Five Key Areas For An Energy-Efficient 5G Core
RCRWirelessNews, Friday, September 8,2023
With concerns around both environment impact and overall costs of energy, operators around the world are looking to do whatever possible to create a greener future.
In a recent report, the GSMA announced that core networks and data centers owned by communication service providers (CSPs) account for roughly 13% to 22% of network energy expenditures, so appropriately managing the resource requirements of the 5G core can significantly contribute to the overall energy footprint of telecommunications networks.
For many CSPs, sustainability is a crucial requirement in 5G core networks. It's what their own customers increasingly want, and as we know, many companies have a variety of self-defined annual sustainability requirements and core is a critical component to the overall network reaching those ends.