PARIS, April 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today unveiled a new application
developed by its research arm, Bell
Labs, that network operators and others can use to explore
how the use of the latest technologies can dramatically reduce
energy consumption, costs and the carbon footprint of their
networks.
This easy-to-use G.W.A.T.T. - Global 'What if' Analyzer of
NeTwork Energy ConsumpTion app – forecasts trends in energy
consumption and efficiency based on a wide variety of traffic
growth scenarios and technology evolution choices.
G.W.A.T.T. provides a view of the entire network, showing how
much power is consumed at each point in the network. This make it
possible for G.W.A.T.T. to quickly identify 'hot spots' in a
network where the most energy is consumed, and also provides a way
to identify how different technologies can make the network
more efficient. The application was developed as part of
Alcatel-Lucent's commitment to dramatically reducing the energy
consumption and operational costs of information and communications
technology (ICT) in the face of dramatic growth in data traffic and
associated energy use impacts.
The rapid adoption of smart phones and tablets are driving up
daily Internet traffic dramatically, and forecasts indicate that it
will increase up to 85 times by 2017 compared to 2010. By 2017 more
than 5 trillion gigabytes of data will pass through the network
every year; this is the equivalent of everyone on the planet
tweeting non-stop for more than 100 years. G.W.A.T.T. provides a
roadmap of how to support this growth in a sustainable and
economically viable way.
G.W.A.T.T. addresses a variety of key questions that are
relevant to the ICT industry, including:
- Where is most of the energy consumed in the end-to-end network
today?
- How much does it cost to power the network?
- What is the carbon footprint of the network?
- How much energy is consumed by wireless networks? By data
centers?
- What is the impact of traffic growth and new applications and
services on the energy consumption of current networks?
- How will the network's energy consumption evolve based on
technology evolution over the next four years?
Energy consumption models and scenarios used to build G.W.A.T.T.
are based on forecasts and network modeling from Bell Labs, as well as Alcatel-Lucent's CTO
organization and independent consortia including GreenTouch and the
Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI).
Over time, Alcatel-Lucent will continually expand the
capabilities of G.W.A.T.T., refining its modeling capabilities,
adding new scenarios and technologies, and including new
technologies and architectures currently being investigated by
Bell Labs and the GreenTouch
consortium.
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Dr. Peter Thomond, Managing Director at Clever
Together and Author of the Global e-Sustainabiliy Initiative's and
Microsoft's report "Enabling Technology 2020: The Carbon
Impact of Cloud Computing", said: "My colleagues and I
at Imperial College, Reading University and Harvard Business
School have spent a lot of time in recent years analysing the
potential for technology to enable or undermine carbon abatement
and environmental pollution across the globe. I believe that
G.W.A.T.T. offers a breakthrough in helping the ICT and telecoms
sectors to understand how different technologies, alone and in
combination, will impact the energy consumption of their
networks. As demand for broadband services and applications
skyrockets, the team at Alcatel Lucent should feel proud that
they have made a meaningful contribution to the tool box of
those fighting to keep energy consumption in check."
Marcus Weldon, Corporate Chief
Technology Officer (CTO) of Alcatel-Lucent and Bell Labs President said: "G.W.A.T.T. is
more than just a modeling tool. It is intended to guide
future product and architecture evolution by allowing network
operators and ICT architects and engineers to have a complete view
of the energy impact of the decisions they make regarding what new
technologies to introduce into their networks and when. It also can
clearly explain which technology investments can have the biggest
impact on energy consumption."
ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)
We are at the forefront of global communications,
providing products and innovations in IP and cloud networking, as
well as ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access to service
providers and their customers, and to enterprises and institutions
throughout the world. Underpinning us in driving the industrial
transformation from voice telephony to high-speed digital delivery
of data, video and information is Bell
Labs, an integral part of the Group and one of the world's
foremost technology research institutes, responsible for countless
breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications
industry. Our innovations have resulted in our Group being
recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator, as
well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012's Top
50 "World's Most Innovative Companies". We have also been
recognized for innovation in sustainability, being named Industry
Group Leader in the Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in
the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review, for making global
communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in
pursuit of the Group's mission to realize the potential of a
connected world.
With revenues of Euro 14.4
billion in 2013, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the
Paris and New York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE:
ALU). The company is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.
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