Specialist Task Force 362:
Energy Efficiency and Broadband Deployment
Who we are:
Team Leader: Mike Gilmore
Team Members: Jean Nunez
Jim Price
Eric Stern
What we do:
We are developing a series of ETSI Technical Specifications (TS 105174-X) which
address the energy efficiency of the key sub-systems for broadband deployment
ranging from the operators data centres, sites, core networks, via the access
network to the customer premises.
The documents being prepared address each sub-system and define methods and
practices necessary to promote energy efficiency for that sub-system.
The metrics of energy efficiency (Key Performance Indicators) will be
defined for each sub-system and, where relevant, will link into other
initiatives such as the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre Efficiency.
Where deployment options exist, for example in the access network delivering
FTTx,
their comparative efficiencies may be addressed and balanced against any wider
technical merits. Finally, any obstacles to improving energy efficiency of
deployment implementation
created by legislation and regulation of the operator environment will be
addressed.
The major tasks to be performed are detailed below:
- to standardise the terminology applied to
broadband networking in general and the FTTx landscape in particular;
- to define needs of energy efficiency for
broadband deployment and multi-service implementation;
- to determine the appropriate KPIs in order to
monitor efficient broadband deployment;
- to determine the key barriers to implementation
of FTTC and FTTB and to identify where the implementation has been a success and
what were the key factors in that success;
- to identify any “enabling” standardisation
required;
- to present the topic in a way that is easily read
and understood by those responsible for “broadband for all” legislation and
regulation.
For more details, see our
Terms of Reference
Why we do it:
Energy costs continue to rise, a trend that will continue in
the future, while broadband penetration is introducing new active equipment to
the network architecture. In this
context, it is vital that the main telecommunication actors implement effective
general engineering of broadband networks and associated nodes in order to
highlight critical issues of energy consumption while proposing essential
solutions to true broadband deployment.
Time plan for the work:
Start of the work: November 2008
Target date for end of the work: May 2009
How to contact us:
If you would like more information, please contact the STF Leader:
Mike Gilmore:
mike.gilmore@btinternet.com
This information is based upon STF working assumptions.
The views expressed do not necessarily represent the position of ETSI in this
context.
Last updated: 2013-04-13 17:31:07