Potential Architecture for Future Generation "Green" Wireless Base Station

Vandana Bassoo, Kevin Tom, Ahmed K Mustafa, Pieternella Cijvat, Henrik Sjöland, Mike Faulkner

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Abstract

Current radio frequency power amplifiers (PAs) in 3G base stations have very high power consumption leading to a hefty cost and negative environmental impact. In this paper, we propose a potential architecture design for future wireless base station. Issues associated with components of the architecture are investigated. A comparison of PA with pulse width modulation drive and PA with envelope elimination and restoration (EER) drive is offered. EER-driven PA promises high efficiency over a wide dynamic range but has bandwidth expansion problems. A novel approach which reduces bandwidth expansion on the envelope by 54% is proposed. A modulator is used to convert amplitude and phase information into the edges of a pulse train. The modulator also eradicates some analog components present in traditional base station design.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication4th International Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing (ISWPC) 2009
PublisherIEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-2965-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
EventInternational Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing (ISWPC) 2009 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 2009 Feb 112009 Feb 13

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing (ISWPC) 2009
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period2009/02/112009/02/13

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Communication Systems

Free keywords

  • wireless communication
  • base station
  • power consumption
  • EER
  • power amplifier

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