TY - JOUR
T1 - Saving Energy by Delegating Network Activity to Home Gateways
AU - Bolla, Raffaele
AU - Chiappero, Marco
AU - Khan, Rafiullah
AU - Repetto, Matteo
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Today, an ever-increasing number of devices has networking capability. The main implication of this fact is that such devices are often left fully powered yet idle just to maintain their network presence, hence leading to large energy waste. This ultimately results in higher electricity cost for consumers. This paper tackles an effective mechanism to reduce energy waste of consumer electronics, by boosting the usage of lowpower states available in most devices. The main concept is to delegate background networking routines to home gateways, which are today available in most homes and offices. The paper describes the functionality and the software architecture to be implemented by home gateways and consumer electronics, reports performance evaluation on a working prototype, and provides estimation of potential benefits for consumers.
AB - Today, an ever-increasing number of devices has networking capability. The main implication of this fact is that such devices are often left fully powered yet idle just to maintain their network presence, hence leading to large energy waste. This ultimately results in higher electricity cost for consumers. This paper tackles an effective mechanism to reduce energy waste of consumer electronics, by boosting the usage of lowpower states available in most devices. The main concept is to delegate background networking routines to home gateways, which are today available in most homes and offices. The paper describes the functionality and the software architecture to be implemented by home gateways and consumer electronics, reports performance evaluation on a working prototype, and provides estimation of potential benefits for consumers.
U2 - 10.1109/TCE.2015.7389798
DO - 10.1109/TCE.2015.7389798
M3 - Article
SN - 0098-3063
VL - 61
SP - 445
EP - 453
JO - IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
IS - 4
ER -