Members Green ICT Research
Besides contributing to the work inside GreenTouch, our members are active in the world, promoting the value of energy-efficient ICT networks and the innovative technologies that will deliver "green" improvements. Their outreach, publications, and participation in events and conferences are all driving engagement with the GreenTouch mission.
- Open Innovation 2.0, An Example in Action: GreenTouch
Open Innovation Summit
Presenter: Chair Thierry Van Landegem
30-31 October 2014, Chicago, USA - Green Network and Data Centre Virtualization
Nantes Digital Week
Presenters: Prof. Jaafar Elmirghani, Leonard Nonde, and Taisir El-Gorashi
18 September 2014, Nantes, France - Distributed Energy Efficient Clouds over Core Optical Networks
OSA Photonics in Switching;
13 - 17 July 2014, San Diego, USA - Greening Core, Data Centre and Content Distribution Networks
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'14), Sydney,
10-14 June 2014, Sydney, Australia - Energy Efficient Content Distribution Optical Networks
IEEE 19th European Conference on Network and Optical Communications, NOC 2014,
4-6 June 2014, Milano, Italy - GreenTouch Member Bell Labs Develops Interactive Application to Highlight the Current Energy Consumption of ICT Networks and the Internet
New App Measures the Benefits of the Latest Technologies on Network Energy Consumption
24 April 2014 - Keynote Presentation at SNOW 2014: Energy Efficiency of Mobile Networks
5th Nordic Workshop on System and Network Optimization for Wireless (SNOW 2014)
Presenter: Barth Ulrich
2-4 April 2014 - GreenTouch Members Present a Short Course on Network Energy Efficiency
The Optical Fiber Communication Conference
Presenters: Kerry Hinton, Rod Tucker
9-13 March 2014 - ICT Footprint Study Now Online: Worldwide Electricity Consumption of Computer Networks, Personal Computers, and Data Centers, 2006-2012
Department of Information Technology (INTEC) of Ghent University – iMinds
Authors: Van Heddeghem, Lambert, Lannoo, Colle, Pickavet, and Demeester
28 Feb 2014 - Energy Efficient Wireless Networks Beyond 2020
ITU-R Workshop on "Research Views on IMT Beyond 2020"
Presenter: Thierry E. Klein, PhD
11 February 2014 - GreenTouch Green Meter and Core Network Modelling
F1 Cluster Meeting: Green and Energy-Efficient Networking Workshop
Presenter: Prof. Jaafar Emirghabi
22 October 2013 - Greening Clouds and High Performance Computing: Challenges and Initiatives
EcoCity World Summit Workshop
Presenter: Jean-Patrick Gelas with Olivier Glück, Laurent Lefèvre, Mehdi Diouri, François Rossigneux, Ghislain Landry Tsafack Chetsa
