The mobile 5G base station, developed jointly by China Mobile Communications Group and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), can offer high-speed, secure and reliable data exchange services to at least 10,000 users within a 3km radius, according to a South China Morning Post report.
A China Mobile employee checks a 5G base station in Xiangyang, Hubei province. [Photo by Yang Tao/For China Daily] Plan is to establish high-speed, smart, green, safe and digital infrastructure
China plans to have 26 5G base stations for every 10,000 people by the end of 2025, as the nation works hard to build a new digital infrastructure that is intelligent, green, safe and reliable, according to a five-year plan unveiled by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Tuesday.
5G networks divide coverage areas into smaller zones called cells, enabling devices to connect to local base stations via radio. Each station connects to the broader telephone network and the Internet through high-speed optical fiber or wireless backhaul.
Therefore, 5G macro and micro base stations use intelligent photovoltaic storage systems to form a source-load-storage integrated microgrid, which is an effective solution to the energy consumption problem of 5G base stations and promotes energy transformation.
The photovoltaic storage system is introduced into the ultra-dense heterogeneous network of 5G base stations composed of macro and micro base stations to form the micro network structure of 5G base stations .
In the optimal configuration of energy storage in 5G base stations, long-term planning and short-term operation of the energy storage are interconnected. Therefore, a two-layer optimization model was established to optimize the comprehensive benefits of energy storage planning and operation.
In this article, we assumed that the 5G base station adopted the mode of combining grid power supply with energy storage power supply.
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