Title :
How to save energy in Passive Optical Networks
Author :
Valcarenghi, L. ; Van, D. Pham ; Castoldi, P.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper an overview of the energy consumption of current Passive Optical Network (PON) devices is first provided. Then where and how to save energy in PONs is discussed: current and novel approaches are presented and hints on how to improve PON energy efficiency are provided.
Keywords :
energy conservation; energy consumption; passive optical networks; energy consumption; energy efficiency; passive optical networks; EPON; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; IEEE 802.3 Standards; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Power demand; energy consumption; energy efficiency; passive optical networks; sleep mode;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970994
