Title :
An analysis of daily power consumption under different On-Off IP-over-WDM translucent design approaches
Author :
Rizzelli, Giuseppe ; Morea, Annalisa ; Tornatore, Massimo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
We compared the energy efficiency of Multi-Layer Bypass and Direct-Bypass On-Off design under daily traffic variations in 100G and 40G networks. Housing power contribution limits the energy savings achievable by On-Off dynamics.
Keywords :
IP networks; energy conservation; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; 100G network; 40G network; daily power consumption; daily traffic variation; direct-bypass on-off design; energy efficiency; housing power contribution; multilayer bypass on-off design; on-off IP-over-WDM translucent design; on-off dynamics; Green products; IP networks; Optical switches; Power demand; Repeaters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0