Sustainability with 5G

Abstract

This thesis aims to answer what kind of roles 5G could play in improving resource management as well as achieve sustainability in general (cost, management, efficiency, and speed). Not just 5G itself, but new technologies that have been built to combat energy challenges to be used alongside 5G will be discussed, as they go hand in hand. Numerous natural resource industries will be given as examples, however the most important one is to combat the challenge of increased power consumption. Energy efficient solutions fall into two major groups: increased usage of renewable energy instead of grid energy (green energy) and efficiency of equipment and network implementations (green technology).

The goal of this thesis is to understand key components of 5G and see where and how efficiency can be achieved. The goal is to also demonstrate how 5G can be used in natural resource industries to gain sustainability and reduce energy consumption