Title :
Towards Energy Consumption Measurement in a Cloud Computing Wireless Testbed
Author :
Bernardo, Vitor ; Curado, Marilia ; Staub, Thomas ; Braun, Torsten
Author_Institution :
Center for Inf. & Syst., Univ. of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Abstract :
The evolution of the Next Generation Networks, especially the wireless broadband access technologies such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), have increased the number of "all-IP" networks across the world. The enhanced capabilities of these access networks has spearheaded the cloud computing paradigm, where the end-users aim at having the services accessible anytime and anywhere. The services availability is also related with the end-user device, where one of the major constraints is the battery lifetime. Therefore, it is necessary to assess and minimize the energy consumed by the end-user devices, given its significance for the user perceived quality of the cloud computing services. In this paper, an empirical methodology to measure network interfaces energy consumption is proposed. By employing this methodology, an experimental evaluation of energy consumption in three different cloud computing access scenarios (including WiMAX) were performed. The empirical results obtained show the impact of accurate network interface states management and application network level design in the energy consumption. Additionally, the achieved outcomes can be used in further software-based models to optimized energy consumption, and increase the Quality of Experience (QoE) perceived by the end-users.
Keywords :
IP networks; Long Term Evolution; WiMax; cloud computing; energy consumption; network interfaces; next generation networks; LTE; Long Term Evolution; WiMAX; access network; all-IP network; application network level design; battery lifetime; cloud computing wireless testbed; energy consumption measurement; network interface; next generation network; quality of experience; services availability; wireless broadband access technology; worldwide interoperability for microwave access; Cloud computing; Energy consumption; Energy measurement; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Network interfaces; Universal Serial Bus; WiMAX; 4G networks; Cloud Computing; Energy; Measurement; Testbed; Wireless;
Conference_Titel :
Network Cloud Computing and Applications (NCCA), 2011 First International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toulouse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1667-6
DOI :
10.1109/NCCA.2011.22