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IAB J. Arkko Internet Architecture Board (IAB) J. Arkko
Internet-Draft Ericsson Request for Comments: 9547 C. S. Perkins
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Expires: 25 April 2024 University of Glasgow ISSN: 2070-1721 February 2024
S. Krishnan
Cisco
23 October 2023
Report from the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impact of Internet Report from the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impact of Internet
Applications and Systems, 2022 Applications and Systems, 2022
draft-iab-ws-environmental-impacts-report-03
Abstract Abstract
Internet communications and applications have both environmental Internet communications and applications have both environmental
costs and benefits. The IAB ran an online workshop in December 2022 costs and benefits. The IAB ran an online workshop in December 2022
on exploring and understanding these impacts. to explore and understand these impacts.
The role of the workshop was to discuss the impacts, discuss the
evolving needs from industry, and to identify areas for improvements
and future work. A key goal of the workshop was to call further
attention to the topic and to bring together a diverse stakeholder
community to discuss these issues.
This report summarises the workshop inputs and discussions.
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This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC. The role of the workshop was to discuss the impacts and the evolving
industry needs, and to identify areas for improvements and future
work. A key goal of the workshop was to call further attention to
the topic and bring together a diverse stakeholder community to
discuss these issues.
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Table of Contents Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Introduction
1.1. About the contents of this workshop report . . . . . . . 4 1.1. About the Contents of This Workshop Report
2. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Scope
2.1. Practical Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1. Practical Arrangements
3. Workshop Topics and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Workshop Topics and Discussion
3.1. The Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.1. The Big Picture
3.2. Understanding the Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2. Understanding the Impacts
3.3. Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.3. Improvements
3.4. Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.4. Next Steps
3.4.1. Overall Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.4.1. Overall Strategy
3.4.2. Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.4.2. Improvements
3.4.3. Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.4.3. Actions
4. Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4. Feedback
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5. Security Considerations
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6. IANA Considerations
7. Position Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7. Position Papers
8. Program Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8. Program Committee
9. Workshop Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9. Informative References
10. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Appendix A. Workshop Participants
Appendix A. IAB Members at the Time of Approval . . . . . . . . 25 IAB Members at the Time of Approval
Appendix B. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Acknowledgments
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Authors' Addresses
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
The IAB ran an online workshop in December 2022 on exploring and The IAB ran an online workshop in December 2022 to explore and
understanding the environmental impacts of the Internet. understand the environmental impacts of the Internet.
The background for the workshop was that Internet communications and The context for the workshop was that Internet communications and
applications have both environmental costs and benefits. In the applications have both environmental costs and benefits. In the
positive direction, they can reduce the environmental impact of our positive direction, they can reduce the environmental impact of our
society, for instance, by allowing virtual interaction to replace society, for instance, by allowing virtual interaction to replace
physical travel. Of course, the Internet can equally well act as an physical travel. On the other hand, the Internet can equally well
enabler for increasing physical goods consumption, for instance, act as an enabler for increasing physical goods consumption, for
through easing commerce. instance, by facilitating commerce.
Beyond the effects associated with its use, Internet applications do Beyond the effects associated with its use, Internet applications do
not come for free either. The Internet runs on systems that require not come for free either. The Internet runs on systems that require
energy and raw materials to manufacture and operate. While the energy and raw materials to manufacture and operate. While the
environmental benefits of the Internet may certainly outweigh this environmental benefits of the Internet may certainly outweigh this
use of resources in many cases, it is incumbent on the Internet use of resources in many cases, it is incumbent on the Internet
industry to ensure that this use of resources is minimized and industry to ensure that this use of resources is minimized and
optimized. In many cases, this is already an economic necessity due optimized. In many cases, this is already an economic necessity due
to operational costs. And because many consumers, businesses, and to operational costs. And because many consumers, businesses, and
civil societies care deeply about the environmental impact of the civil societies care deeply about the environmental impact of the
services and technologies they use, there is also a clear demand for services and technologies they use, there is also a clear demand for
providing Internet services with minimal environmental impact. providing Internet services with minimal environmental impact.
The role of the workshop was to discuss the Internet's environmental The role of the workshop was to discuss the Internet's environmental
impact, discuss the evolving needs from industry, and to identify impact and the evolving industry needs, and to identify areas for
areas for improvements and future work. A key goal of the workshop improvements and future work. A key goal of the workshop was to call
was to call further attention to the topic and to bring together a further attention to the topic and bring together a diverse
diverse stakeholder community to discuss these issues. This report stakeholder community to discuss these issues. This report
summarises the workshop inputs and discussions. summarizes the workshop inputs and discussions.
The workshop drew many position paper submissions. Of these, 26 were The workshop drew many position paper submissions. Of these, 26 were
accepted and published to stimulate discussion. There were active accepted and published to stimulate discussion. There were active
discussions both in the meeting and on the workshop mailing list with discussions both in the meeting and on the workshop mailing list with
altogether 73 participants. 73 participants altogether.
Perhaps the main overriding observation is how much there is interest Perhaps the main overriding observation is how much interest and
and urgency on this topic, among engineers, researchers, and urgency there is on this topic, among engineers, researchers, and
businesses. businesses.
The workshop discussions and conclusions are covered in Section 3. The workshop discussions and conclusions are covered in Section 3.
The position papers, and links to recordings of workshop sessions, The position papers and links to recordings of workshop sessions can
can be found at https://www.iab.org/activities/workshops/e-impact/. be found at <https://www.iab.org/activities/workshops/e-impact/>.
Presentations held during the discussions can be found from the IETF Presentations and related materials from the workshop are available
Datatracker at https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/eimpactws/ from the IETF Datatracker
meetings/. <https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/eimpactws/meetings/>.
The discussion at the IETF will continue after the workshop, both After the workshop, the IETF will continue to discuss general topics
around specific proposals as well as general discussion on a new and specific proposals on a new mailing list, the e-impact list
mailing list, the e-impact list (e-impact@ietf.org). You can (e-impact@ietf.org). You can subscribe to this list at
subscribe to this list at https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/e-impact>.
e-impact.
Some improvements addressing specific situations are being discussed The IETF is discussing improvements for some specific situations,
at the IETF, such as the Time Variant Routing (TVR) proposal that can such as the Time-Variant Routing (TVR) proposal, which can help
help optimize connectivity with systems that are periodically on or optimize connectivity with systems that are periodically on or
reachable (such as satellites). We expect more proposals in the reachable (such as satellites). We expect more proposals in the
future. future.
