Sustainable Wireless Network

This presentation explores the critical challenges, current status, and future outlook for sustainability as the telecom industry transitions toward 6G. The session highlights how exponential growth in global mobile data traffic is driving a steady rise in operators' greenhouse gas emissions, underscoring the urgent need for greener network architectures. To combat this, the presentation examines high-potential areas for energy savings, such as optimising base station hardware, utilising advanced 3GPP software sleep modes, and managing the delicate balance between energy consumption and service quality across virtualised and cloud-native O-RAN infrastructures. Ultimately, it outlines a collaborative roadmap for the future, highlighting how ongoing research initiatives like Project EXIGENCE and Hexa-X-II are driving the industry toward truly sustainable 6G networks