Saving energy in LAN switches: New methods of packet coalescing for energy efficient ethernet

2011 International Green Computing Conference and Workshops, IGCC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mostowfi, Mehrgan ^a   Christensen, Ken ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy Efficient Ethernet; Ethernet switch; green Internet; synchronized coalescing

Indexed keywords

EDGE ROUTERS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY USE; ETHERNET INTERFACE; ETHERNET SWITCH; GREEN INTERNETS; HOME OFFICE; INTERNET TRAFFIC; LAN SWITCHES; LOW POWER; NETWORK HOSTS; NS-2 SIMULATIONS; SAVING ENERGY; SYNCHRONIZED COALESCING; TRAFFIC LOADS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHERNET; FLOCCULATION; INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80053210323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGCC.2011.6008547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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