Simulating power saver network links in MATLAB

Abstract

Network devices, meeting increasing workload demand, are not efficiently power-workload proportionate and consume a considerable amount of power even when the workload (utilisation) is low. Proposed Slowing Mechanism (SM) provides power workload proportionality for a wired network equipment to reduce power consumption. In order to implement the SM we wrote a simulation in MATLAB to analyse the feasibility of the solution. The simulation provides an insight into how a power saving technique can be employed in a network environment and how the parameters of hardware and ICT applications are interlinked with each other. The simulation creates incoming traffic, packet processing, buffer occupancy, packet delay, throughput, and outputs power consumption and power overhead of the SM.