ITU and ETSI collaborate on energy efficiency
The UN's International Telecommunication Union is working with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to address the sustainability of Radio Access Networks (RANs)
The ICT agency of the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), is working with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to address the sustainability of Radio Access Networks (RANs).
RANs are the wireless networks that connect end-user equipment including mobile phones and tablets to the central network.
A new standard, known as ITU-T L.1330, is the first to define metrics and measurement methods for the energy efficiency of RANs.
It accounts for the fact that optimising the energy efficiency of equipment within a network does not guarantee an improvement in the network’s overall energy efficiency.
In assessing the interactions between equipment and devices on the same networks, the new standard will be used to calculate the overall energy efficiency of entire networks.
ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao (pictured), said: “Improving the energy efficiency of ICT has become central to all fields of technical standardization at ITU. We are moving towards a world that will host billions of connected devices, things and objects, making energy efficiency essential to the functionality and environmental sustainability of ICT networks.”