1.1. About the contents of this workshop report 1.1. About the Contents of This Workshop Report
This document is a report on the proceedings of the workshop. The The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) holds occasional workshops
views and positions documented in this report are those expressed designed to consider long-term issues and strategies for the
during the workshop by participants, and do not necessarily reflect Internet, and to suggest future directions for the Internet
IAB views and positions. architecture. This long-term planning function of the IAB is
complementary to the ongoing engineering efforts performed by working
groups of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Furthermore, the content of the report comes from presentations given Furthermore, the content of this report comes from presentations
by workshop participants and notes taken during the discussions, given by workshop participants and notes taken during the
without interpretation or validation. Thus, the content of this discussions, without interpretation or validation. Thus, the content
report follows the flow and dialog of the workshop and documents a of this report follows the flow and dialog of the workshop and
few next steps and actions, but did not attempt to determine or documents a few next steps and actions, but it does not attempt to
record consensus on these. determine or record consensus on these.
2. Scope 2. Scope
Environmental impact assessment and improvements are broad topics, Environmental impact assessments and improvements are broad topics,
ranging from technical questions to economics, business decisions, ranging from technical questions to economics, business decisions,
and policies. and policies.
The technical, standards, and research communities can help ensure The technical, standards, and research communities can help ensure
that we have a sufficient understanding of the environmental impact that we have a sufficient understanding of the environmental impact
of the Internet and its applications. They can also help to design of the Internet and its applications. They can also help to design
the right tools to continue to build and improve all aspects of the the right tools to continue to build and improve all aspects of the
Internet, such as addressing new functional needs, easing of Internet, such as addressing new functional needs, easing of
operations, improving performance and/or efficiency, or reducing operations, improving performance and/or efficiency, or reducing
environmental impacts in other ways. environmental impacts in other ways.
The workshop was expected to discuss: The following topics were expected to be discussed at the workshop:
* The direct environmental impacts of the Internet, including but * The direct environmental impacts of the Internet, including but
not limited to energy usage by Internet systems themselves (the not limited to energy usage by Internet systems themselves (the
network equipment along with the associated power and cooling network equipment along with the associated power and cooling
infrastructure), energy usage of the relevant end-user devices, infrastructure), energy usage of the relevant end-user devices,
resources needed for manufacturing the associated devices, or the resources needed for manufacturing the associated devices, or the
environmental impacts throughout the life-cycle of Internet environmental impacts throughout the life cycle of Internet
systems. This included discussion about the breakdown of those systems. This included discussion about the breakdown of those
impacts across different system components and operations, and impacts across different system components and operations and
predictions about the potential future trends for these impacts predictions about the potential future trends for these impacts
based on changed usage patterns and emerging technologies. based on changed usage patterns and emerging technologies.
* Discussion of the indirect environmental impacts of the Internet, * The indirect environmental impacts of the Internet, i.e., its
i.e., its effects on society through enabling communications, effects on society through enabling communications, virtual
virtual services, or global commerce. services, or global commerce.
* Sharing information about relevant measurement metrics and data, * Sharing information about relevant measurement metrics and data
and identify the need for additional metric or measurements. and identifying the need for additional metrics or measurements.
* Discussing about the need for improvements or associated new * The need for improvements or new associated functionality.
functionality.
* Sharing information about the societal, business, and regulatory * Sharing information about the societal, business, and regulatory
situation, to help identify areas of opportunity. situation to help identify areas of opportunity.
* Identifying areas where further technical work would be most * Identifying areas where further technical work would be most
impactful. impactful.
* Discussing specific improvement proposals. * Specific improvement proposals.
* Discussion of past work in the IETF, IRTF, and IAB in this area * Past work in the IETF, IRTF, and IAB in this area and the status
and the status of such work. of such work.
* Discussion of observed user behaviours as they relate to * Observed user behaviors as they relate to environmental impacts.
environmental impacts.
We expected that the workshop discussions connect analysis of the We expected the workshop discussions to connect analysis of the
issues (e.g., scale of energy consumption or carbon footprint) to issues (e.g., scale of energy consumption or carbon footprint) to
industry needs (e.g., deployment opportunities) and solutions. industry needs (e.g., deployment opportunities) and solutions.
Business and societal policy questions were in scope only insofar as Business and societal policy questions were in scope only insofar as
they informed the workshop participants about the context we are in, they informed the workshop participants about the context we are in,
but what those policies should be was not for the workshop to decide but what those policies should be was not for the workshop to decide
or even extensively discuss. The scope excluded also how the or even extensively discuss. The scope also excluded how the
technical community works and meets, such as the question of in- technical community works and meets, such as the question of in-
person or hybrid meetings (although it should be noted that the person or hybrid meetings (although it should be noted that the
workshop itself was run as an on-line meeting). workshop itself was run as an online meeting).
2.1. Practical Arrangements 2.1. Practical Arrangements
The IAB discussed a potential workshop in this area during its May The IAB discussed a potential workshop in this area during its May
2022 retreat. A call for position papers went out in August 2022. 2022 retreat. A call for position papers went out in August 2022.
Position papers were to be submitted by end of October, a deadline Position papers were to be submitted by end of October, a deadline
which was later extended by one week. that was later extended by one week.
As noted, the workshop itself was run as an on-line meeting, with As noted, the workshop itself was run as an online meeting, with four
four half-day long sessions complemented by email discussions and the half-day sessions complemented by email discussions and the position
position papers submitted by the participants. papers submitted by the participants.
All in all, 73 people participated in at least one session in the All in all, 73 people participated in at least one session in the
workshop. Participation was by invitation only, based on the workshop. Participation was by invitation only, based on the
position paper submissions. position paper submissions.
Every submission was read by at least three members of the program Every submission was read by at least three members of the program
committee, and acceptance decisions were communicated back to the committee, and acceptance decisions were communicated back to the
authors. Review comments were provided for authors for information, authors. Review comments were provided to authors for information,
and some of the papers were revised before the workshop. and some of the papers were revised before the workshop.