23 September 2013 - GreenTouch Consortium: Overview and Green Meter Research Study
EcoCity World Summit Workshop
Presenter: Dr. Thierry E. Klein
23 September 2013 - Towards a Better Energy Efficiency: Perspective of Evolution for the Optical Network
EcoCity World Summit Workshop
Presenter: Dominique Chiaroni with Thierry Klein, Catherine Lepers
23 September 2013 - GreenTouch Approach in Standards
International Energy Agency/ 4E/SEAD Network Standby Workshop
Presenter: Gilbert Buty
16 September 2013 - Will the Cloud run out of Steam?
Corrupted Nerds Podcast Interview
Interviewee: Dr. Kerry Hinton
13 August 2013 - Towards Energy Efficient Wireline Networks, An Update From GreenTouch
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2013)
Presenter: Peter Vetter
30 June – 01 July 2013
Kyoto, Japan - Greening the Internet Tutorial
IEEE International Conference on Communications 2013
Presenter: Jaafar Elmirghani
13 June 2013
Budapest, Hungary - OPEN INNOVATION 2.0
AN EXAMPLE IN ACTION: GREENTOUCH
Open Innovation 2.0 Conference
Presenter: Thierry Van Landegem
20-21 May 2013
Dublin, Ireland - The Dirty Cost of Wireless Devices
Australian Broadcasting Radio Interview
Interviewee: Rod Tucker
22 April 2013
Interview: The Dirty Cost of Wireless Devices - The Power of Wireless Cloud
CommsDay Summit 2013
White Paper Launch
Author: CEET
9-10 April 2013
Sydney, Australia - GreenTouch Vision, Targets and Research Activities
Celtic-Plus Event 2013
Presenter: Jaafar Elmirghani
6 March 2013
Kayseri, Turkey - FTTH technology in the aftermath of Sandy
FCC Workshop on Network Resiliency
Presenter: Peter Vetter
6 February 2013
New York, New York - The GreenTouch Vision: Transforming ICT Networks for a Sustainable Future
UN Global Compact French Branch Event
Presenter: Thierry Van Landegem
21 November 2012
Paris, France - Transforming ICT Networks for a Sustainable Future
The Second IFIP Conference on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability (SustainIT)
Presenter: Thierry Klien
4-5 October 2012
Pisa, Italy - Drivers for Green Network Gear
ECOC: European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication
Presenter: Peter Vetter
16-20 September 2012
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Towards Energy Efficient Home Networks
ECOC: European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication
Presenter: Peter Vetter
16-20 September 2012
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Next Generation Optical Access Technologies
ECOC: European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication
Presenter: Peter Vetter
16-20 September 2012
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Service and Energy Awareness in Optical Networks
Photonics in Switching 2012
Presenter: Dan Kilper
11-14 September 2012
Ajaccio, Corsica Island, France - Research in GreenTouch
Photonics in Switching 2012
Presenter: Rod Tucker
11-14 September 2012
Ajaccio, Corsica Island, France - Energy Centric Communications
Photonics in Switching 2012
Presenter: Dan Kilper
11-14 September 2012
Ajaccio, Corsica Island, France - The Internet is Sapping the World's Energy, So Let's Improve It
CEET coverage around the Australian Energy-Efficient Internet Summit
Author: Rod Tucker
6 September 2012
Melbourne, Australia - The Internet Power Drain
CEET coverage around the Australian Energy-Efficient Internet Summit
Author: Sean O'Halloran
6 September 2012
Melbourne, Australia - Keynote Address – VIP Dinner
GreenTouch Members Meeting and Open Forum
Speaker: Gee Rittenhouse
5 June 2012
Dallas, Texas, USA - Energy and Mobility: Scalable Solutions for the Mobile Data Explosion
GreenTouch June Open Forum
Presenter: Dr. Antonio Capone
5-7 June 2012
Dallas, Texas, USA - Moving Toward Engery Efficient Access Networks
Peter Vetter, Principal Research Engineer
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
5-7 June 2012
Dallas, Texas, USA - Charting a Path to Sustainable and Scalable ICT Networks
GreenTouch June Open Forum
Presenter: Professor Rod Tucker
5-7 June 2012
Dallas, Texas, USA - Green Content Distribution and Data Centers
GreenTouch June Open Forum
Presenter: Jay Taylor
5-7 June 2012
Dallas, Texas, USA - Green from a Service Provider Perspective
GreenTouch June Open Forum
Presenter: Dr. Chih-Lin I
5-7 June 2012
Dallas, Texas, USA - Sustainable Energy of the Future – What Will Change by 2020?
