Scientific Large Scale Infrastructure for Computing/Communication Experimental Studies

Research Area

Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

Improving the energy efficiency and sustainability of digital infrastructure, data centers, and networked computing systems.

People

Klaus Wehrle

RWTH Aachen

Responsible Person

Nils Aschenbruck

University of Osnabrück

Responsible Person

Wolfgang Kellerer

Technical University of Munich

Responsible Person

Publications

11 publications

Max Ilsen, Daniel Otten, Nils Aschenbruck, and Markus Chimani,

No Traffic to Cry: Traffic-Oblivious Link Deactivation for Green Traffic Engineering

IEEE INFOCOM 2026 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Tokyo, Japan, May 18-21, 2026, pp. 1–10, IEEE, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOM59046.2026.11571662.

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 author = {Max Ilsen and Daniel Otten and Nils Aschenbruck and Markus Chimani},
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 biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/infocom/IlsenOAC26.bib},
 booktitle = {IEEE INFOCOM 2026 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Tokyo, Japan, May 18-21, 2026},
 doi = {10.1109/INFOCOM59046.2026.11571662},
 pages = {1--10},
 publisher = {IEEE},
 timestamp = {Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:21:59 +0200},
 title = {No Traffic to Cry: Traffic-Oblivious Link Deactivation for Green Traffic Engineering},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOM59046.2026.11571662},
 year = {2026}
}

Daniel Otten, Max Ilsen, Markus Chimani, and Nils Aschenbruck,

An Extended Look at Green Traffic Engineering by Minimizing Active Linecards

IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc., vol. 7, pp. 2794–2813, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2026.3673375.

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 timestamp = {Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:24:31 +0200},
 title = {An Extended Look at Green Traffic Engineering by Minimizing Active Linecards},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2026.3673375},
 volume = {7},
 year = {2026}
}

Endri Goshi, Ece Nur Sen, Hasanin Harkous, Shohreh Ahvar, Rastin Pries, Fidan Mehmeti, and Wolfgang Kellerer,

Profitable Energy-Efficient UPF and Application Placement and Routing in Dynamic 5G Edge

IEEE Trans. Netw. Sci. Eng., vol. 13, pp. 5698–5720, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSE.2025.3650572.

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 volume = {13},
 year = {2026}
}

Alba Jano, Serkut Ayvasik, and Wolfgang Kellerer,

Digiot: Proactive and Adaptive Network Parameter Configuration for Sustainable IoT Devices

IEEE Trans. Green Commun. Netw., vol. 9, pp. 1794–1809, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGCN.2025.3544689.

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 timestamp = {Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:54:50 +0100},
 title = {Digiot: Proactive and Adaptive Network Parameter Configuration for Sustainable IoT Devices},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TGCN.2025.3544689},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2025}
}

Justus Breyer, Kai Gützlaff, Leonardo Pompe, and Klaus Wehrle,

Dataset: Device Activity Report with Complete Knowledge (DARCK) for NILM

Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, BuildSys 2025, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA, November 19-21, 2025, pp. 407–411, ACM, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1145/3736425.3771959.

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 author = {Justus Breyer and Kai Gützlaff and Leonardo Pompe and Klaus Wehrle},
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 biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/buildsys/BreyerGPW25.bib},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, BuildSys 2025, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA, November 19-21, 2025},
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 editor = {Dong Chen and Wan Du and Susu Xu},
 pages = {407–411},
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 timestamp = {Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:24:05 +0100},
 title = {Dataset: Device Activity Report with Complete Knowledge (DARCK) for NILM},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3736425.3771959},
 year = {2025}
}

Finn Klessascheck, Ingo Weber, and Luise Pufahl,

SOPA: a framework for sustainability-oriented process analysis and re-design in business process management

Inf. Syst. E Bus. Manag., vol. 23, pp. 489–537, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/S10257-024-00695-X.

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 journal = {Inf. Syst. E Bus. Manag.},
 number = {2},
 pages = {489--537},
 timestamp = {Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:40:28 +0100},
 title = {SOPA: a framework for sustainability-oriented process analysis and re-design in business process management},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-024-00695-x},
 volume = {23},
 year = {2025}
}

Daniel Otten, Alexander Brundiers, Leonhard Brüggemann, and Nils Aschenbruck,

Power-Napping Networks: Towards Practically Usable Green Segment Routing for ISP Backbones

21st International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2025, Bologna, Italy, October 27-31, 2025, pp. 1–9, IEEE, 2025, https://doi.org/10.23919/CNSM67658.2025.11297528.

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 timestamp = {Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:23:09 +0100},
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 year = {2025}
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Frank Loh, Carina Baur, Flavian Raithel, David Stüber, Omran Ayoub, and Tobias Hoßfeld,

Energy Demand as AI Model Selection Criteria? Assessing Quality and Energy Consumption for AI based KQI Prediction in Video Streaming

21st International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2025, Bologna, Italy, October 27-31, 2025, pp. 1–7, IEEE, 2025, https://doi.org/10.23919/CNSM67658.2025.11297466.

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 year = {2025}
}

Tobias Hossfeld, Stefan Wunderer, Frank Loh, David Hock, and Daniel Schien,

Understanding Energy Efficiency in Communication Networks: Example of an Idealized 6G Base Station

IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 63, pp. 144–150, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.001.2400482.

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René Glebke, Maximilian Winck, Stefan Lenz, Mirko Stoffers, and Klaus Wehrle,

Scalable Supply and Demand Matching Involving Up-to-Date Information from Individual Prosumers

Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Future and Sustainable Energy Systems, E-Energy 2025, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 17-20, 2025, pp. 577–589, ACM, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1145/3679240.3734591.

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 author = {René Glebke and Maximilian Winck and Stefan Lenz and Mirko Stoffers and Klaus Wehrle},
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 biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/eenergy/GlebkeWLSW25.bib},
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Franz Biersack, Marco Liess, Markus Absmann, Fabiana Lotter, Thomas Wild, and Andreas Herkersdorf,

ecoNIC: Saving Energy Through SmartNIC-Based Load Balancing of Mixed-Critical Ethernet Traffic

27th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2024, Paris, France, August 28-30, 2024, pp. 185–193, IEEE, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/DSD64264.2024.00033.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/dsd/BiersackLALWH24,
 author = {Franz Biersack and Marco Liess and Markus Absmann and Fabiana Lotter and Thomas Wild and Andreas Herkersdorf},
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 biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/dsd/BiersackLALWH24.bib},
 booktitle = {27th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2024, Paris, France, August 28-30, 2024},
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 timestamp = {Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:36:20 +0100},
 title = {ecoNIC: Saving Energy Through SmartNIC-Based Load Balancing of Mixed-Critical Ethernet Traffic},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/DSD64264.2024.00033},
 year = {2024}
}