The program committee decided that due to interest and differing The program committee decided that due to interest and differing
areas of expertise, all co-authors were to be invited, and most of areas of expertise, all co-authors were to be invited; most of them
them did attend. The program committee also invited a handful of attended. The program committee also invited a handful of additional
additional participants, where they were seen as providing valuable participants that were seen as providing valuable input. Similarly,
input. Similarly, as is traditional in IAB workshops, the program as has been done in previous IAB workshops, the program committee
committee members and members of the IAB and IESG were offered an members and members of the IAB and IESG were offered an opportunity
opportunity to participate even in cases where they did not submit a to participate, even in cases where they did not submit a position
position paper. paper.
The IETF secretariat and communications staff provided practical The IETF Secretariat and communications staff provided practical
support during the process, sending announcements, maintaining the support during the process, sending announcements, maintaining the
workshop web page with position papers, setting up mailing lists, workshop web page with position papers, setting up mailing lists,
tracking submissions, helping with blog article submissions, and so tracking submissions, helping with blog article submissions, and so
on. on.
3. Workshop Topics and Discussion 3. Workshop Topics and Discussion
The meeting part of the workshop was divided into four sessions: The meeting part of the workshop was divided into four sessions:
* The first session was about the big picture and relationships * The first session was about the big picture and relationships
between different aspects of sustainability (see Section 3.1). between different aspects of sustainability (see Section 3.1).
* The second session focused on what we know and do not know, and * The second session focused on what we know and do not know and how
how we can measure environmental impacts (see Section 3.2). we can measure environmental impacts (see Section 3.2).
* The third session was about potential improvements (see * The third session was about potential improvements (see
Section 3.3). Section 3.3).
* The final fourth session was about conclusions and next steps (see * The final fourth session was about conclusions and next steps (see
Section 3.4). Section 3.4).
3.1. The Big Picture 3.1. The Big Picture
This session was about the big picture and how the Internet This session was about the big picture and how the Internet
influences the rest of the society. We also spoke about the goals of influences the rest of the society. We also spoke about the goals of
the workshop. the workshop.
The session began with a discussion about what is overall involved in The session began with a discussion about what is overall involved in
this topic. We also looked at how the IETF has approached this topic this topic. We also looked at how the IETF has approached this topic
in the past. in the past.
The discussions also expressed the urgency of action and the The discussions also expressed the urgency of action and the
importance of continuous improvement: an incremental change every importance of continuous improvement, i.e., an incremental change
year is needed for larger savings at the end of the decade. We every year is needed for larger savings at the end of the decade. We
continued to talk about the need to recognize how climate changes continued to talk about the need to recognize how climate change
impact different communities in the world, often unfairly. Finally, impacts different communities in the world, often unfairly. Finally,
we focused on the need to be aware of carbon footprint rather than we focused on the need to be aware of carbon footprint rather than
pure energy consumption - carbon intensity of energy sources varies. pure energy consumption -- carbon intensity of energy sources varies.
The starting observation from this session was that the issue is much The starting observation from this session was that the issue is much
bigger than Internet technology alone. The issue influences all bigger than Internet technology alone. The issue influences all
parts of society, and even matters such as (in)equality, externalized parts of society, even matters such as (in)equality, externalized
costs, and justice. Another key observation was that improvements costs, and justice. Another key observation was that improvements
come in many forms; there is no silver bullet. The opportunity to come in many forms; there is no silver bullet. The opportunity to
bring together people with different backgrounds helped us see how we bring people with different backgrounds together helped us see how we
approach the topic from different angles - none of them wrong, but approach the topic from different angles -- none of them wrong, but
also none of the sole angle to focus on either. Only the combined also none of them are the sole angle to focus on either. Only the
effects of complementary efforts can provide the required level of combined effects of complementary efforts can provide the required
changes. level of changes.
Some of the useful tools for approaching the issue included of course Some of the useful tools for approaching the issue of course included
technical solutions, but also solidarity, aiming for sufficiency, and technical solutions but also solidarity, aiming for sufficiency, and
awareness. It is important to not stand still waiting for the awareness. It is important to not stand still waiting for the
perfect solution. Renewable energy and carbon awareness were seen as perfect solution. Renewable energy and carbon awareness were seen as
a part of the solution, but not, however, sufficient by themselves. a part of the solution but not sufficient by themselves.
As an example demonstration of the diversity of angles and As an example demonstration of the diversity of angles and
improvements relating to environmental issues, the figure below improvements relating to environmental issues, the figure below
classifies the areas that workshop position papers fell on: classifies the areas that workshop position papers fell on:
+---- Actors & organizations +---- Actors & organizations
| +---- Avoidance | +---- Avoidance
+---- Benefits to other fields | +---- Benefits to other fields |
| +---- User behaviour | +---- User behavior
+---- Society, awareness, & | +---- Society, awareness, & |
| justice +---- Implementation | justice +---- Implementation
| | | |
Workshop -+- Improvements ------------------+ Workshop -+- Improvements ------------------+
| | | |
| Understanding & | +---- Dataplane | Understanding & | +---- Data plane
+---- Measurements | | +---- Measurements | |
| Protocols --+---- Routing | Protocols --+---- Routing
| | | |
+---- Energy +---- Edge cloud +---- Energy +---- Edge cloud
| | | |
+---- Carbon +---- Mobile +---- Carbon +---- Mobile
| |
+---- Metrics +---- Metrics
| |
+---- Other +---- Other
Figure 1: Position paper submission topics Figure 1: Position Paper Submission Topics
Some of the goals for the IETF should include: Some of the goals for the IETF should include:
* Connecting the IETF with others. Given that the issue is broad, * Connecting the IETF with others. Given that the issue is broad,
it is difficult for one standards organisation alone to make a it is difficult for one Standards Development Organization (SDO)
significant impact, or even have the full picture. Working in alone to make a significant impact or even have the full picture.
collaboration with others is necessary. And understanding the Working in collaboration with others is necessary, and
situation beyond technology will be needed. understanding the situation beyond technology will be needed.
* Continuous improvement. It is important that the IETF (among * Continuous improvement. It is important that the IETF (among
others) sets itself on a continuous improvement cycle. No single others) set itself on a continuous improvement cycle. No single
improvement will change the overall situation sufficiently, but improvement will change the overall situation sufficiently, but
over a longer period of time, even smaller changes every year will over a longer period of time, even smaller changes every year will
result in larger improvements. result in larger improvements.
