• DocumentCode
    3384200
  • Title

    Photonic Switching and the Energy Bottleneck

  • Author

    Baliga, J. ; Ayre, R. ; Hinton, K. ; Tucker, R.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Melbourne Univ., Melbourne
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    19-22 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    125
  • Lastpage
    126
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching, 2007
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1121-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-1122-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PS.2007.4300776
  • Filename
    4300776
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3384200