Title :
Energy-efficient master-slave edge-router upgrade paths in active remote nodes of next-generation optical access
Author :
Parker, Michael C. ; Martin, Rashad ; Walker, Stuart D. ; Van Heddeghem, W. ; Lannoo, Bart
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
Abstract :
Our design rules offers maximally energy-efficient Gb/s→Tb/s edge-router upgrade paths. One path assumes 10% average traffic intensity with 68% energy-efficiency gains over 5 upgrades, while 30% traffic load enables 45% energy-efficiency gains over 9 generations.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication network routing; active remote node; energy efficient master slave edge router upgrade path; next generation optical access;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