* Finding the right targets for improvements in the Internet. These * Finding the right targets for improvements in the Internet. These
should perhaps not be solely defined by larger speeds or bigger should perhaps not be solely defined by larger speeds or bigger
capacity, but rather increased usefulness to society and declining capacity but rather increased usefulness to society and declining
emissions from the information and communications technology (ICT) emissions from the Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
sector. sector.
* Specifying what research needs to be done, i.e., where additional * Specifying what research needs to be done, i.e., where additional
knowledge would allow us to find better improvements. For knowledge would allow us to find better improvements. For
instance, not enough is known about environmental impacts beyond instance, not enough is known about environmental impacts beyond
energy, such as natural resources used for manufacturing, or the energy, such as natural resources used for manufacturing or the
use of water. Carbon-awareness and measurements across domains is use of water. Carbon awareness and measurements across domains
also poorly understood today. And business model impacts -- such are also poorly understood today. And business model impacts --
as the role of advertising on Internet's carbon footprint -- such as the role of advertising on the Internet's carbon footprint
deserve more study. -- deserve more study.
3.2. Understanding the Impacts 3.2. Understanding the Impacts
The second session focused on what we know and do not know, and how The second session focused on what we know and do not know and how we
we can measure environmental impacts. can measure environmental impacts.
The initial presentation focused on narrowing down the lower and The initial presentation focused on narrowing down the lower and
upper limits of the energy use of the Internet and putting some upper limits of the energy use of the Internet and putting some
common but erroneous claims into context. There was also discussion common but erroneous claims into context. There was also discussion
regarding the energy consumption of the ICT sector and how it regarding the energy consumption of the ICT sector and how it
compares to some other selected industries such as aviation. compares to some other selected industries, such as aviation.
Dwelling deeper into the energy consumption and the carbon footprint Dwelling deeper into the energy consumption and the carbon footprint
of the ICT sector there was discussion regarding how the impact was of the ICT sector, there was discussion regarding how the impact was
split amongst the networks, data centres and user devices (with the split amongst the networks, data centers, and user devices (with the
user devices appearing to contribute to the largest fraction of the user devices appearing to contribute to the largest fraction of
impact). Also, while lot of the energy consumption related studies impact). Also, while a lot of the energy-consumption-related studies
and discussions have been focused on data centers, some studies and discussions have been focused on data centers, some studies
suggested that data center energy usage is still a small fraction of suggested that data center energy usage is still a small fraction of
energy use as compared to residential and commercial buildings. energy use as compared to residential and commercial buildings.
There were also further discussions both during the presentations and There were also further discussions during both the presentations and
in the hallway chats regarding the press and media coverage of the in the hallway chats regarding the press and media coverage of the
potential environment technologies. The overall sense of the potential environment technologies. The overall sense of the
participants seemed to be that there was a lot of sensational participants seemed to be that there was a lot of sensational
headlines, but they were not really backed by measurements done by headlines, but they were not really backed by measurements done by
the industry and academia, and were fraught with errors. Some of the industry and academia and were fraught with errors. Some of
these media reports were off by quite a bit, sometimes even by an these media reports were off by quite a bit, sometimes even by an
order of magnitude (e.g., confusing MBps vs Mbps in calculations). order of magnitude (e.g., confusing MBps vs. Mbps in calculations).
The potential harm is having widely circulating misinformation was The potential harm of having widely circulating misinformation was
noted; it can hinder realistic efforts to reduce carbon emissions. noted; it can hinder realistic efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
In the rest of the session we looked at both additional data In the rest of the session, we looked at both additional data
collected from the operators as well as factors that - depending on collected from the operators as well as factors that -- depending on
circumstances - may drive energy consumption. These include for circumstances -- may drive energy consumption. For instance, these
instance peak capacity and energy proportionality. include peak capacity and energy proportionality.
If energy consumption is little affected by offered load, the ratio If energy consumption is minimally affected by an offered load, the
of peak capacity to typical usage becomes a critical factor in energy ratio of peak capacity to typical usage becomes a critical factor in
consumption. On the other hand, systems with energy proportionality energy consumption. On the other hand, systems with energy
scale their resource and energy consumption more dynamically based on proportionality scale their resource and energy consumption more
offered load. The lack of energy proportionality in many parts of dynamically based on the offered load. The lack of energy
the network infrastructure was noted, along with the potential gains proportionality in many parts of the network infrastructure was
if it can be improved. noted, along with the potential gains if it can be improved.
There were also observations that showed that the energy consumption There were also observations that showed that the energy consumption
grew as a step function when the peak capacity was reached (even grew as a step function when the peak capacity was reached (even
instantaneously) and additional capacity was built up by performing instantaneously), and additional capacity was built up by performing
network upgrades to handle these new peaks. This resulted in a network upgrades to handle these new peaks. This resulted in an
overall higher baseline energy consumption even when the average overall higher baseline energy consumption, even when the average
demand did not change that much. Thus, the ability to shift load to demand did not change that much. Thus, the ability to shift load to
reduce peak demand was highlighted as a potential way to delay reduce peak demand was highlighted as a potential way to delay
increases in consumption when energy proportionality is lacking. increases in consumption when energy proportionality is lacking.
3.3. Improvements 3.3. Improvements
The third session was about potential improvements. The third session was about potential improvements.
As noted earlier, there are many different types of improvements. In As noted earlier, there are many different types of improvements. In
the discussion we focused mostly on protocol aspects, and looked at the discussion, we focused mostly on protocol aspects and looked at
metrics, telemetry, routing, multicast, and data encoding formats. metrics, telemetry, routing, multicast, and data encoding formats.
The initial two presentations focused on metrics and telemetry with The two initial presentations focused on metrics and telemetry with
the premise that visibility is a very important first step the premise that visibility is a very important first step
(paraphrasing Peter Drucker's mantra of "You cannot improve what you (paraphrasing Peter Drucker's mantra of "You cannot improve what you
don't measure"). There was a discussion of the scopes of emissions don't measure"). There was a discussion of the scopes of emissions,
and it seemed that from a networking vendor perspective, while and it seemed that, from a networking vendor perspective, while
directly controlled emissions and emissions from purchased energy are directly controlled emissions and emissions from purchased energy are
easily measurable, emissions from across the entire value chain can easily measurable, emissions from across the entire value chain can
be much larger. Thus it seemed important that the networking vendors be much larger. Thus, it seemed important that networking vendors
had to put in effort into helping their customers measure and put effort into helping their customers measure and mitigate their
mitigate their environmental impact as well. The need for environmental impact as well. The need for standardized metrics was
standardized metrics was very clear as it helps avoid proprietary, very clear, as it helps avoid proprietary, redundant, and even
redundant and even contradictory metrics across vendors. contradictory metrics across vendors.
