Cellsite radio electronics / Reference hardware
Nova436Q typical input of 60 W provides the published hardware reference.
Reference hardware
Evidence: Manufacturer specifications and worked calculation examples.
CUMULATIVE APPLICATION BUDGET / 17 OCTOBER 2026
D021 has no candidate that meets its constraints. D022 has a selected capability but no conventional baseline meeting the comparison constraints. Both cellsite comparisons remain unmatched.
Related model jobs: D021, D022, D023, D024, D025. Integration into a product remains open.
Complete bundles, comparisons and lossesWHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN
If a net 1 W input reduction is sustained for the assumed operating year, it saves 8.76 kWh. Against the 60 W typical radio reference, 1 W is 1.67%. This is arithmetic on the reference input and assumed operating profile.
Lower the radio unit’s electricity use and heat at the same traffic and coverage. Cooling and hardware size are separate design choices.
THE APPLICATION
Radio-unit manufacturers and network engineering teams
Compare amplifier models and processing changes while the radio delivers the same network service.
Amplifier modeling · Energy and heat accounting · Receiver health and evidence
The study looks for measurable avoidable processing or conversion losses in the radio unit under the selected operating load.
REFERENCES & CHECKED RESULTS
| Measure | Reference or conventional method | FI result or stated assumption | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published radio-unit input | Baicells Nova436Q: 60 W typical, 100 W maximum | FI operating input remains unmeasured | Published hardware reference |
| Comparable service | The defined load and delivered traffic | The comparison holds traffic, coverage and load profile equal | Radio-unit input for the same level of network service |
Executed software comparisons and calculated bounds · 12 October 2026
FI compared ways to store calculation records while keeping the same required output, checks and record behavior. The smaller formats saved memory, but timing depended on the comparison. A separate signal-recording calculation exceeded its frame budget.
A packed, ordered snapshot used less traced Python memory in all 16 matched groups. The detailed record was faster in six groups; two comparisons were uncertain. Against a second read-only format, eight timing comparisons were uncertain.
The snapshot preserves the complete ordered record for reading. It gives up persistent edits, object identity, live changes, custom traces and the full list interface.
One specified validation job needs at least 16,896 recording units per frame to retain the unchanged record. Its budget is 8,192 units.
These are recording-work units from a fixed, uncalibrated model, rather than processor clock cycles.
Named Wi-Fi transmit-path calculation · 12 October 2026
The Skyworks SKY85747-11 datasheet gives two Wi-Fi operating points with different output levels and error limits. At the lower output, a calculation leaves room for added processing error under the signal-reference assumptions below.
The datasheet lists +12 dBm output with −47 dB error and +16 dBm output with −43 dB error for 802.11ax MCS11 HE80 at 5 V and 25 °C. A job requiring +16 dBm rejects the +12 dBm operating point because it delivers less RF output. The lower RF output is a service loss; supply-power saving remains unquantified.
With the same signal reference, timing, corrections and normalization for all errors, the −47 dB source limit allows at most 0.0026126 added normalized RMS error while retaining a −43 dB total limit. RMS means root mean square, a measure of signal size. The allowance is about −51.6585 dB. It uses the triangle bound to cover the worst alignment between the source and added errors.
At a source error of −43 dB, no guaranteed added-error allowance remains. Adding squared errors would permit a larger allowance only if their cross-term were zero in the same norm. Statistical independence alone does not prove that condition for a finite recording. The datasheet leaves the exact error-measurement setup unresolved, so the common-reference assumption remains necessary.
At +16 dBm average output on ANT, the datasheet’s coupling limits imply −3 to +0.5 dBm average at CPLR, the feedback port, if the output and coupling limits share a power reference, impedance and bandwidth. Receiver headroom remains unresolved: waveform peaks, bandwidth, path loss, gain and linear input limits have not been matched.
Conventional designs can use the same integrated feedback coupler. Current draw has not been matched at these exact output and quality conditions. Feedback reception, conversion, processing and thermal costs remain unquantified.
SOURCES / REVIEWED 6 OCTOBER 2026
The source gives typical and maximum input separately. The annual calculation holds the typical input constant for every hour.
A reference framework for measuring base-station power at fixed operating loads.
Saved sensing-energy ranges, independently checked thermal calculations and recorded software comparisons. The device calculations show energy shares, heat paths and component budgets.
