• DocumentCode
    670800
  • Title

    Energy-efficiency optimised upgrade paths for cascaded, stochastically-based, master-slave IP router configurations

  • Author

    Parker, Michael C. ; Walker, Stuart D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. CSEE, Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present a novel design rule offering maximally energy-efficient and future-proofed Tb/s→Pb/s upgrade paths for IP routers. One path assumes 10% average Poisson traffic intensity with 68.1% energy-efficiency gains over only 5 upgrade generations; while 30% average traffic load only enables 45.7% energy-efficiency gains and requires 9 generations.
  • Keywords
    IP networks; optical communication equipment; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; average Poisson traffic intensity; average traffic load; cascaded stochastically-based master-slave IP router; energy-efficiency gains; energy-efficiency optimised upgrade paths; Energy efficiency; IP networks; Master-slave; Power demand; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706042