Green and Energy Monitoring for Future Network Infrastructures enabling also Large Deployments (GREENFIELD)

The massive number of physical and virtual end devices in wired and wireless networks for undustrial use of smart city developments is causing an ever increasing energy consumption and environmental impact. Ecological sutstainability needs tob e a native concept in networking, in spite of the promise of a sustainable future promised by 6G and future networking technologies. Sustainability in the context of communication networks is difficult to grasp and quantify, especially, if a tradeoff between service quality and energy consumption is present.

This project aims to define and measure energy efficiency and ecological sustainability for communication networks and assess the potential optimizations in existing networks and application scenarios. The results from GREENFIELD will help to measure energy efficiency and sustainability to support automated solutions and decision making. In GREENFIELD, we address culturally relevant aspects of sustainability and research possible solutions for the real world.

The partners, Infosim GmbH & Co. KG, Städtische Überlandwerke Coburg GmbH (SÜC) and Chair of Communication Networks address these problems by combining their particular expertise. Infosim is well versed in network management, SÜC specializes in network expansion and operation, while the Chair of communication networks address the performance monitoring of network quality and sustainability.