Title :
On the energy efficiency of mixed-line-rate networks
Author :
Chowdhury, Pulak ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present an approach to evaluate energy efficiency of mixed-line-rate (MLR) optical networks. A comparative study of energy efficiency of MLR and single-line-rate (SLR) networks shows that MLR is more energy efficient than SLR networks.
Keywords :
energy conservation; optical fibre networks; MLR network; SLR network; energy efficiency; mixed-line-rate optical network; single-line-rate optical network; Bandwidth; Costs; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; IP networks; Internet; Optical fiber networks; Optical wavelength conversion; Spine; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
