Review of Facts, Data and Proposals for a Greener Internet

Hakim Mellah; Brunilde Sansò

6th International ICST Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems

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Review of Facts, Data and Proposals for a Greener Internet

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.BROADNETS2009.7269,
    author={Hakim Mellah and Brunilde Sans\'{o}},
    title={Review of Facts, Data and Proposals for a Greener Internet},
    proceedings={6th International ICST Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
    year={2009},
    month={11},
    keywords={Costs Data mining Energy consumption Energy management Global warming Internet Proposals Protection Routing Scattering},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.BROADNETS2009.7269}
}

Hakim Mellah
Brunilde Sansò
Year: 2009
Review of Facts, Data and Proposals for a Greener Internet
BROADNETS
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BROADNETS2009.7269

Hakim Mellah¹^,*, Brunilde Sansò²^,*

1: GERAD and Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada H3C 3A7 Tel: (514) 340-4053 ext. 6021; Fax: (514) 340-5665
2: Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada H3C 3A7 Tel: (514) 340-7659 ext. 4949; Fax: (514) 340-4562

*Contact email: hakim.mellah@gerad.ca, brunilde.sanso@polymtl.ca

Abstract

The issue of Internet energy consumption and its contribution to global warming has been gaining importance lately. In this paper we present a compilation of facts and data extracted from scattered Internet sources and provide an overview of the basic ideas and most relevant methods suggested to reduce consumption.

Keywords: Costs Data mining Energy consumption Energy management Global warming Internet Proposals Protection Routing Scattering

Published: 2009-11-17
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.BROADNETS2009.7269