Title :
A green scheduler for enterprise WLANs
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr., Comput., & Telecommun. Eng., Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
In light of worldwide concerns regarding the emission of green house gases, researchers have begun to look at ways to reduce the carbon footprint of Information Technology (IT) infrastructure. This paper contributes to this effort by proposing a scheduler that switches off unnecessary Access Points (APs), up to 88% of deployed APs, while ensuring end-users continue to enjoy good coverage and performance.
Keywords :
air pollution; carbon; wireless LAN; IT infrastructure; Information Technology; access points; carbon footprint; enterprise WLAN; green house gases; green scheduler; Bismuth; Clustering algorithms; Educational institutions; Green products; Quality of service; Silicon; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2011
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1711-6
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/ATNAC.2011.6096630
