System and method for analyzing network power consumption

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9621360-B2
Application number	US-201113011487-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2011
Priority date	Jan 22, 2010
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A system and method for analyzing network power consumption is disclosed. The system and method for analyzing network power consumption includes the steps of specifying at least one service which will run on said network; defining a plurality of resources provisioned in the network, each having an associated power efficiency; associating a network path with the service; calculating a sum of the power efficiencies for the resources of the network path; and outputting the sum to a display device. The system and method for analyzing network power consumption is particularly useful for identifying power consumption efficiencies throughout a communication network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for analyzing power consumption of a communication network, the system comprising:
a processor;
a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor;
a resource database containing information describing a plurality of network equipment available for provisioning,
a power efficiency database containing power efficiency information associated with said plurality of network equipment;
a sub-network definition module which accepts input data from an operator interface which defines a subset of the plurality of network resources; and
a service definition module which accepts input data from said operator interface which defines at least one service which will be running on said network, said input data also defining which sub-network said service will traverse, wherein said service definition module is configured to calculate a power efficiency sum for said at least one service and output analysis results based upon said power efficiency sum.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
instructions executable by said processor for providing at least one over-provisioning multiplier for said at least one service, wherein said at least one over-provisioning multiplier is configured to associate additional network equipment to said at least one service.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
instructions executable by said processor for multiplying said sum by a factor representing a user traffic volume associated with said at least one service to produce a product, wherein the product is output to said display device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said display device comprises one of a digital display device, a graphical user interface, and a printer.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein said at least one over-provisioning multiplier is configured to compensate at least one of peak-to-mean traffic variations, traffic growth over time, over-subscription, and protection needs.

6. A non-transitory medium storing computer instructions which when executed, enable a computer system to analyze power consumption of a communication network, the computer instructions comprising:
instructions for specifying at least one service which will run on said network;
instructions for defining a plurality of resources provisioned in said network, each of said plurality of resources having an associated power efficiency;
instructions for associating a network path with said at least one service;
instructions for calculating a sum of the power efficiencies for the resources of the network path; and
instructions for outputting analysis results based upon said sum to a display device.

Assignees

• Rittenhouse George Endicott
• Atkinson Gary Weldon
• Blume Oliver
• Goyal Suresh
• Kilper Daniel Charles
• Korotky Steven Kenneth
• Suvakovic Dusan
• Alcatel Lucent

Inventors

• Rittenhouse George Endicott
• Atkinson Gary Weldon
• Blume Oliver
• Goyal Suresh
• Kilper Daniel Charles
• Korotky Steven Kenneth
• Suvakovic Dusan

Classifications

• Y02B60/42

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02B60/34

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H04L12/12 Primary

  Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof · CPC title

• Y02D30/50

  in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate · CPC title

• Y02D30/00

  Reducing energy consumption in communication networks · CPC title