The initial and the near-term focus was related to metrics and The initial and the near-term focus was related to metrics and
techniques related to energy consumption of the networking devices techniques related to energy consumption of the networking devices
themselves while the longer term focus can go into topics much themselves, while the longer term focus can go into topics much
further removed from the IETF such as packaging, circular design in further removed from the IETF circular design, such as packaging, in
order to form a more holistic picture. The overall feeling was that order to form a more holistic picture. The overall feeling was that
the topic of metrics, telemetry, and management are quite specific the topics of metrics, telemetry, and management are quite specific
and could be targets to be worked on in the IETF in the near term. and could be targets to be worked on in the IETF in the near term.
The next part of the discussion highlighted the need to understand The next part of the discussion highlighted the need to understand
the trade-offs involved in changing forwarding decisions - such as the trade-offs involved in changing forwarding decisions -- such as
increased jitter and stretch. Jitter is about delay fluctuation increased jitter and stretch. Jitter is about delay fluctuation
between packets in a stream [RFC4689]. Stretch is defined as the between packets in a stream [RFC4689]. Stretch is defined as the
difference between the absolute shortest path traffic could take difference between the absolute shortest path traffic could take
through the network and the path the traffic actually takes through the network and the path the traffic actually takes
[RFC7980]. Impacts on jitter and stretch point to the need for [RFC7980]. Impacts on jitter and stretch point to the need for
careful design and analysis of improvements from a system careful design and analysis of improvements from a system perspective
perspective, to ensure that the intended effect is indeed reached to ensure that the intended effect is indeed reached across the
across the entire system, and is not only a local optimum. entire system and is not only a local optimum.
We also talked about the potentially significant impact, provided the We also talked about the potentially significant impact, provided the
network exhibits energy proportionality, of using efficient binary network exhibits energy proportionality, of using efficient binary
formats instead of textual representations when carrying data in formats instead of textual representations when carrying data in
protocols. This is something that can be relatively easily adopted protocols. This is something that can be adopted relatively easily
in new protocols as they are developed. Indeed, some recently in new protocols as they are developed. Indeed, some recently
finished protocols such as HTTP/2 have already chosen to use this finished protocols, such as HTTP/2, have already chosen to use this
technique [RFC7540]. General-purpose binary formats such as Concise technique [RFC9113]. General-purpose binary formats, such as Concise
Binary Object Representation (CBOR) [RFC8949] are also available for Binary Object Representation (CBOR) [RFC8949], are also available for
use. use.
There were also some interesting discussions regarding the use of There were also some interesting discussions regarding the use of
multicast and whether it would help or hurt on the energy efficiency multicast and whether it would help or hurt on the energy efficiency
of communications. There were some studies and simulations that of communications. There were some studies and simulations that
showed the potential gains to be had but they were to be balanced showed the potential gains to be had, but they were to be balanced
against some of the well known barriers to deployment of multicast. against some of the well-known barriers to deployment of multicast.
We also heard from a leading Content Delivery Network (CDN) operator We also heard from a leading Content Delivery Network (CDN) operator
regarding their views on multicast and how it relates to media usage regarding their views on multicast and how it relates to media usage
and consumption models. The hallway conversations also talked about and consumption models. The potential negative effects of multicast
the potential negative effects of multicast in wireless and in wireless and constrained networks were also discussed in hallway
constrained networks. Overall the conclusion was that the use of conversations. Overall, the conclusion was that the use of multicast
multicast can potentially provide some savings but only in some can potentially provide some savings but only in some specific
specific scenarios. scenarios.
For all improvements, the importance of metrics was frequently For all improvements, the importance of metrics was frequently
highlighted to ensure changes lead to a meaningful reduction in highlighted to ensure changes lead to a meaningful reduction in the
overall system carbon footprint. overall carbon footprint of systems.
3.4. Next Steps 3.4. Next Steps
The final fourth session was about conclusions and next steps. This The fourth and final session was about conclusions and next steps.
section highlights some of these conclusions. This section highlights some of these conclusions.
3.4.1. Overall Strategy 3.4.1. Overall Strategy
While only a few things are easy, the road ahead for making While only a few things are easy, the road ahead for making
improvements seems clear: we need to continue to improve our improvements seems clear: we need to continue to improve our
understanding of the environmental impact, and have a continuous understanding of the environmental impact and have a continuous cycle
cycle of improvements that lead not just to better energy efficiency of improvements that lead not just to better energy efficiency but to
but to reduced overall carbon emissions. The IETF can play an reduced overall carbon emissions. The IETF can play an important
important part in this process, but of course there are other aspects part in this process, but of course there are other aspects beyond
beyond protocols. protocols.
On understanding our environmental impact the first step is better On understanding our environmental impact, the first step is better
awareness of sustainability issues in general, which helps us awareness of sustainability issues in general, which helps us better
understand better where our issues are. The second step is understand where our issues are. The second step is willingness to
willigness to understand in detail what the causes and relationships understand in detail what the causes and relationships are within our
are within our issues. What parts, components, or behaviours in the issues. What parts, components, or behaviors in the network cause
network cause what kinds of impacts? An overall drive in the society what kinds of impacts? An overall drive in the society to report and
to report and improve environmental impacts can be helpful in improve environmental impacts can be helpful in creating a
creating a willingness to get to this information. willingness to get to this information.
On establishing a continuous cycle of improvements, the ability to On establishing a continuous cycle of improvements, the ability to
understand where we are, making improvements, and then seeing the understand where we are, making improvements, and then seeing the
impact of those improvements is of course central. But obviously a impact of those improvements is of course central. But obviously the
key question is what are the potential improvements, and how can we key questions are what are the potential improvements and how can we
accelerate them? It should be noted that quick, large changes are accelerate them? It should be noted that quick, large changes are
not likely. But a continuous stream of smaller changes can create a not likely. But a continuous stream of smaller changes can create a
large impact over a longer period of time. large impact over a longer period of time.
