• DocumentCode
    670986
  • Title

    Estimating the global power consumption in communication networks

  • Author

    Lambert, Sofie ; Van Heddeghem, W. ; Vereecken, Willem ; Lannoo, Bart ; Colle, Didier ; Pickavet, Mario

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ. - IBBT, Ghent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This presentation will estimate the worldwide power consumption and carbon footprint of communication networks and compare this with other ICT fields such as data centres and personal computers. This paper concentrates on explaining the used methodology.
  • Keywords
    power consumption; telecommunication networks; ICT field; carbon footprint; communication network; data centre; global power consumption estimation; personal computer; Broadband communication; Communication networks; Electricity; Energy consumption; Mobile communication; Power demand; Telecommunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706252
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=670986