Nokia Leverages Intel Technology to Drive 5G Network Energy Efficiency

Nokia and Intel have announced that their goal is to improve the energy efficiency of 5G networks by using Intel’s Xeon processors and power management software, which will provide power for Nokia’s cloud native 5G core solutions. The progress made by these two companies based on years of innovation will enable communication service providers (CSPs) to play a greater role in reducing network power consumption and costs.
In the test demonstration, Nokia achieved approximately 40% runtime power savings using Nokia Cloud Native 5G Core, integrated Intel Infrastructure Power Manager (IPM) software and the fourth generation Intel Xeon scalable processor, while maintaining key network performance indicators.

This energy-saving is achieved through the careful integration of the power modulation capabilities of Nokia Core and Intel, which makes the energy consumption of the chip proportional to the traffic on the network – there is a significant change in any 24-hour period. Nokia plans to launch these energy-saving features to the market as early as the second half of 2024, starting with Nokia’s cloud grouping core. Nokia and Intel will showcase these features at Intel booth 3E31 at the Mobile Communications Conference in Barcelona.
This statement emphasizes Nokia’s broader efforts to help CSPs and other network dependent industries reduce their environmental footprint, improve resource efficiency, and add value from their networks. Nokia has set key greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets through the Science and Technology (SBT) program, which is consistent with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 ° C. Nokia was the first telecommunications equipment supplier to be accepted by the SBT initiative in 2017 based on scientific goals.
Marcelo Madruga, Director of Technology and Platforms, Products and Engineering, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia, said, “I am very pleased with Nokia and Intel’s excellent work in reducing the 5G network energy footprint. Network data and computing usage will only continue to grow, which clearly means a sustained increase in energy demand.”. What we have done today not only showcases excellent software and technology, but also fulfills our broader commitment to reducing carbon emissions throughout the entire value chain
Alex Quach, Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Cable and Core Networking division, said, “This is another solid evidence of Intel’s long-term partnership with Nokia, highlighting our team’s strength in providing innovative solutions for CSPs. Integrating Intel’s infrastructure power manager into Nokia’s widely deployed packet core software will help save the power required by CSPs and strengthen network operations through intelligent resource allocation.”

“We are pleased to start working with Nokia and Intel to optimize our power consumption,” said St é phane Demaritis, Vice President of Cloud Infrastructure at Orange Telecom. “This will take an important step towards providing energy-saving solutions in core network infrastructure. Orange looks forward to collaborating with Nokia and Intel to explore the implementation of these innovations through the # Sylva project to achieve sustainable 5G core networks.”