EU Sustainable Energy Week Workshop - ICT Sustainable Networks for Sustainable Lifestyles
Presenter: Maher Chebbo
20 June 2012
Brussels, Belgium - Sustainable ICT Networks: The GreenTouch Vision
EU Sustainable Energy Week Workshop - ICT Sustainable Networks for Sustainable Lifestyles
Presenter: Thierry Klein
20 June 2012
Brussels, Belgium - Energy and Mobility: Scalable Solutions for the Mobile Data Explosion
EU Sustainable Energy Week Workshop - ICT Sustainable Networks for Sustainable Lifestyles
Presenter: Antonio Capone
20 June 2012
Brussels, Belgium - Moving Toward Energy Efficient Access Networks
EU Sustainable Energy Week Workshop - ICT Sustainable Networks for Sustainable Lifestyles
Presenter: Bart Lannoo
20 June 2012
Brussels, Belgium - Dynamic Resource Management in Core Networks
EU Sustainable Energy Week Workshop - ICT Sustainable Networks for Sustainable Lifestyles
Presenter: Jaafar Elmiirghani
20 June 2012
Brussels, Belgium - ICT Infrastructure as Key Enabler of Smart Cities
FIA Aalborg
Presenter: Thierry Van Landegem
10 May 2012 - Reducing the Carbon Footprint of ICT Devices, Platforms and Networks
GESI General Assembly
Presenter: Thierry Van Landegem
9 May 2012 - Methodology for Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Organizations
Authors: International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)
February 2012 - Green Wireless Networks
2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2012)
Presenter: Gee Rittenhouse
2 April 2012 WCNC 2012 - Green Telecom and IT workshop, jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Bell Labs
4-5 April 2012 Bangalore, India
- Next-Generation Energy Efficient Networks: Overview of the GreenTouch Consortium
Author: Thierry E. Klein
Thierry Klein, Chair, Core Switching and Routing Working Group
- Approaches to Energy Efficient Wireless Access Networks
Authors: Oliver Blume, Dietrich Zeller, Ulrich Barth
Oliver Blume, Mobile Communications Working Group
Ulrich Barth, Chair, Mobile Communications Working Group
- Beyond RED: Periodic Early Detection for On-Chip Buffer Memories in Network Elements
Author:A. Francini
Proceedings of IEEE HPSR 2011, July 2011
- Challenges and Enabling Technologies for Energy Aware Mobile Radio Networks
Communications Magazine; November 2010
Authors: Luis M. Correia, Dietrich Zeller, Oliver Blume, Dieter Ferling, Ylva Jading, István Gódor, Gunther Auer, Liesbet Van der Perre
Oliver Blume, Mobile Communications Working Group
- Demonstration of GMPLS-Controlled Device Power Management for Next Generation Green Optical Networks
Authors: Annalisa Morea, Jordi Perelló, Fernando Agraz, Salvatore Spadaro
Annalisa Morea, Core Optical Networking and Switching Working Group
- Efficiency Gain from Elastic Optical Networks
Authors: Annalisa Morea and Olivier Rival
Annalisa Morea, Core Optical Networking and Switching Working Group
Olivier Rival, Core Optical Networking and Switching Working Group
- Energy-Aware Scheduling Algorithms for Network Stability
Authors: M. Andrews, S. Antonakopoulos, L. Zhang
- Energy Efficient, Scalable Packet Transport Networks
Author: G. Eilenberger
15th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2010), July 2010
- Energy Efficient Transport for the Future Internet
Authors: G. Eilenberger, S. Buse, L. Dembeck, U. Gebhard, F. Ilchmann, W. Lautenschlaeger, J. Milbrandt
Bell Labs Technical Journal, 15(2), pp. 133–148, September, 2010
- Energy Savings in Mobile Networks Based on Adaptation to Traffic Statistics
Authors: Oliver Blume, Harald Eckhardt, Siegfried Klein, Edgar Kuehn, andWieslawa M. Wajda
Oliver Blume, Mobile Communications Working Group
- Energy Saving Potential of Integrated Hardware and Resource Management Solutions for Wireless Base Stations
Authors: Anton Ambrosy, Oliver Blume, Henrik Klessig, and Wieslawa Wajda
Oliver Blume, Mobile Communications Working Group
- How Much Energy is Needed to Run a Wireless Network?
