arXiv · 1812.01305
Implementing energy saving algorithms for Ethernet link aggregates with ONOS
Abstract
During the last few years, there has been plenty of research for reducing energy consumption in telecommunication infrastructure. However, many of the proposals remain unim-plemented due to the lack of flexibility in legacy networks. In this paper we demonstrate how the software defined networking (SDN) capabilities of current networking equipment can be used to implement some of these energy saving algorithms. In particular, we developed an ONOS application to realize an energy-aware traffic scheduler to a bundle link made up of Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) links between two SDN switches. We show how our application is able to dynamically adapt to the traffic characteristics and save energy by concentrating the traffic on as few ports as possible. This way, unused ports remain in Low Power Idle (LPI) state most of the time, saving energy.
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Pablo Fondo Ferreiro, Miguel Rodríguez Pérez, Manuel Fernández Veiga. 2018-12-04. Implementing energy saving algorithms for Ethernet link aggregates with ONOS. https://doi.org/10.1109/sds.2018.8370432
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