• DocumentCode
    2000915
  • Title

    Reducing the Environmental Impact of Optical Networks

  • Author

    Schondienst, Thilo ; Vokkarane, Vinod M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    20-24 May 2013
  • Firstpage
    2266
  • Lastpage
    2269
  • Abstract
    With increased energy-efficiency of any commodity the total energy consumed typically actually rises. We study the potential reduction of the environmental impact by smart configuration of optical networks in combination with renewable energy sources. We present approaches to effectively cut down emission of green house gases, instead of simply improving energy-efficiency.
  • Keywords
    air pollution; energy conservation; optical fibre networks; renewable energy sources; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; energy efficiency; environmental impact; green house gases emission; optical networks; renewable energy sources; smart configuration; wavelength division multiplexing; Air pollution; Conferences; Green products; Optical fiber networks; Power demand; Renewable energy sources; WDM networks; GHG emissions; RWA; energy-source awareness; grooming; optical WDM network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops & PhD Forum (IPDPSW), 2013 IEEE 27th International
  • Conference_Location
    Cambridge, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-4979-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPDPSW.2013.46
  • Filename
    6651146