Title :
Photonic Switching and the Energy Bottleneck
Author :
Baliga, J. ; Ayre, R. ; Hinton, K. ; Tucker, R.S.
Author_Institution :
Melbourne Univ., Melbourne
Abstract :
The energy consumption of the Internet is growing exponentially. We examine the potential of photonic switching to reduce energy consumption by determining the contribution of cross connects and buffers to the total energy consumption of the Internet.
Keywords :
Internet; optical fibre networks; optical switches; power consumption; Internet energy consumption; buffers; cross connects; photonic switching; Electric breakdown; Energy consumption; Fabrics; IP networks; Internet; Optical buffering; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Photonics; Energy; Packet Switching;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300776