One of the key realizations from this workshop was that the problem One of the key realizations from this workshop was that the problem
to be solved is very large, complex and that there is no single to be solved is very large and complex; therefore, there is no single
solution that fixes everything. There are some solutions that could solution that fixes everything. There are some solutions that could
help in the near term and others that would only show benefits over help in the near term and others that would only show benefits over
longer periods, but they are both necessary. longer periods, but they are both necessary.
One further challenge is that due to the size and complexity of the One further challenge is that due to the size and complexity of the
problem, it was very likely that there might be varying opinions on problem, there are likely varying opinions on what Key Performance
what KPIs need to be measured and improved. Indicators (KPIs) need to be measured and improved.
3.4.2. Improvements 3.4.2. Improvements
In looking at potential improvements, it is essential that any In looking at potential improvements, it is essential that any
associated tradeoffs can be understood (note that not all associated trade-offs be understood (note that not all improvements
improvements do indeed entail a tradeoff). do indeed entail a trade-off).
Importantly, the role of the Internet in improving other areas of Importantly, the role of the Internet in improving other areas of
society must not be diminished. Understanding the costs and benefits society must not be diminished. Understanding the costs and benefits
requires taking a holistic view of energy consumption, focussing not requires taking a holistic view of energy consumption, focusing not
just on the carbon footprint of the Internet but of the broader just on the carbon footprint of the Internet but of the broader
systems in which it is used. For instance, discussion in session systems in which it is used. For instance, discussion in session
three revealed how some changes might impact latency and jitter. three revealed how some changes might impact latency and jitter.
Given that these characteristics are an important factor how virtual Given that these characteristics are important factors in how virtual
meetings are perceived by potential participants, it is important meetings are perceived by potential participants, it is important
that the performance of networks satisfies these participants at a that the performance of networks satisfy these participants at a
level where there's willingness to use them over other potentially level such that they are willing to use them over other potentially
more environmentally harmful methods, such as travel. Focussing more environmentally harmful methods, such as travel. Focusing
solely on the carbon footprint of the Internet, or solely on the solely on the carbon footprint of the Internet, or solely on the
carbon footprint of travel, risks missing the bigger picture carbon footprint of travel, risks missing the bigger picture
potential savings. potential savings.
Note that while virtual meetings are a common example, it is Note that, while shifting to virtual meetings is a common example of
important to consider different use cases, some of which may not be how the carbon footprint could be decreased, it is important to
as obvious to us human users as meetings are. Improvements may bring consider different use cases, some of which may not be as obvious to
different or even larger impacts in other situations, e.g., Internet us human users as meetings are. Improvements may bring different or
connected electronics might benefit from different characteristics even larger impacts in other situations, e.g., Internet-connected
than human users, e.g., with regards to support for intermittent electronics might benefit from different characteristics than human
connectivity. users, e.g., with regards to support for intermittent connectivity.
The relationships between different system components and the impact The relationships between different system components and the impact
of various detailed design choices in networks is not always of various detailed design choices in networks are not always
apparent. A local change in one node may have an impact in other apparent. A local change in one node may have an impact in other
nodes. When considering environmental sustainability, in most cases nodes. When considering environmental sustainability, in most cases,
the overall system impact is what counts more than local impacts. Of the overall system impact is what counts more than local impacts. Of
course, other factors, such as device battery life and availability course, other factors, such as device battery life and availability
of power may result in other preferences, such as optimising for low of power, may result in other preferences, such as optimizing for
power usage of end-user devices, even at the cost of increases low-power usage of end-user devices, even at the cost of increases
elsewhere. elsewhere.
In terms of useful tools for building improvements, the following In terms of useful tools for building improvements, the following
were highlighted in discussions: were highlighted in discussions:
* Masures beyond protocol design, such as implementations or * Measures beyond protocol design, such as implementations or
renewable energy use. Not everything is about protocols. renewable energy use. Not everything is about protocols.
* Metrics, measurements, and data are very beneficial. Carbon-aware * Metrics, measurements, and data are very beneficial. Carbon-aware
metrics would in particular be very useful. All additional metrics in particular would be very useful. All additional
information makes us more aware of what the environmental impacts information makes us more aware of what the environmental impacts
are, but also enables optimization, AI-based adjustments, or are, and it also enables optimization, adjustments based on
carbon-directed computing and networking tools, and so on. Artificial Intelligence (AI), carbon-directed computing and
networking tools, and so on.
* It would be beneficial to be able to provide various systems a * It would be beneficial to be able to provide various systems a
more dynamic ability to slow down and sleep. Awareness of energy more dynamic ability to slow down and sleep. Awareness of energy
availability and type would also allow us to employ time and place availability and type would also allow us to employ time and place
shifting for reducing carbon impacts. shifting for reducing carbon impacts.
* When we design systems, paying attention to the used data formats * When we design systems, paying attention to the used data formats
may pay off significantly, as argued in [Moran]. may pay off significantly, as argued in [Moran].
* Possibly there’s a new opportunity for deploying multicast as well * There's a new possible opportunity for deploying multicast as well
[Navarre]. [Navarre].
* Designing systems for energy constrained situations may actually * Designing systems for energy-constrained situations may actually
make the resulting systems work well in several environments. make the resulting systems work well in several environments.
3.4.3. Actions 3.4.3. Actions
The workshop discussed a number of possible actions. These actions The workshop discussed a number of possible actions. These actions
are not about how to take specific technical solutions forward, but are not about how to take specific technical solutions forward but
rather about how to discuss the topic going forward or what technical rather about how to discuss the topic going forward or what technical
areas to focus on: areas to focus on:
* We need to continue the discussion not all questions are * We need to continue the discussion -- not all questions are
answered. Additional discussion within the IETF will be needed. answered. Additional discussion within the IETF will be needed.
Continuing to connect the IETF with others in society and other Continuing to connect the IETF with others in society and other
SDOs around this topic is also useful. SDOs around this topic is also useful.
* It is useful to find a role and a scope for IETF work in this * It is useful to find a role and a scope for IETF work in this
area. The IETF will not develop alternative energy sources, work area. The IETF will not develop alternative energy sources, work
on social issues or have detailed discussions about implementation on social issues, or have detailed discussions about
strategies or electronics design. However, the IETF has a role in implementation strategies or electronics design. However, the
measurement mechanisms, protocol design and standards -- but of IETF has a role in measurement mechanisms, protocol design, and
course activities in this role need to be aware of other aspects, standards -- but of course, activities in this role need to be
such as implementation strategies. aware of other aspects, such as implementation strategies.
