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Presenter: Fahad Ghonaim
Supervisor: Prof. Thomas E. Darcie

Date: Thu, April 21, 2011
Time: 10:00:00 - 11:00:00
Place: EOW 430

ABSTRACT

Abstract

Power consumption of the IP routing machine has been the main limitation for expansion of the Internet. Many ³Ô¹ÏÍø have shown that IP classification is the primary contributor to the total consumed power. A Media Frame Network (MFN) is a new approach for a networking protocol to transmit large data files more efficiently with much lower power consumption. Since the MFN project is still evolving, this M.Eng project consists of three parts: first, understanding why existing routers consume such a large amount of power; second, showing how a MFN can overcome the main cause of power consumption in traditional routers, which is accomplished by saving a large number of transactions in IP packet processing; third, some suggestions toward the hardware design of a MFN; for instance, by using hybrid systems, such as an electronic-optical or/and circuit-packet switched network. Such a new approach for a MFN might open new doors toward more efficient routers to meet future demand.