Authors: Gunther Auer, Vito Giannini, Claude Desset, Istvan Godor, Per Skillermark, Magnus Olsson, Muhammad Ali Imran, Dario Sabella, Manuel J Gonzealez, Oliver Blume, Albrecht Fehske
Claude Desset, Mobile Communications Working Group
Albrecht Fehske, Mobile Communications Working Group
Oliver Blume, Mobile Communications Working Group
- Integrated Electrical/Optical Switching for Future Energy Efficient Packet Networks
Author: G. Eilenberger
Proceedings of OFC/NFOEC 2011, March 2011
- Looking Beyond Green Cellular Networks
Authors: Antonio Capone, André Fonseca dos Santos, Ilario Filippini, Bernd Gloss
Antonio Capone, Mobile Communications Working Group
Andre Fonseca dos Santos, Mobile Communications Working Group
Ilario Filippini, Mobile Communications Working Group
Bernd Gloss, Mobile Communications Working Group
- Minimum-Cost Network Design with (Dis)economies of Scale
Authors: M. Andrews, S. Antonakopoulos, L. Zhang
Proceedings of IEEE FOCS 2010, October 2010
- Performance Bounds of Rate-Adaptation Schemes for Energy-Efficient Routers
Author: A. Francini, D. Stiliadis
Proceedings of IEEE HPSR 2010, June 2010
- Power-Aware Routing with Rate-Adaptive Network Elements
Authors: S. Antonakopoulos, S. Fortune, L. Zhang
Proceedings of IEEE GreenCom 2010, December 2010
- Power Management of Optoelectronic Interfaces for Dynamic Optical Networks
Author: A. Morea, S. Spadaro, O. Rival, J. Perelló, F. Agraz, D. Verchere
A Morea, Core Optical Networking and Switching Working Group
O Rival, Core Optical Networking and Switching Working Group
- Resource Requirements in Mixed-Line Rate and Elastic Dynamic Optical Networks
Authors: Olivier Rival, Annalisa Morea
A Morea, Core Optical Networking and Switching Working Group
O Rival, Core Optical Networking and Switching Working Group
- Reducing Energy Consumption in Access Networks Final Report
Author: Walter Keating
- Reducing the Energy Consumption of Photonics Hardware in Data Center Networks
Authors: Richard Penty, Jonathan Ingham, Adrian Wonfor, Kai Wang, Ian White
Richard Penty, Core Switching and Routing Working Group
Adrian Wonfor
- Routing and Scheduling for Energy and Delay Minimization in the Powerdown Model
Authors: M. Andrews, A. Fernandez, L Zhang, W. Zhao
Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2010 MiniConference, March 2010
- Routing for Energy Minimization in the Speed Scaling Model
Authors: M. Andrews, A. Fernandez, L Zhang, W. Zhao
Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2010, March 2010
- Traffic trends: Drivers and measures of cost-effective and energy-efficient technologies and architectures for backbone optical networks
Aurhor: S. K. Korotky
Proc. Conf. Optical Fiber Commun. (Los Angeles), to be published, March, 2012
S. K. Korotky, Chair, Services Applications and Trends Committee
- Unified model metrics and constraints for assessing network energy use and cost based on most likely traffic profiles
Aurhors: S. K. Korotky and K. N. Oikonomou
European Conf. Optical Commun. (Torino), paper P5.16, 2010
S. K. Korotky, Chair, Services Applications and Trends Committee
- Interconnnect Requirements for Energy Efficient Exascale Computing
Author: John Shalf
SC11, Seattle, Washington - 12 November 2011
- Pushing the Limits of Datacenter Efficiency: Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Kushagra Vaid
- Towards Net Zero Infrastructure, Sustainable and Energy Proportional Networking
Author: Sujata Banerjee
GreenTouch Wireline Access Publications
- P. Vetter, et al., "Research Roadmap for Green Wireline Access", GCN - ICC 2012, Ottawa, June 2012.
- Ka-Lun Lee, Behnam Sedighi, Rodney S. Tucker, Hungkei (Keith) Chow, and Peter Vetter, "Energy efficiency of optical transceivers in fiber access networks", IEEE Journal of Optical Communication Networks, (invited) in print 2012.
- Behnam Sedighi, Ka-Lun Lee, Rodney S. Tucker, Hungkei (Keith) Chow, and Peter Vetter, "Energy Efficiency in Future 40-Gb/sFiberAccess Networks", OFC, p. JTh2A.59 Los Angeles, March 2012.