* Increase our understanding of the environmental impacts of * Increase our understanding of the environmental impacts of
Internet technologies. One discussion topic during the workshop Internet technologies. One discussion topic that arose during the
was also whether each new RFC should dedicate a section to discuss workshop was whether each new RFC should dedicate a section to
the these impacts. No conclusion was drawn about the way to discuss these impacts. No conclusion was drawn about the way to
document these in RFCs, but it is clear that the IETF community document these in RFCs, but it is clear that the IETF community
will need to understand the environmental issues better. (Perhaps will need to understand the environmental issues better. (Perhaps
in addition to learning about the actual issues, guidelines for in addition to learning about the actual issues, guidelines for
analysing protocols with regards to their impacts could be analyzing protocols with regards to their impacts could be
useful.) useful.)
* IETF activities on specific technologies are already ongoing or * IETF activities on specific technologies are already ongoing or
starting, such as metrics discussed, for instance, at the NMRG starting; for example, metrics are being discussed in the Network
research group [NMRG] or the OPSAWG working group [OPSAWG], or the Management Research Group [NMRG], the Operations and Management
new Time Variant Routing (TVR) working group [TVR]. It may be Area Working Group [OPSAWG], and the new Time-Variant Routing
also useful to start from picking the low-hanging fruits, such as: Working Group [TVRWG]. It may also be useful to start with the
low-hanging fruits, such as:
- Focusing on improving energy proportionality and the consequent - Focusing on improving energy proportionality and the consequent
use of efficient data formats. use of efficient data formats.
- Avoiding crypto assets - such as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and - Avoiding crypto assets -- such as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
cryptocurrencies. and cryptocurrencies.
- Being able to carry information that needs to be shared for the - Being able to carry information that needs to be shared for the
purposes of enabling load and time shifting. purposes of enabling load and time shifting.
* Help initiate research activities that address some of the issues, * Help initiate research activities that address some of the issues,
such as broader gathering and sharing of measurement data, such as broader gathering and sharing of measurement data,
analysis of this data and looking at business related issues such analysis of this data, and examination of business-related issues,
as the impact of peering or advertising impacts sustainability. such as how peering or advertising impacts sustainability. In
In addition, there may be a need to look at research for specific addition, there may be a need to look at research for specific
areas of improvements that are promising but not ready for areas of improvements that are promising but not ready for
standards discussion. standards discussion.
In summary, the goals that the IETF should have include: In summary, the goals that the IETF should have include:
* Full understanding of the Internets environmental impact. * Full understanding of the Internet's environmental impact.
* Continuous improvement of our technology. * Continuous improvement of our technology.
* Launching research relevant activities. * Launching research-relevant activities.
To support these goals the IAB has created the eimpact program To support these goals, the IAB has created the e-impact program
[EIMPACT] as a venue for further discussions concerning environmental [E-IMPACT] as a venue for further discussions concerning
impacts and sustainability of Internet technology. environmental impacts and sustainability of Internet technology.
4. Feedback 4. Feedback
The organizers received generally positive feedback about the The organizers received generally positive feedback about the
workshop. workshop.
One practical issue from the organizer's point of view was that due One practical issue from the organizer's point of view was that, due
to the extension of the deadline, the final submissions and paper to the extension of the deadline, the final submissions and paper
reviews collided in part with the IETF-115 meeting. This led to it reviews collided in part with the IETF 115 meeting. This led to it
being very difficult for the program committee and practical being very difficult for the program committee and practical
organization staff to find time for the activity. We recommend organization staff to find time for the activity. We recommend
avoiding such collisions in the future. avoiding such collisions in the future.
5. Security Considerations 5. Security Considerations
The workshop itself did not address specific security topics. Of The workshop itself did not address specific security topics. Of
course, individual changes in Internet technology or operations that course, individual changes in Internet technology or operations that
influence environmental impacts may also influence security aspects. influence environmental impacts may also influence security aspects.
These need to be looked at for every proposed change. These need to be looked at for every proposed change.
Such influence on security may come in different forms. For Such influence on security may come in different forms. For
instance: instance:
* A mechanism that makes, for instance, energy consumption * A mechanism that makes energy consumption information available
information available may be susceptible to tampering or providing may be susceptible to tampering or providing false information.
false information. For instance, [McDaniel] argues that economics For example, in [McDaniel], the author argues that economics and
and history shows that different players will attempt to cheat if history show that different players will attempt to cheat if a
a benefit can be acrued by doing so, e.g., by misreporting. As a benefit can be accrued by doing so, e.g., by misreporting. As a
result, sustainability measures and systems must be modeled as result, sustainability measures and systems must be modeled as
systems under threat. systems under threat.
* A mechanism that allows control of network elements for * A mechanism that allows control of network elements for
optimization purposes may be misused to cause denial-of-service or optimization purposes may be misused to cause denial-of-service or
other types of attacks. other types of attacks.
* Avoiding the use of crypto assets where other mechanisms suffice. * Avoiding the use of crypto assets where other mechanisms suffice.
