Energy Efficient Architectures and Protocols for Beyond-4G Mobile Cellular Networks

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The increasing pent-up demand by users for new and emerging wireless services is driving the need for future generation broadband (high capacity) wireless networks, such as the Beyond-Fourth Generation (Beyond-4G) mobile cellular networks. However, the energy consumption of such broadband wireless networks is becoming a serious concern, not only because of increased operational expenditure to the network operators (due to the escalating cost of energy nowadays) but also in terms of the associated environmental impacts arising from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, as the electricity used to power the wireless network infrastructure is generated by fossil fuels. The main goal of the proposed research is to make the future generation broadband mobile cellular networks energy efficient, to be environmentally friendly, and economically sustainable.