ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a novel solution, named broadband wireless access with fiber-connected massively distributed antennas (BWA-FMDA), to deliver green last-mile access. It focuses on power saving capabilities of BWA-FMDA compared with state-of-the-art last-mile access solutions. The chapter discusses solution for next generation cellular networks, which provides a cost effective framework that can address the challenges arising due to higher wireless data volume and correspondingly increasing network power consumption. It explains the changing pattern of data consumption by wireless end users, which is the main driving force behind the expansion of wireless/cellular access networks by the service providers. The explosive growth of bandwidth-hungry applications in conjunction with the ever-increasing wireless and mobile coverage around the world has contributed to the exchange of staggering amounts of data traffic. The proposed BWA-FMDA integrates the capabilities of a distributed network, based on its massively distributed antenna topology and the centralized processing capability at its central processing entity.
