Title :
Embodied and operational energy optimization for improved energy efficiency in transport networks
Author :
Mata, J. ; Yabin Ye ; Lopez Vizcaino, J.
Author_Institution :
Huawei Technol. Duesseldorf GmbH, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
We analyze the energy efficiency of optical transport networks considering both embodied and operational energy. Significant energy savings and GHG emission reductions are achieved by combining flexible techniques on the digital and optical domains.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication power management; GHG emission reductions; digital domains; embodied energy; embodied energy optimization; energy savings; flexible techniques; improved energy efficiency; operational energy; operational energy optimization; optical domains; optical transport networks; transport networks; Energy efficiency; Integrated optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Ports (Computers); Tagging; Wavelength division multiplexing; VLAN; WDM; elastic optical network; embodied energy; energy-efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876424
