A Multicast-Traffic-Oriented Energy-Saving Algorithm with a Hybrid Sleep Mode for EPONs

High energy consumption in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs) has caused intense research on energy-saving methods in recent years. The most common method for EPON energy saving is to cause optical network units (ONUs) to sleep which are idle or low loaded. With the popularity of multimedia a...

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Main Authors: Lincong Zhang, Lei Guo, Yejun Liu, Kefeng Wei, Weigang Hou
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6785752
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description High energy consumption in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs) has caused intense research on energy-saving methods in recent years. The most common method for EPON energy saving is to cause optical network units (ONUs) to sleep which are idle or low loaded. With the popularity of multimedia applications, the ONUs carry not only unicast traffic but also more and more multicast traffic. However, existing studies mainly focus on ONUs that support only unicast traffic. The many differences between multicast traffic and unicast traffic make it necessary to design novel energy-saving methods. This paper proposes a multicast-traffic-oriented energy-saving algorithm for EPONs, called the energy-saving algorithm for multicast traffic (ESMT). To save as much energy as possible, the proposed algorithm uses a hybrid sleep mode (composed of a deep sleep state and an independent sleep mode) in which not only can ONU enter a deep sleep state, but also the ONU transmitter and receiver can sleep independently. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm, which is oriented to multicast traffic in EPONs, is more energy efficient than other algorithms.
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spelling doaj-art-dad34284ca834853b3f3b0c0b40103672025-02-03T01:26:37ZengWileyJournal of Electrical and Computer Engineering2090-01472090-01552016-01-01201610.1155/2016/67857526785752A Multicast-Traffic-Oriented Energy-Saving Algorithm with a Hybrid Sleep Mode for EPONsLincong Zhang0Lei Guo1Yejun Liu2Kefeng Wei3Weigang Hou4School of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaHigh energy consumption in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs) has caused intense research on energy-saving methods in recent years. The most common method for EPON energy saving is to cause optical network units (ONUs) to sleep which are idle or low loaded. With the popularity of multimedia applications, the ONUs carry not only unicast traffic but also more and more multicast traffic. However, existing studies mainly focus on ONUs that support only unicast traffic. The many differences between multicast traffic and unicast traffic make it necessary to design novel energy-saving methods. This paper proposes a multicast-traffic-oriented energy-saving algorithm for EPONs, called the energy-saving algorithm for multicast traffic (ESMT). To save as much energy as possible, the proposed algorithm uses a hybrid sleep mode (composed of a deep sleep state and an independent sleep mode) in which not only can ONU enter a deep sleep state, but also the ONU transmitter and receiver can sleep independently. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm, which is oriented to multicast traffic in EPONs, is more energy efficient than other algorithms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6785752
spellingShingle Lincong Zhang
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Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
title A Multicast-Traffic-Oriented Energy-Saving Algorithm with a Hybrid Sleep Mode for EPONs
title_full A Multicast-Traffic-Oriented Energy-Saving Algorithm with a Hybrid Sleep Mode for EPONs
title_fullStr A Multicast-Traffic-Oriented Energy-Saving Algorithm with a Hybrid Sleep Mode for EPONs
title_full_unstemmed A Multicast-Traffic-Oriented Energy-Saving Algorithm with a Hybrid Sleep Mode for EPONs
title_short A Multicast-Traffic-Oriented Energy-Saving Algorithm with a Hybrid Sleep Mode for EPONs
title_sort multicast traffic oriented energy saving algorithm with a hybrid sleep mode for epons
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6785752
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