Table 4 Telecom site loads and working hours.

From: Estimation of renewable energy systems for mobile network based on real measurements using HOMER software in Egypt

Type

Equipment

Function

Power consumption

Working hours

Telecom

RUS (Radio units)

Send and receive radio signals

370 W

24 h

DUG&DUW (Digital unit)

Control processing

80 W

24 h

RRU (Remote radio unit)

Transceiver to the base station

150 W

24 h

BBU (Baseband unit)

Baseband processing

200 W

24 h

Transmission

RTN 980 (Radio transmission system)

Transport of microwave signals

300 W

24 h

Power

PBU (Power & battery unit)

Power distribution and saving

1400 W

24 h

Light

DC lambs

Lighting

25W

14 R