LG Uplus and Nokia Conduct Demonstration of 'ESG Base Station'

LG Uplus announced on the 20th that it has partnered with telecommunications equipment manufacturer Nokia to demonstrate the 'ESG Base Station' in a commercial environment.

Nokia's 'ESG Base Station' demonstrated this time is a device that uses water to reduce the heat generated inside the equipment. Compared to conventional base stations that require separate cooling devices, it reduces power consumption and thereby lowers carbon emissions associated with power generation.

Typical 5G base stations require high-performance hardware for wireless signal transmission and reception as well as large-capacity data processing. To maintain performance, it is important to reduce the internal heat of the equipment. Therefore, existing base station equipment must have separate cooling devices, such as fans, to lower the heat.

LG Uplus employees are demonstrating Nokia's ESG base station at the Busan office.

The ESG base station demonstrated by LG Uplus is equipped with a cooling system that uses water instead of fans to cool the heat generated by the equipment, efficiently removing the heat inside the equipment.

In fact, LG Uplus confirmed that the ESG base station equipment consumed 90W (watts) of power for internal cooling during the demonstration at its Busan office. This is about a 72% reduction compared to the cooling power consumption (326W) of typical base station equipment, and it is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 0.95 tons annually.

Additionally, the ESG base station can reuse the heat generated by the equipment for other purposes such as hot water and heating systems within buildings. Unlike conventional base stations, it does not produce noise from fans, making it suitable for operation in residential areas or sensitive environments.

Aside from the cooling method, the hardware and software performance of the ESG base station are identical to those of existing base station equipment. Users can reliably use communication services through base station equipment with the same performance, and telecommunications operators can optimize the ESG base station using the same software as before.

Through this demonstration, LG Uplus has secured technological competitiveness related to ESG base stations. Based on this, it plans to collaborate on the development of eco-friendly equipment technologies in the future and continuously review the introduction of technologies that reduce power consumption when deploying new base station equipment.