SLEEP mode techniques for small cell deployments

By Imran Ashraf, Federico Boccardi, Lester T. W. Ho. IEEE Communications Magazine, 2011

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Ultra-Dense Networks: A Survey (2016, neutral): “[168] discussed three different techniques to control the idle (sleep) mode of small cells, namely, small cell driven, core network driven, and UE driven.”
Energy-Efficient Base-Stations Sleep-Mode Techniques in Green Cellular Networks: A Survey (2015, background): “For example, Ashraf et al. [18] studied the application of dynamic sleep mode in BSs with pico-cell deployments.”
Application of Machine Learning in Wireless Networks: Key Techniques and Open Issues (2018, background): “To this end, BS switching is considered a promising solution to lower energy consumption by switching off the unnecessary BSs [87].”
Towards 1 Gbps/UE in Cellular Systems: Understanding Ultra-Dense Small Cell Deployments (2015, background): “Other new emerging technologies in Cell Type 3 include dynamic small cell idle modes [21], [43], [44], dynamic Time Division Duplexing (TDD) transmission [18]–[20] (which have attracted a lot of momentum in both the academia and the industry in the last years), high-order MIMO techniques [45], [46],”
Heterogeneous cloud radio access networks: a new perspective for enhancing spectral and energy efficiencies (2014, background): “RRHs can be completely switched off to save much energy when there is no traffic, which presents energy saving opportunities of approximately 60 percent in contrast to non-sleep mode [5].”