GreenTouch Projects
New Technologies from Greentouch:
- Point-to-Point Optical Transceiver
30-fold increase in energy efficiency in optical transceivers - Virtual Home Gateway
Replacing residential in-home gateways with servers in the cloud - Large Scale Antenna System
Improving energy efficiency in wireless communications - Bit-Interleaved Passive Optical Network
Reducing energy consumption in fiber-to-the-home networks
The work GreenTouch undertakes in order to deliver on its mission is carried out in discrete projects, which are developed and delivered by focused Committees and Working Groups composed of volunteer representatives of GreenTouch member companies, under the direction of the Technical Committee. GreenTouch provides the platform for innovative researchers, engineers, and technology experts from around the world to work together and accelerate their efforts from creation to standardization. Through collaboration, we have a far greater impact and make faster progress on increasing the energy efficiency of ICT networks than our members could make individually.
All the project work is done by GreenTouch members, which include service providers, academic and industrial research institutions and non-governmental organizations. Because GreenTouch members represent a wide range of industry sectors, our projects can address a wide variety of technology areas, which will enable both incremental and sweeping improvements in ICT network energy use. The consortium provides funding opportunities for academic institution members involved in GreenTouch project work. GreenTouch also encourages members to propose new projects or work streams that align with the GreenTouch mission.
If you are a member who is interested in getting involved in any of the GreenTouch projects described in this section, or would like to start a new project or a new working group, please send a message to info@bell-labs.com. If you are not a GreenTouch member and would like to join the Consortium so that you can help contribute to our work, please click here.
Following are the projects in each Working Group and Committee that have been approved by the GreenTouch Technical Committee -- work is well underway in all. Click on the names for details.
- Mobile Networks Working Group Projects
- Beyond Cellular Green Generation
- Green Transmission Technologies
- Large-Scale Antenna Systems
- Flexible Power Model of Future Base Stations
- Services, Policies & Standards Working Group Projects
- Application Taxonomy
- Macro Communication Traffic Trends and Network Operator Survey
- Wired Core & Access Networks Working Group Projects
- Bit-Interleaved Passive Optical Network Technology
- Highly Adaptive Layer for Meshed On-Off Optical Networks
- Low-Energy Architecture
- Optimum End-to-End Resource Allocation
- Router Power Monitoring
- Service Energy Aware Sustainable Optical Networks
- Single Chip Line Card
- Switching and Transmission
- Virtual Home Gateway
- Zero Buffer Router Architectures
GreenTouch members may also access additional project details in the Members section of the GreenTouch website under "ProjectView."
