Title :
Reducing the Environmental Impact of Optical Networks
Author :
Schondienst, Thilo ; Vokkarane, Vinod M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, USA
Abstract :
With increased energy-efficiency of any commodity the total energy consumed typically actually rises. We study the potential reduction of the environmental impact by smart configuration of optical networks in combination with renewable energy sources. We present approaches to effectively cut down emission of green house gases, instead of simply improving energy-efficiency.
Keywords :
air pollution; energy conservation; optical fibre networks; renewable energy sources; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; energy efficiency; environmental impact; green house gases emission; optical networks; renewable energy sources; smart configuration; wavelength division multiplexing; Air pollution; Conferences; Green products; Optical fiber networks; Power demand; Renewable energy sources; WDM networks; GHG emissions; RWA; energy-source awareness; grooming; optical WDM network;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops & PhD Forum (IPDPSW), 2013 IEEE 27th International
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4979-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPDPSW.2013.46
