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
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