Using Renewable Energy Sources for Power Saving: Home Appliances and Femtocells

Although femtocells were used to improve network coverage, recently it has been used for power saving purposes as well. Femtocells can be powered through renewable energy sources which in turn optimizes energy consumption in the home appliances. The use of femtocells can reduce costs and improve the network coverage further. We provide an overview of green cellular networks and how it addresses energy savings. The advantages of using renewable energy sources and Femto cells for energy conservation are the discussed. This paper discusses how to use renewable energy source for powering Femto cells which in turn is sustainable. In future, it can be deployed in other African countries. Here MATLAB is used as a trademark, software and energy consumptions are plotted over costs in different test beds. We observed that the power consumption becomes less due to the cost of maintenance and it remains constant at a certain price. Our results indicate reductions in energy consumptions through the use of femtocells and the home appliances that were powered by renewable energies.