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    The document discusses power infrastructure needs for telecom towers. It notes that data usage is growing significantly which will require more telecom towers. Towers currently require 1-4 kW of power which is provided through diesel generators and battery banks. This results in inefficient energy conversion and waste. More efficient direct current (DC) power systems at tower sites could reduce losses compared to alternating current (AC) systems that require additional conversion stages. One telecom operator in Pakistan consumes a minimum of 21 MW of electricity per hour to power its towers.

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    The document discusses power infrastructure needs for telecom towers. It notes that data usage is growing significantly which will require more telecom towers. Towers currently require 1-4 kW of power which is provided through diesel generators and battery banks. This results in inefficient energy conversion and waste. More efficient direct current (DC) power systems at tower sites could reduce losses compared to alternating current (AC) systems that require additional conversion stages. One telecom operator in Pakistan consumes a minimum of 21 MW of electricity per hour to power its towers.

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    The document discusses power infrastructure needs for telecom towers. It notes that data usage is growing significantly which will require more telecom towers. Towers currently require 1-4 kW of power which is provided through diesel generators and battery banks. This results in inefficient energy conversion and waste. More efficient direct current (DC) power systems at tower sites could reduce losses compared to alternating current (AC) systems that require additional conversion stages. One telecom operator in Pakistan consumes a minimum of 21 MW of electricity per hour to power its towers.

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    The document discusses power infrastructure needs for telecom towers. It notes that data usage is growing significantly which will require more telecom towers. Towers currently require 1-4 kW of power which is provided through diesel generators and battery banks. This results in inefficient energy conversion and waste. More efficient direct current (DC) power systems at tower sites could reduce losses compared to alternating current (AC) systems that require additional conversion stages. One telecom operator in Pakistan consumes a minimum of 21 MW of electricity per hour to power its towers.

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    Due to the increase in use of smart phones, and always-increasing amount of wirelessly
    controlled devices is huge. This expansion is causing a substantial growth in mobile telecom
    and radio towers in near future. According to a Cisco report [1], a growth of up to 57%
    annually is forecasted until at least 2019.Not only due to the communications technologies
    but because of the fact that 36% of appliances that are available now a days are smart;
    meaning they use wireless technology to work. The need of in the placement of more and more
    BSC/MSC tower is inevitable [2]

    Around 300 TWh of energy which is 3% of total world consumption is utilized by ICT
    technologies yearly.an increase of 1700TWh is expected by the year 2030.
    In developing countries like Pakistan and India these Ict facilities are connected with
    intermittent grid, so they are in highly need of backup.

    Figure 2: Segmentation of access of grid to telecom towers

    The power requirement of a typical telecom tower range from 1-4 KW [3], the backup is
    generally provided through the diesel generators and battery banks. To charge the battery
    banks UPS system is used which is mostly AC. As the ict towers are basically dc equipped (shown
    in fig.3) so lot of energy is wasted in conversion of ac to DC .
    Fig. 3 basic power infrastructure of ICT tower.

    The efficiency comparison shown below shows the efficiency of using 48 V and 380 v dc system
    in ict tower.

    Fig.4 comparison of Different voltages level on the bases of tower heights.


    A total of minimum 21 MW of electricity is being consumed by only one telecom operator
    per Hour. This means 378MW of electricity is being consumed each day by one Telecom
    operator (assuming 18hours of electricity being used from Grid).[4]
    In Pakistan ETISALAT PAKISTAN has started a Rural Telecom Projects their main objective
    is to energize the telecom towers in remote areas of Pakistan through solar power[5].
    These sites will have dc generators as backup. Deployment of dc ups in these towers will
    cause reduction in losses due to to insufficient conversion stages from solar integration.

    1. CISCO, Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update,
    20142019, 2014. [Online]. Available:
    http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-networking-index-
    vni/white_paper_c11-520862.html. [Accessed: 27-Feb-2015].
    2. Cremer, A., An Analysis of 380 V DC Topologies for Mobile Telecom Applications. 2015,
    University of Pittsburgh.
    3. Balshe, W., Power system considerations for cell tower applications. Cummins Power
    Generation, 2011.
    4. Alvi, A. Solar for BTS towers. [internet] 2014 Jul 5, 2014 [cited 2017 24 Oct]; Available
    from: https://medium.com/@aatifalvi/how-solar-energy-can-transform-mobile-operators-into-
    energy-saving-beacons-b2bc1c37de25.
    5. Khawaja, W.S. and L. Xinhai, Utilization of Telecom Technologies for the Disaster
    Management in Underdeveloped Coastal Districts of Pakistan. International Journal of Academic
    Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2013. 3(10): p. 197.

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