EPSRC/VCE Strategic Partnership: Green Radio

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Other)
Not Energy Related
Energy Efficiency(Industry)

Basic and strategic applied research

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)

Dr J Thompson
Sch of Engineering and Electronics
University of Edinburgh

Standard

EPSRC

01 February 2009

31 July 2012

42 months

£338,759

Info. & commun. Technol.

Scotland

Energy: ICT

Dr J Thompson, Sch of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh

Dr PJ Chung, Sch of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh
Dr H Haas, Sch of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh
Professor S McLaughlin, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University

Project Contact, Mobile VCE (Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile & Personal Communications Limited)

Linked to grants EP/G064105/1, EP/G06041X/1, EP/G062420/1

There is a need on environmental grounds to reduce the energy requirements of radio access networks. From an operator perspective, reduced energy consumption translates directly to the bottom line - lower Operating Expenditure (OPEX). These are the key drivers of the Green Radio programme. Both wide area public networks (traditionally "cellular") and local area private networks (traditionally "wireless LAN") will be considered, recognizing that the structure of a Green Radio Network may differ from today's radio networks. Thus in essence, the specific objective of the Green Radio programme is to investigate and create innovative methods for the reduction of the total power needed to operate a radio access network and to identify appropriate radio architectures which enable such power reduction

23/12/08