On the design of green reconfigurable router toward energy efficient internet

A great deal of research has contributed to the energy efficiency of battery-operated devices in the area of wireless communications, but recently, the energy consumption of the underlying network infrastructure has started to attract more attention as people have become aware of the significant fraction of energy consumed by the Internet of all the energy we consume. We argue that the architecture of routers in constructing the Internet can be improved so as to fully utilize chances to save energy related to transmission equipment. A green reconfigurable router is thus presented for this purpose.