Energy efficiency is increasingly important for future information and communication
technologies (ICT), because the increased usage of ICT, together with increasing energy …

(57) ABSTRACT A first home automation control device is configured to con trol a first
electrical appliance and to communicate via a peer-to-peer network with a second home …

Precise evaluation of network appliance energy consumption is necessary to accurately
model or simulate the power consumption of distributed systems. In this paper we evaluate …

Home automation, otherwise known as domotics or Smart homes, is an up and coming
technology that is integrating itself into the modern life of people across the world. As the …

Home environments promise high potential in terms of resource sharing and energy saving.
More and more home computers are running on an always-on basis (eg, media centers or …

The method of system virtualization is very popular for the use in data centers and desktop
virtualization today. In this work, system virtualization is applied to core network elements …

Reducing energy consumption is an increasingly important issue in computing and
embedded systems. In computing systems, minimizing energy consumption can significantly …

Over the years, the demand for high bandwidth services, such as live and on-demand video
streaming, steadily increased. The adequate provisioning of such services is challenging …

Worldwide, awareness for energy consumption is rising because of global energy
production limits as well as because of environmental concerns. As the energy fraction …

The rising costs of energy and world-wide desire to reduce CO2 emissions has led to an
increased concern over the energy efficiency of information and communication technology …