Hybrid Renewable Power System for Radio Networks in Mission Critical Applications

The most frequent problem detected by the companies in the telecommunications sector is the loss of power supply in site, usually located in remote zones. This is more delicate when the radio network has the specific objective to guarantee 'mission critical' communications. The object of this study is to propose and evaluate a way to decrease the number of maintenance operations necessary to restore the correct functioning, aiming at previously defined critic and strategic sites in a wide and complex radio network. This to obtain an increased availability, longer continuity and technical and economic benefits. Finally, the developed methods and the algorithms are applied to a real 'mission critical' case study.