An SDN-based energy-aware traffic management mechanism

Green computing is a central theme in many computer science areas, including networks. Dynamic solutions that can properly adjust network resources prevent infrastructure over-provision and mitigate power consumption during low-demand periods. In this work, we propose DTM (Dynamic mechanism for Traffic Management), an energy-aware dynamic traffic management, built upon the SDN paradigm. continuously monitors use of links to concentrate disconnect idle equipment without degrading offered quality service. Our simulations show save up 46% energy, on average, links’ capacities homogeneous heterogeneous scenarios. scenarios with average high demands, mean energy savings are 36.72% 17.86%, respectively. Compared well-known existing mechanism, our approach 7% better medium-demand scenarios, approximately 4% high-demand