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SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of

telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile

Internet, has released a white paper on its 5G Summit & User Congress on Green

5G, "5G Energy Efficiencies, Green is the New Black", authored by GSMA

Intelligence, a leader in global telecoms, media and technology (TMT) research

and part of the broader GSMA.

The white paper analyzes the background and principles of building and

improving energy efficiency of communications networks in the 5G era from

aspects of cost reduction, network performance optimization, energy security,

and contribution to global carbon emission reduction. It also summarizes the

feasibility of energy saving and consumption reduction through innovation from

aspects of radio access network and wider network planning.

According to the white paper, to fundamentally reduce the energy consumption of

radio access base stations, each part of the 5G network must be treated

individually. Effective tools include applying more efficient battery

solutions, lowering energy consumption of equipment, implementing more

intelligent AI-driven sleep states, and more targeted network deployment

planning. These measures can achieve end-to-end energy saving and consumption

reduction of radio access base stations, and build a green communication

network for the benefit of people.

To help the fight on global climate change goals and reduce mobile network

operational costs, energy saving has become a major priority and mission of the

telecommunications industry. While mobile networks bring near ubiquitous

access, convenience and entertainment to the public, as more people use their

smartphones for video and other bandwidth hungry services over LTE and 5G,

power and energy consumption will rise in the absence of interventions.

Wireless access network consumes the largest proportion of energy among the

mobile network, and it is regarded as the main factor of energy consumption. As

per the white paper data traffic is expected to grow three folds on a per user

basis between now and 2025. The deployment and expansion of LTE and 5G networks

will inevitably bring greater pressure to network energy consumption.

"Energy is a very large portion of the cost base for the operators, ranging

from 20% to 40% of Opex across the industry," said Tim Hatt, Head of Research

at GSMA Intelligence. "Things are moving quickly with energy efficient network

technologies and a rebalancing of fuel sources towards renewables as more

telcos set ambitious glidepaths towards carbon neutral and, eventually, net

zero emissions. Energy and climate efforts are now very much front and centre

objectives as part of doing business and not mere CSR."  

In recent years, ZTE has submitted over 500 green 5G innovation patent

applications. By means of the high-performance chipsets developed by ZTE,

leading structural design and intelligent network operation tools, ZTE has been

continuously lowering the power consumption of wireless base station equipment.

Based on energy saving functions and AI-based traffic load prediction, ZTE's 4G

and 5G network energy saving solution, PowerPilot, is the industry's first to

introduce AI-powered service-awareness energy saving. By identifying service

types and their energy efficiency differences, PowerPilot can evaluate service

requirements in real time and support the service with networks of higher

energy efficiency to maximize energy efficiency in the entire network.

According to typical network configuration calculations, the energy saved by

the PowerPilot solution is twice as much as that of the conventional AI-based

energy saving solutions, and it can save up to 20% of energy in a multi-mode

network, thereby effectively reducing the operational expenditure. To date,

ZTE's PowerPilot energy-saving solution has been deployed on more than 600,000

sites with over 20 networks worldwide, saving operators more than $1 billion in

electricity expenses.

"ZTE has always taken energy saving and consumption reduction as its

responsibility, and has been committed to developing innovative technologies,"

said Jason Tu, ZTE's technical spokesperson and principle scientist of NFV/SDN

products at ZTE. "By increasing technological efficiency and consumption, ZTE

has worked with operators to build 5G green networks, to jointly fulfill its

promise of 'Climate Action' to UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)."

The following are the links to access the white paper "5G Energy Efficiencies,

Green is the New Black":

https://res-www.zte.com.cn/mediares/zte/Files/PDF/white_book/202011241046.pdf

https://data.gsmaintelligence.com/api-web/v2/research-file-download?id=54165956&file=241120-5G-energy.pdf

For the brief introduction of the white paper "5G Energy Efficiencies, Green is

the New Black", please click the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4692508470821594

Media Contacts:

Margaret Ma  

ZTE Corporation  

Tel: +86 755 26775189  

Email: ma.gaili@zte.com.cn

SOURCE  ZTE Corporation