Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/I012583/1 | |
| Title | Towards strategies for Power-Aware Networking | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 75%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 25%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics) 75%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 25%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 75%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 25%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Professor J Crowcroft No email address given Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 May 2011 | |
| End Date | 30 April 2012 | |
| Duration | 12 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £141,873 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | East of England | |
| Programme | NC : ICT | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor J Crowcroft , Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The Internet and the World Wide Web are using between 2% and 5% of the energy in the developed world and this is fraction increasing rapidly as demand for new services such as online video (Youtube) and Social Networking, Internet voice and video communication, and online shopping expand. We need to characterise where and when this power demand comes from, and then see if we can apply techniques to trade of power and performance - if demand falls, then can we use energy proportional techniques to slow down computing and communications technology, so that (e.g. at night time) we get an equivalent reduction in consumption.This project is to fund a sabbatical visit by a leading practitioner in Internet Measurement and Green Networking, as part of a larger initiative to tackle these problems. Professor Barford has proposed a particular approach to one aspect of the problem, which is to devise a "microrouter", which is a kind of small building block, that provides the essential communication facility of the Internet, but can be "stacked up" (metaphorically speaking, a bit like Lego bricks) to build faster (but more energy hungry) communication when needed, or pub back in their box (turned off, logically) when not needed. Finding the best dynamic strategies (when to add more microrouter blocks, when to take them away) is the second main outcome of this project | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 15/12/10 | |
