(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015)
Panchal, Deven
This paper gives an overview of Software Defined Optical Networks (SDON’s) and how they can be implemented. It traces the evolution of Optical networks upto GMPLS and traces the idea of SDN and builds upto OpenFlow. The paper explores the need for SDON’s and explains what a SDON solution could look like, including the hardware. It also seeks to explain how OpenFlow could be used as a part of this solution to overcome the limitations of GMPLS.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-12)
Panchal, Deven
While the 5G technology of cellular communications promises great capacity and coverage to access information anywhere and anytime, it is feared to have huge power consumption. Significant research been has been directed towards solving this problem which exists both on the subscribers’ side as well as the operators’ side. There have been efforts like predicting traffic, modifying the physical layer etc. towards making the 5G technology more energy efficient. The aim of this study is to see the technology enablers for 5G from an energy efficiency perspective. Efforts will be made to point out specific areas in 5G cellular where improvements or modifications could make 5G cellular more energy efficient.