Title :
Impact of unicast and multicast traffic on ONU energy savings
Author :
Valcarenghi, L. ; Castoldi, P.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Data distribution protocols impact energy savings achievable by ONU sleep-mode. This paper shows that the highest savings are achievable in unicast while the savings in multicast depend on the set up multicast groups and on their scheduling.
Keywords :
energy conservation; passive optical networks; protocols; scheduling; telecommunication traffic; ONU energy savings; ONU sleep-mode; data distribution protocols; multicast traffic; scheduling; unicast traffic; Energy consumption; Integrated circuits; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Protocols; Synchronization; Unicast; energy consumption; energy efficiency; multicast; passive optical networks; sleep mode; unicast;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253871
