Switch-off strategy of base stations in HCPP random cellular networks

Abstract

There is a significant potential in saving energy of cellular networks by switching off some unloaded base stations (BSs). In this paper, we propose a BS switch-off strategy with distance constraints for reducing the energy consumption in random cellular networks. An ergodic capacity and coverage probability of the hard-core point processes (HCPP) random cellular networks are first analyzed. Furthermore, the energy balance of HCPP random cellular networks is proposed. Numerical results indicate that there exists maximal energy balance points in different network environments.