- Junichi Kani, "Power Saving Techniques for Optical Access", Tutorial at OFC 2012, p. NM2K.1, Los Angeles, March 2012.
- H. Chow, D. Suvakovic and P. Vetter, "BIPON: A more energy-efficient TDM PON", article in TechZine, available online at http://www2.alcatel-lucent.com/blogs/techzine/2012/bipon-a-more-energy-efficient-tdm-pon/, March 2012.
- P. Vetter and D. Suvakovic, "Research Directions for Low Energy Access Networks", (Invited paper) at OSA ANIC 2011 in Toronto, June 2011.
- Leonid G. Kazovsky, Tolga Ayhan, Moises Riberio, Dusan Suvakovic, Dora van Veen, Hungkei Chow,, "Energy Efficient Optical-Wireless Residential Access/In-House Networks", ICTON 2011, Stockholm, June 2011.
- Fabienne Saliou et al, "Energy Efficiency Scenarios for Long Reach PON Central Offices", OFC/NFOEC2011, Los Angeles, USA, March 2011, OThB2.
- S. H. Lee, A. Wonfor, R. V. Penty, I. H. White, G. Busico, R. Cush, and M. Wale, "Athermal colourless C-band optical transmitter for passive optical networks", in Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010.
- S. H. Lee, A. Wonfor, R. V. Penty, I. H. White, G. Busico, R. Cush, and M. Wale, "Self-configuring athermal tunable DS-DBR laser for passive optical networks", in Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010.
- M. Guenach, K. Hooghe, M. Timmers, J. Maes, D. Singy and O. Lamparter, 'Energy Optimization in DSL Access Networks', Book chapter on Sustainable Green Computing: Practices, Methodologies and Technologies, IGI Global at http://www.igi-global.com/.
- Koen Hooghe and Mamoun Guenach, 'Towards Green Copper Broadband Access Networks', IEEE Communication Magazine, special issue on Green Communications, Vol. 49, No. 8, pp. 87-93, August 2011.
- M. Guenach, C. Nuzman, J. Maes, M. Peeters, Y. Li, D. V. Bruyssel and F. Defoort, 'Power-efficient Copper Access', Bell Labs Technical Journal, special issue on Green Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Eco-Sustainability, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 117-29, September 2010.
- K. Hooghe and M. Guenach, 'Towards energy-efficient packet processing in access nodes', IEEE GLOBECOM, Houston, Texas, 5-9 December 2011.
- Koen Hooghe and Mamoun Guenach, 'Impact of FTTN Architecture on Access node Energy Efficiency', IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology, Twente, Netherlands, 24-25 November 2010.
- M. Guenach, C. Nuzman, K. Hooghe, J. Maes and M. Peeters, 'On power-efficient usage of line drivers in copper-based access networks', IEEE ENERGYCON, Manama, Bahrain, 18-22 December 2010.
- M. Guenach, C. Nuzman, K. Hooghe, J. Maes and M. Peeters, 'Reduced dimensional power optimization using class AB and G line drivers in DSL', IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop on Green Communications (GreenCom3), Miami, Florida, December 2010.
Public Talks
- P. Vetter. "Research directions for energy efficient wireline access", Workshop, Bangelore, April 2012.
- Ka-Lun Lee, talk at OFC workshop on "Energy and Cost-efficient Components and Architectures for Future Optical-Access Systems", (organized by Lowell Lamb, Broacom), OFC, March 2012.
- E. Harstead, D. van Veen, and P. Vetter: "XLG-PON proposal" (including bit-interleaving), contribution to FSAN standardisation, York, September 2011.
- P. Vetter, "Low Energy Access Networks", workshop with IIT Dehli, 7 June 2011.
- Frank Effenberger, "Broadband Access and the Power Crunch" GreenTouch session at OFC 2011, Los Angeles, March 2011.
- P. Vetter and D. Suvakovic, "Low energy Access", Photonics Workshop 2011 in Stanford, February 2011.
- P. Vetter, "Towards ultralow power access", GreenTouch workshop at ECOC, Torino, September 2010.