CCSS: Collaborative Research: Smart-Grid Powered Green Communications in Heterogeneous Networks

CCSS：协作研究：异构网络中智能电网驱动的绿色通信

基本信息

批准号：
1508993
负责人：
Georgios Giannakis
金额：
$ 20.4万
依托单位：
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2015-07-01 至 2020-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1508993&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
CCSS Collaborative Research Smart Grid

项目摘要

Both the current wireless communication networks and the electricity grid infrastructure are on the verge of a major paradigm shift. The traditional cellular architecture is evolving into heterogeneous networks (HetNets) consisting of densely deployed macro/micro/pico-cell base stations (BSs). In such HetNets, coordinated transmissions are advocated to perform energy-efficient green communications. At the same time, the current power network infrastructure is also migrating toward a so-termed smart grid that promises unprecedented levels of monitorability and controllability. It is expected that all future communication systems will be powered by a smart grid. Integration of smart-grid technologies into system designs then holds the key to fully exploiting the potential of green communications in next-generation HetNets. This highlights the clear need for fundamental understanding and systematic exploration of smart-grid powered green communications in HetNet deployments.To this end, the present project is centered on transformative analytical and algorithmic tools for smart-grid powered green communications. The vision is to establish a comprehensive framework based on state-of-the-art optimization approaches to jointly design green HetNets along with critically relevant smart grid operations. By cross-fertilizing ideas between these two fields, the ultimate goal is to set forth a unified treatment for modeling, analyzing, and designing resource management schemes for smart-grid powered HetNets. The engineering outcome of the proposed research is a suite of protocols for distributed, real-time implementation of basestation activation, coordinated beamforming in HetNets, as well as renewable energy harvesting and storage, demand response, and unit commitment operations for smart grids. Creating energy-efficient, distributed, real-time algorithms will greatly enhance the performance of emerging wireless cellular networks while reducing carbon emissions and enhancing the green communication solution to climate change and global warming. This project also addresses the broader impacts of improving undergraduate STEM education, increasing participation of under-represented minorities, and promoting a scientifically literate public.

当前的无线通信网络和电网基础设施都处于重大范式转变的边缘。传统的蜂窝架构正在演进为由密集部署的宏/微/微微小区基站 (BS) 组成的异构网络 (HetNet)。在此类异构网络中，提倡协调传输以进行节能的绿色通信。与此同时，当前的电力网络基础设施也正在向所谓的智能电网迁移，该电网有望实现前所未有的可监测性和可控性。预计未来所有通信系统都将由智能电网供电。将智能电网技术集成到系统设计中是充分挖掘下一代异构网络中绿色通信潜力的关键。这凸显了对 HetNet 部署中智能电网驱动的绿色通信的基本理解和系统探索的明确需求。为此，本项目的重点是智能电网驱动的绿色通信的变革性分析和算法工具。愿景是建立一个基于最先进优化方法的综合框架，共同设计绿色异构网络以及关键相关的智能电网运营。通过这两个领域之间的交叉融合，最终目标是为智能电网驱动的异构网络的建模、分析和设计资源管理方案提出统一的处理方法。拟议研究的工程成果是一套协议，用于分布式、实时实施基站激活、HetNet 中的协调波束成形，以及可再生能源收集和存储、需求响应和智能电网的单元承诺操作。创建节能、分布式、实时算法将极大地提高新兴无线蜂窝网络的性能，同时减少碳排放并增强针对气候变化和全球变暖的绿色通信解决方案。该项目还解决了改善本科 STEM 教育、增加代表性不足的少数群体的参与以及提高公众的科学素养等更广泛的影响。