Cell selection in energy harvesting enabled HetNets toward green 5G

As the number of users in cellular mobile networks increases, cellular network changed from the previous single architecture to heterogeneous architecture, base station energy consumption also showed an exponential growth. Energy harvesting is an promising technology to save on-grid power and reduce carbon emission in wireless communications. The cell selection in the HetNets is the critical factor of affecting network performance. In this paper, from the energy harvesting, energy cooperation, heterogeneous networks and other aspects, a cell selection algorithm is proposed, which can compromise energy harvesting, energy consumption, load balancing and other criteria. The simulation results show that this algorithm can reduce the base station′s demand for grid energy, increase the possibility of user selection, and satisfy the fairness and validity. It′s applicable to 5G green communications.