Open AccessEnergy Efficiency Analysis of Software Defined Network in Backbone Transmission Network of Kathmandu Valley of Nepal Telecom
Author(s) -
Jiwan Nyoupane,
Ajay Kumar Jha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of advance college of engineering and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2392-4853
DOI - 10.3126/jacem.v4i0.23181
Subject(s) - telecommunications , information and communications technology , software defined networking , energy consumption , efficient energy use , context (archaeology) , scope (computer science) , computer science , electricity , environmental economics , computer network , engineering , electrical engineering , geography , archaeology , world wide web , economics , programming language
In the past, research scope of the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) was mainly based on performance and cost. The research community put insufficient effort to the energy consumed by ICTs and their impact on the environment. Current trends, such as increasing electricity costs, reserve limitations, and increasing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are shifting the focus of ICT towards energy-efficient and well-performed solutions. Communication networks designed according to this energy efficiency criteria are called green networks. In this context, SDN architecture can have a significant role in reducing the energy consumption by decoupling control plane to a centralized controller that has global view of all underlying data plane devices. The research will be focused on energy efficiency analysis of Software Defined Network and financial possibilities for migration into SDN using LEAP taking the case study of Nepal Telecom!s backbone transmission network in Kathmandu region.