Optimal Low-Power Design of a Multicell Multiuser Massive MIMO System at 3.7 GHz for 5G Wireless Networks

Table 2

Reference power consumption of analog front-ends.

Subcomponent	Downlink; [mW]	Uplink; [mW]
Predriver	115	0
Modulator	200	0
Frequency synthesis	125	125
Clock generation	75	75
DAC	225	0
LNA	0	125
Mixer	0	200
VGA	0	63
ADC	0	175