An Energy Aware Admission Control With Traffic Class Differentiation: From Theory to NS-2 Simulation

Hugo Zuger (1) , Yann Labit (1)

1 LAAS-SARA - Équipe Services et Architectures pour Réseaux Avancés

Faced with increasing energy prices, nancial crisis and en- vironmental problems, the sector of information and com- munications technologies initiates the third industrial rev- olution. This revolution aims to intelligently allocate and distribute energy. The study, development and implemen- tation of intelligent energy managers for computer networks is called green networking. The proposed paper aims to de- velop and test an energy-aware solution. EAAC-MQ, an Energy-Aware Admission Control for wired networks, has been created and tested with NS-2 (Network Simulator). This solution adapts its behavior to tra c classes (Mul- tiple Queues, MQ) to meet the divers needs in network ressources. It reduces energy consumption, and therefore operating costs, about 20%, despite of reducing throughput and increasing delay.

Mots clés: Green Networking; Energy-Aware Networks; Admission Con- trol; Energy consumption; Routers; Network Simulator NS- 2; Tra c Class Di fferentiation

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Hugo Zuger, Yann Labit. An Energy Aware Admission Control With Traffic Class Differentiation: From Theory to NS-2 Simulation. 2013, pp.8. ⟨hal-00871885⟩