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The research on 5G base station load forecasting technology can provide base station operators with a reasonable arrangement of energy supply guidance, and realize the energy saving and emission reduction of 5G base stations.
This work explores the factors that affect the energy storage reserve capacity of 5G base stations: communication volume of the base station, power consumption of the base station, backup time of the base station, and the power supply reliability of the distribution network nodes.
The denseness and dispersion of 5G base stations make the distance between base station energy storage and power users closer. When the user's load loses power, the relevant energy storage can be quickly controlled to participate in the power supply of the lost load.
During main power failures, the energy storage device provides emergency power for the communication equipment. A set of 5G base station main communication equipment is generally composed of a baseband BBU unit and multiple RF AAU units. Equation 1 serves as the base station load model:
The energy storage system is used to store excess electrical energy during low communication demand periods and release it during high communication demand periods, in order to balance power supply and demand, as well as improve the stability and flexibility of power supply to the various components of the 5 G base station.
(1) Incorporation of Communication Caching Technology: The model includes communication caching technology, which fully leverages the delay-tolerant characteristics of communication flows, further enabling energy saving in 5 G base stations.
This section integrates the characteristics of power components and data flow to construct an energy-saving operation model for the 5 G base station. Through optimization, the optimal energy-saving and carbon-reduction strategies for each time period are obtained, thereby promoting energy conservation and emission reduction in 5 G base stations.
Firstly, in terms of energy equipment, the electrical component characteristics of the 5 G base station's constituent units are modeled, including air conditioning loads, power supply systems, and energy storage systems.
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