Method and apparatus for network energy assessment
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsKerry HINTON, Chien Aun CHAN
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for energy assessment in a communication network. The network may consist of a number of different portions, such as network elements or sub-networks that may be evaluated separately. By methods described herein, the idle-power consumption and the incremental-power consumption may be determined and combined to form a total power consumption allocation. An equitable allocation may in this way be provided for each service that shares network resources, and in some cases for the network operator as well.
Claims10
An energy-assessment method for allocating power consumption in a communication network, comprising:
- calculating an allocation to at least one service for incremental-power consumption in at least one portion of the network;
- calculating an allocation to at least one service for idle-power consumption in at least one portion of the network;
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- calculating as a function of the incremental-power consumption and the idle-power consumption an allocation to the at least one service for total power consumption in the at least one network portion.
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