Author :
Tucker, Rodney S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
This paper presents an overview of research aimed at understanding the greenhouse impact of the transmission, switching, and data storage equipment in the Internet, and at devising approaches to minimizing this energy consumption.
Keywords :
Internet; energy consumption; optical communication equipment; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical transmission systems; data storage equipment; energy consumption; green Internet; greenhouse impact; switching equipment; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; High speed optical techniques; IP networks; Modems; Optical fiber networks; Passive optical networks; Routing; Wavelength division multiplexing; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688459
