TY - GEN A1 - Betker, Andreas A1 - Kosiankowski, Dirk A1 - Lange, Christoph A1 - Pfeuffer, Frank A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Werner, Axel T1 - Energy efficiency in extensive multilayer core and regional networks with protection N2 - Energy-efficient operation of large telecommunication networks is an important issue today and in the near future. Given that the energy consumption rises with the ever increasing demand for capacity and network speed, there is a growing interest in strategies for a sustainable network management. It is a well-known fact that traffic demands vary significantly over time, most notably in day/night- and in weekly cycles. This provides the main potential for energy-saving strategies. We study the question of how much power is necessary to operate a network with state-of-the-art hardware during peak or low-traffic times. The study respects realistic side constraints, such as protection requirements and routing schemes, and takes the special structure of an extensive nation-wide optical network, including backbone and regional sections, into account. We formulate mixed integer programming models for the corresponding optimization problems using predictions for traffic matrices, as well as state-of-the-art hardware and power models. We address questions as the following: How much energy is spent in the core and in metro regions of the network and how big are the savings in low-demand scenarios if we always assume the system power-minimum in these situations? What is the influence of different hardware on the overall energy consumption? How much do different routing schemes or protection scenarios restrict potential energy savings? T3 - ZIB-Report - 12-45 KW - telecommunications KW - network design KW - routing KW - energy efficiency Y1 - 2012 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zib/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1715 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-17154 SN - 1438-0064 ER -