Open AccessPacket coalescing strategies for energy‐efficient Ethernet
Author(s) -
Aksić M.,
Bjelica M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
ISSN - 1350-911X
DOI - 10.1049/el.2014.0386
Subject(s) - network packet , computer network , ethernet , quality of service , computer science , processing delay , efficient energy use , end to end delay , energy (signal processing) , transmission delay , real time computing , engineering , electrical engineering , mathematics , statistics
A method for optimisation of IEEE 802.3az energy‐efficient Ethernet networks is proposed. To overcome the timing limitations imposed by the standard, the packets are stored in a buffer until the criteria for its emptying are met. It is shown that this approach leads to greater energy savings while guaranteeing the desired level of quality of service, expressed by a maximal packet delay.