EBase: A baseband unit cluster testbed to improve energy-efficiency for cloud radio access network

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 4222-4227

  Kong, Zhen ^a   Gong, Jiayu ^a   Xu, Cheng Zhong ^a   Wang, Kun ^a   Rao, Jia ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

base station; cloud computing; energy efficiency; Radio access network; software defined radio

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CLOUD COMPUTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MIDDLEWARE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RADIO RECEIVERS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFTWARE RADIO; TESTBEDS;

BASEBAND SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84891369403     PISSN: 15503607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2013.6655226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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