IEICE Trans - Adaptive Communication System with Renewable Energy Source

Adaptive Communication System with Renewable Energy Source

Qishen WU  Sho SUZUKI  Ryoichi SHINKUMA  Tatsuro TAKAHASHI

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E98-B   No.8   pp.1571-1579
Publication Date: 2015/08/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E98.B.1571
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Network
Keyword:
renewable power,  microgrid,  communication network,

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Summary:
This paper introduces a communication system model with renewable power supply. As we assumed a battery-free microgrid system with conventional power as a backup power supply, we propose a method of power state and data transmission scheduling for delay-tolerant communication networks, which reduces conventional power consumption by operating adaptively to changes in renewable power. We found through computer simulations that the proposed method efficiently reduced conventional power consumption.