An Energy-Aware Path Enumeration Solution Based on the Path Algebra Framework

Abstract

Energy-centric network resource management is becoming increasingly crucial regarding the operational support of next-generation networking ecosystems. To realize consistent power-saving provisions on the physical underlay, we propose a network path enumeration and ordering mechanism by means of path algebra’s formulations. This novel path evaluation solution introduces new primary network metrics, and by utilizing their algebraic composition it achieves a power-saving path-ranking performance of 90.1% regarding the first path choice, in contrast to its examined counterpart.