: The case of Spain

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 981-1003

  Coomonte, Rafael ^a   Feijóo, Claudio ^a   Ramos, Sergio ^a   Gómez Barroso, José Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deployment; Energy consumption; Energy cost; FTTH GPON; LTE; Next generation networks

Indexed keywords

DEPLOYMENT; ENERGY COST; FTTH-GPON; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; LTE; NEXT GENERATION ACCESS NETWORKS; NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS (NGNS); TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84886721795     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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