The Green Abstraction Layer: A Standard Power-Management Interface for Next-Generation Network Devices

Author

Bolla, Raffaele ; Bruschi, Roberto ; Davoli, Franco ; Di Gregorio, L. ; Donadio, Pasquale ; Fialho, L. ; Collier, M. ; Lombardo, Alfio ; Reforgiato Recupero, Diego ; Szemethy, Tivadar

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

March-April 2013

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

86

Abstract

In telecommunications networks, distributed power management across heterogeneous hardware requires a standardized representation of each system´s capabilities to decouple distributed high-level algorithms from hardware specifics. The Green Abstraction Layer (GAL) provides this interface between high-level algorithms and a lower level representing the hardware and physical resources that directly exert energy management and actions in a network.

Keywords

next generation networks; telecommunication network management; GAL; distributed high-level algorithm; distributed power management; energy management; green abstraction layer; hardware specifics; heterogeneous hardware; next-generation network devices; standard power-management interface; telecommunication networks; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Energy consumption; Green products; Hardware; Protocols; Standards; GAL; Green Abstraction Layer; distributed power management; energy management; green computing; telecommunication networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIC.2013.39

Filename

6488673