How much power does a cellular base station use?

This problem exists particularly among the mobile telephony towers in rural areas, that lack quality grid power supply. A cellular base station can use anywhere from 1 to 5 kW power per hour depending upon the number of transceivers attached to the base station, the age of cell towers, and energy needed for air conditioning.

What is the impact of base stations?

The impact of the Base Stations comes from the combination of the power consumption of the equipment itself (up to 1500 Watts for a nowadays macro base station) multiplied by the number of deployed sites in a commercial network (e.g. more than 12000 in UK for a single operator).

How will cellular base stations affect global power consumption?

A recent study showed that global power consumption for cellular base stations will decline due to more efficient equipment and networks by nearly 3% annually while the cost of electricity powering these base stations will rise by 9% annually.

How can the electronic industry reduce power requirements for base stations?

As a result, the electronic industry is exploring new methods to reduce the power requirements for the electronic equipment used in the base stations. The first approach is to make the base stations more tolerant to heat which will then require less power for air conditioning.

What is the maximum output power requirement for BS?

There is no general maximum output power requirement for BSs. As mentioned in the discussion of BS classes in the preceding section, there is, however, a maximum output power limit of 38 dBm for medium range BSs, 24 dBm for local area BSs, and of 20 dBm for home BSs.

Why do Indian telecommunications companies use diesel power base stations?

The increase in demand of power base stations from Indian telecommunication industry is a big challenge, especially in rural India. The majority of these base stations in India use diesel as they are either far from the grid or electricity from the grid is not reliable.