Title :
Energy consumption in telecommunications
Author :
Tucker, Rodney S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
The global telecommunications network consumes about 1% of the world´s electricity. This paper overviews research into constraining future increases in network power consumption while at the same time providing for growth in network traffic volume.
Keywords :
telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; energy consumption; global telecommunications network; network power consumption; network traffic volume; Electricity; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Passive optical networks; Power demand; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224478
