LAPSE:2019.0008
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LAPSE:2019.0008
Greening the NetFPGA Reference Router
Feng Guo, Xiaojun Wang, Mei Song, Yifei Wei, Olga Ormond, Martin Collier
January 7, 2019
Energy efficiency is an important criterion in the design of next generation networks for both economic and environmental concerns. This paper presents an energy-efficient router that is able to dynamically adapt its routing capability in response to real-time traffic load, achieving energy proportional routing. The NetFPGA reference router, which operates at one of two frequencies (125 MHz or 62.5 MHz), requires a board reset to switch frequencies. We have modified the reference router to allow dynamic switching among five operating frequencies. Experiments with real traces indicate that, compared to the reference router, a 10% power reduction can be achieved through dynamic frequency scaling. When the router is further modified to support green traffic engineering and Ethernet port shut-down, power consumption can be reduced by 46% while maintaining the required quality of service. This allows the router to meet the instantaneous performance requirements while minimizing power dissipation. Similar results can be expected when these general power-saving principles are applied in future commercial routers.
Keywords
dynamic frequency scaling, energy proportional routing, green networking
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Guo F, Wang X, Song M, Wei Y, Ormond O, Collier M. Greening the NetFPGA Reference Router. (2019). LAPSE:2019.0008
Author Affiliations
Guo F: School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland [ORCID]
Wang X: School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
Song M: School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Wei Y: School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Ormond O: School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
Collier M: School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Journal Name
Energies
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9
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7
Article Number
E500
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2016
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2016-06-29
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1996-1073
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