Title :
A Simple Analytical Model for Energy Efficient Ethernet
Author :
Marsan, Marco Ajmone ; Anta, Antonio Fernández ; Mancuso, Vincenzo ; Rengarajan, Balaji ; Vasallo, Pedro Reviriego ; Rizzo, Gianluca
Author_Institution :
Inst. IMDEA Networks, Madrid, Spain
fDate :
7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The recently approved Energy Efficient Ethernet standard IEEE 802.3az achieves energy savings by using a low power mode when the link is idle. However, those savings heavily depend on the traffic patterns, due to the overhead inherent in transitions between active and low power modes. This makes it impractical to estimate energy savings through measurements or simulations in all relevant scenarios. In this letter we present an analytical model to estimate the energy consumption of an Energy Efficient Ethernet link, based on simple traffic parameters. The model is validated through simulation and experimental data.
Keywords :
energy conservation; local area networks; power aware computing; IEEE 802.3az; analytical model; energy consumption; energy efficient Ethernet link; energy savings; low power mode; traffic pattern; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Data models; Energy consumption; Google; Internet; Load modeling; Energy management; modeling;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2011.060111.110973
