What is 5G Energy Consumption?
With 5G projected to increase capacity up to approximately 1000-fold and high frequency millimeter wave (mmWave) transmission driving exponentially higher cell density, this
Setting up a 5G base station is expensive, with costs ranging from $100,000 to $200,000 per site. This price includes hardware, installation, site rental, and maintenance. Urban areas often have higher costs due to land prices and infrastructure challenges.
The base station's average energy consumption during a certain time period has been estimated. A range of optimization approaches, namely PSO, ABC, and GA, have been employed to obtain the best possible (optimal) cost for the system.
A substantial quantity of power is used by 5G BS. Radio transmitters and processors are a couple of base station components whose power consumption can be optimized with the use of PSO. PSO can assist in lowering the consumption of energy while preserving network performance by modifying parameters like transmission power and duty cycles.
Estimates suggest that operating expenses (Opex) for 5G will be 30-50% higher than for 4G. This increase is due to higher energy consumption, increased site maintenance, and the complexity of managing a dense network of small cells and new frequency bands.
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