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January 21, 2008

Green Technology -Huawei Reduces Base Station Power Consumption

By Anuradha Shukla

Huawei’s (News - Alert) new solution can reduce base station power consumption by up to 60 percent, according to the company. Utilizing optimized hardware design, an innovative power amplifier and power consumption management, the Green Sites Solution helps operators realize a high level of power saving.

According to Huawei, their Green Sites Solution adopts leading power amplifier technologies, including DPD and A-Doherty that boost the power efficiency of base stations by 45 percent. This lowers the overall power consumption of the facilities.

The solution’s distributed architecture allows 20W base stations to have the same output frequency coverage as traditional 40W base stations. The solution also uses high-efficiency power amplifier technologies that make convection cooling, direct cooling, and intelligent cooling technology in a base station possible.

In addition to reducing the need for air-conditioners that cause noise pollution, the solution helps reduce a base station's electricity consumption to less than 500W. Huawei's Green Sites Solution also integrates with environmental friendly energy sources such as wind, solar power, and methane.

Yu Chengdong, president of Huawei's Wireless Product Line said in a statement that Huawei has always been committed to looking after the environment. He added that as one of the leading telecom equipment and solutions providers, Huawei is putting this goal into practice by designing environmental friendly products.

Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet, covering call centers, CRM and information technology. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

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