Title :
The future Internet - An energy consumption perspective
Author :
Hinton, Kerry ; Baliga, Jayant ; Ayre, Robert ; Tucker, Rodney S.
Author_Institution :
ARC Special Res. Centre for Ultra-Broadband Inf. Networks, Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We compare the abilities of photonic and electronic technologies for improving energy efficiency of the Internet. It is not clear whether photonic signal processing technologies will provide a pathway to improving Internet energy efficiency.
Keywords :
Internet; optical fibre networks; Internet energy efficiency; energy consumption; photonic signal processing technology; CMOS technology; Cooling; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; IP networks; Internet; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5222592
