Energizing and Monitoring Cellular Base Stations using Photovoltaic Systems

Abstract

The increasing number of cellular users in remote areas coupled with the difficulty of placing cellular base stations in these regions due to the absence of electricity network has triggered engineers to think of using alternative energy sources like PV cells systems to energize base stations. Monitoring of PV cells and base stations has been an issue to be resolved. This project aims at designing and implementing a system for energizing and monitoring PV cells and base stations deployed in remote areas. The system will help Mobile phone service providers to easily cover remote areas with base stations. At the same time they will keep the performance of the system running well by monitoring these cells frequently using GSM technology. The implemented system has been tested in a real environment and the initial results were promising. Further, it is aimed to empirically compare three methods proposed for estimating energy produced by PV systems. In this research part, we have found the best model.