CURTAILING CARBON

SOURCE : EMISSIONS – CAN 5G HELP?

Curtailing-Carbon-Emissions-Can-5G-Help.pdf
Areas where 5G could impact global carbon emissions

Significant savings in the energy consumption of the network per bit of data transmitted in Core & Access Network

Access
Core
Investment in infrastructure, skills and operating practices A collection of technologies referred to as ‘New Radio’
will be brought forward (NR)
Network
The nature of 5G architecture means that far greater levels The nature of 5G architecture means that far greater levels
of automation will be possible of automation will be possible

End-to-end network slicing will result in more efficient use End-to-end network slicing will result in more efficient use
of core network resources of core network resources

Could reduce core traffic volumes Could reduce core traffic volumes
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EMISSIONS – CAN 5G HELP?

STL’s carbon emissions methodology Projected CO2 emissions from mobile networks

Cumulative reduction in emissions under different roll-out scenarios

• No 5G Roll Out • Medium 5G Roll Out, • Fast 5G Roll Out,

• Slow 5G Roll Out, 5G Data Volume : 5G Data Volume :
5G Data Volume : up to 60% by 2025 up to 99% by 2030
10-25% by 2025 85 % by 2030 85 % by 2030
60-80% by 2030 Decommisioning Decommisioning
2G/3G (or even 4G) 2G/3G/4G

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