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Selective Idling: Experiments in Transport Layer Energy Conservation

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In this paper we consider the potential of using an aggressive form of energy conservation for mobile computing environments. The estimators for the round-trip time and round-trip time variance used by TCP are used to direct the transceiver of a mobile node to idle over extended periods of time when packet activity is not anticipated. In addition, we consider data link layer extensions that provide additional control information allowing the mobile to be further selective as to when to idle and when to activate the network interface device. Simulations are conducted to examine the performance of the proposed scheme under various levels of congestion in the fixed part of the network, from completely unloaded to fully congested. The simulations reveal that the technique is promising but its effectiveness depends crucially on the control of the maximum window size used by TCP and on accurate knowledge of the congestion conditions in the network.

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  1. Computing Science Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2H1, Canada

    I. Batsiolas & Ioanis Nikolaidis

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Batsiolas, I., Nikolaidis, I. Selective Idling: Experiments in Transport Layer Energy Conservation. The Journal of Supercomputing 20, 101–114 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011118432742

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