Table 2 Threshold computation for switching on/off carriers with single traffic

1:

Compute the mean power required by the two configurations (one and two carriers) for all possible traffic rates (λ ₀), P _1Ca(λ ₀) for 1 carrier and P _2Ca(λ ₀) for 2 carriers.

2:

Let λ be the maximum traffic that can be supported with one carrier fulfilling the maximum blocking probability constraint. If P _1Ca(λ)<P _2Ca(λ), then λ _TH =λ.

Otherwise, λ _TH is the value of λ for which P _1Ca(λ)=P _2Ca(λ).

3:

Switch off one of the two carriers in all time instants m where λ _TH ≥λ _0v [m].