DocumentCode
2404743
Title
Energy consumption in telecommunications
Author
Tucker, Rodney S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
fYear
2012
fDate
20-23 May 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The global telecommunications network consumes about 1% of the world´s electricity. This paper overviews research into constraining future increases in network power consumption while at the same time providing for growth in network traffic volume.
Keywords
telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; energy consumption; global telecommunications network; network power consumption; network traffic volume; Electricity; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Passive optical networks; Power demand; Telecommunications;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1620-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224478
Filename
6224478
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