The energy importance of additional information

The cornerstone of the Smart City conception is the application of an advanced info-communication infrastructure. One of the main tasks of info-communication systems is the transmission of information. During transmission, however, not only the data representing the required information is transmitted, but also extra data. According to the receiver-side monitoring aspect of the communication, this involves some additional information. This additional information can be examined in many ways. The aim of the present study is to investigate the energy significance of additional information. During the investigation, the appearance of additional information is represented with an older Internet game. This game provides an opportunity to detect the incorporation and decoding of extra data. The study is then based on the energy balance modeling of the systems to point out the nature of the energy problems of such supplementary information.