Title :
Energy saving strategies for VCSEL ONUs
Author :
Wong, Elaine ; Mueller, Michael ; Dias, Pudubini I. ; Chan, Chien Aun ; Amann, Markus C.
Author_Institution :
NICTA Victoria Res. Lab., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
The energy savings of 10 Gb/s VCSEL ONUs in sleep/doze mode operations is critically analyzed as function of polling cycle, network load, and upstream access. Results provide guidance on specific energy saving mode to maximize energy savings throughout the day.
Keywords :
energy consumption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; surface emitting lasers; ONU; VCSEL; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; energy saving strategies; network load; polling cycle; sleep-doze mode operations; upstream access; Delay; IEEE 802.16 Standards; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Sleep; Time division multiple access; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
