The widespread proliferation of Internet and wireless applications has produced a significant
increase of ICT energy footprint. As a response, in the last years, significant efforts have …

Energy awareness is an important aspect of modern network and computing system design
and management, especially in the case of internet-scale networks and data intensive large …

This paper considers the novel problem of upgrading a legacy network into a Software
Defined Network (SDN) over multiple stages and saving energy in the upgraded network, or …

This paper considers the problem of upgrading a legacy network into a Software Defined
Network (SDN) over multiple stages and maximizing energy saving (ES) in the resulting …

Global Internet traffic has increased tremendously and this trend is anticipated to continue
for the next years. Consequently, network's performance and users' satisfaction cannot be …

Green computing is a central theme in many computer science areas, including computer
networks. Dynamic solutions that can properly adjust network resources can prevent …

In this paper we study energy conservation in the Internet. We observe that different traffic
volumes on a link can result in different energy consumption; this is mainly due to such …

Despite the growing concern for the energy consumption of the Internet, green strategies for
network and traffic management cannot undermine Quality of Service (QoS) and network …

Enormous and ever-increasing energy consumption in the Internet and the burgeoning
global GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emission that come with it have been crucial issues for the …

The tremendous energy consumption attributed to the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) field has become a persistent concern during the last few years, attracting …