Using Energy Criteria to Admit Flows in a Wired Network

  • Georgia Sakellari
  • Christina Morfopoulou
  • Toktam Mahmoodi
  • Erol Gelenbe
Conference paper

Abstract

Admission control in wired networks has been traditionally used as a way to control traffic congestion and guarantee quality of service. Here, we propose an admission control mechanism which aims to keep the power consumption at the lowest possible level by restricting the more energy-demanding users. This work relies on the fact that power consumption of networking devices, and of the network as a whole, is not proportional to the carried traffic, as would be the ideal case [1]. As a result some operating regions may be more efficient than others and “jumps” may arise in power consumption when new traffic is added in the network. The proposed mechanism aims to keep power consumption in the lowest possible power consumption level, hopping to the next level only when necessary.

Keywords

Power Consumption Energy Saving Admission Control Network Device Power Profile 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Georgia Sakellari
    • 1
  • Christina Morfopoulou
    • 2
  • Toktam Mahmoodi
    • 3
  • Erol Gelenbe
    • 2
  1. 1.School of Architecture, Computer Science Field, Computing and EngineeringUniversity of East LondonLondonUK
  2. 2.ISN Group, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department Imperial College LondonLondonUK
  3. 3.Division of Engineering, Centre for Telecoms ResearchKings College LondonLondonUK

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