* Streamlining what data is sent may improve privacy if less * Streamlining what data is sent may improve privacy if less
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support Carbon Aware Networking" [Adams] support Carbon Aware Networking" [Adams]
* Per Anderson, Suresh Krishnan, Jan Lindblad, Snezana Mitrovic, * Per Anderson, Suresh Krishnan, Jan Lindblad, Snezana Mitrovic,
Marisol Palmero, Esther Roure, Gonzalo Salgueiro: "Sustainability Marisol Palmero, Esther Roure, Gonzalo Salgueiro: "Sustainability
Telemetry" [Anderson] Telemetry" [Anderson]
* Jari Arkko, Nina Lövehagen, Pernilla Bergmark: "Environmental * Jari Arkko, Nina Lövehagen, Pernilla Bergmark: "Environmental
Impacts of the Internet: Scope, Improvements, and Challenges" Impacts of the Internet: Scope, Improvements, and Challenges"
[Arkko] [Arkko]
* R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, F. Davoli, C. Lombardo, Beatrice * R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, F. Davoli, C. Lombardo, Beatrice Siccardi:
Siccardi: "6Green: Green Technologies for 5/6G Service- Based "6Green: Green Technologies for 5/6G Service-Based Architectures"
Architectures" [Bolla] [Bolla]
* Alexander Clemm, Lijun Dong, Greg Mirsky, Laurent Ciavaglia, Jeff * Alexander Clemm, Lijun Dong, Greg Mirsky, Laurent Ciavaglia, Jeff
Tantsura, Marie-Paule Odini: "Green Networking Metrics" [ClemmA] Tantsura, Marie-Paule Odini: "Green Networking Metrics" [ClemmA]
* Alexander Clemm, Cedric Westphal, Jeff Tantsura, Laurent * Alexander Clemm, Cedric Westphal, Jeff Tantsura, Laurent
Ciavaglia, Marie-Paule Odini : "Challenges and Opportunities in Ciavaglia, Marie-Paule Odini, Michael Welzl: "Challenges and
Green Networking" [ClemmB] Opportunities in Green Networking" [ClemmB]
* Toerless Eckert, Mohamed Boucadair, Pascal Thubert, Jeff Tantsura: * Toerless Eckert, Mohamed Boucadair, Pascal Thubert, Jeff Tantsura:
"IETF and Energy An Overview" [Eckert] "IETF and Energy - An Overview" [Eckert]
* Greening of Streaming: "Tune In. Turn On. Cut Back. Finding the * Greening of Streaming: "Tune In. Turn On. Cut Back. Finding the
optimal streaming 'default' mode to increase energy efficiency, optimal streaming 'default' mode to increase energy efficiency,
shift consumer expectations, and safeguard choice" [GOS] shift consumer expectations, and safeguard choice" [GOS]
* Romain Jacob: "Towards a power-proportional Internet" [Jacob] * Romain Jacob: "Towards a power-proportional Internet" [Jacob]
* Fieke Jansen and Maya Richman: "Environment, internet * Fieke Jansen and Maya Richman: "Environment, internet
infrastructure, and digital rights" [Jansen] infrastructure, and digital rights" [Jansen]
* Michael King, Suresh Krishnan, Carlos Pignataro, Pascal Thubert, * Michael King, Suresh Krishnan, Carlos Pignataro, Pascal Thubert,
Eric Voit: "On Principles for a Sustainability Stack" [King] Eric Voit: "On Principles for a Sustainability Stack" [King]
* Suresh Krishnan, Carlos Pignataro: "Sustainability considerations * Suresh Krishnan, Carlos Pignataro: "Sustainability considerations
for networking equipment" [Krishnan] for networking equipment" [Krishnan]
* Jukka Manner: "Sustainability Considerations" [Manner] * Jukka Manner: "Sustainability Considerations" [Manner]
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* Mike Mattera: "Understanding the Full Emissions Impact from * Mike Mattera: "Understanding the Full Emissions Impact from
Internet Traffic" [Mattera] Internet Traffic" [Mattera]
* John Preuß Mattsson: "Environmental Impact of Crypto-Assets" * John Preuß Mattsson: "Environmental Impact of Crypto-Assets"
[Mattsson] [Mattsson]
* Brendan Moran, Henk Birkholz, Carsten Bormann: "CBOR is Greener * Brendan Moran, Henk Birkholz, Carsten Bormann: "CBOR is Greener
than JSON" [Moran] than JSON" [Moran]
* Louis Navarre, Franoçis Michel, Olivier Bonaventure: "It is time * Louis Navarre, Franoçis Michel, Olivier Bonaventure: "It Is Time
to reconsider multicast" [Navarre] to Reconsider Multicast" [Navarre]
* Bruce Nordman: "Applying Internet Architecture to Energy Systems" * Bruce Nordman: "Applying Internet Architecture to Energy Systems"
[Nordman] [Nordman]
* Alvaro Retana, Russ White, Manuel Paul: "A Framework and * Alvaro Retana, Russ White, Manuel Paul: "A Framework and
Requirements for Energy Aware Control Planes" [Retana] Requirements for Energy Aware Control Planes" [Retana]
* Shayna Robinson, Remy Hellstern, Mariana Diaz: "Sea Change: * Shayna Robinson, Remy Hellstern, Mariana Diaz: "Sea Change:
Prioritizing the Environment in Internet Architecture" [Robinson] Prioritizing the Environment in Internet Architecture" [Robinson]
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Electricity Intensity Metric" [Schien] Electricity Intensity Metric" [Schien]
* Eve M. Schooler, Rick Taylor, Noa Zilberman, Robert Soulé, Dawn * Eve M. Schooler, Rick Taylor, Noa Zilberman, Robert Soulé, Dawn
Nafus, Rajit Manohar, Uri Cummings: "A Perspective on Carbon-aware Nafus, Rajit Manohar, Uri Cummings: "A Perspective on Carbon-aware
Networking" [Schooler] Networking" [Schooler]
* Selome Kostentinos Tesfatsion, Xuejun Cai, Arif Ahmed: "End-to-end * Selome Kostentinos Tesfatsion, Xuejun Cai, Arif Ahmed: "End-to-end
Energy Efficiency at Service-level in Edge Cloud" [Kostentinos] Energy Efficiency at Service-level in Edge Cloud" [Kostentinos]
* Pascal Thubert: "Digital Twin and Automation" [Thubert] * Pascal Thubert: "Digital Twin and Automation" [Thubert]
* Wim Vanderbauwhede: "Frugal Computing" [Vanderbauwhede] * Wim Vanderbauwhede: "Frugal Computing" [Vanderbauwhede]
* Michael Welzl, Ozgu Alay, Peyman Teymoori, Safiqul Islam: * Michael Welzl, Ozgu Alay, Peyman Teymoori, Safiqul Islam:
"Reducing Green House Gas Emissions With Congestion Control "Reducing Green House Gas Emissions With Congestion Control"
[Welzl] [Welzl]
8. Program Committee 8. Program Committee
The program committee members were: The program committee members were:
* Jari Arkko, Ericsson (program committee co-chair) * Jari Arkko, Ericsson (program committee co-chair)
* Lars Eggert, Netapp (program committee co-chair) * Lars Eggert, Netapp (program committee co-chair)
* Colin Perkins, University of Glasgow (program committee co-chair) * Luis M. Contreras, Telefónica
* Luis M. Contreras, Telefónica
* Toerless Eckert, Futurewei * Toerless Eckert, Futurewei
* Martin Flack, Akamai * Martin Flack, Akamai
* Mike Mattera, Akamai * Mike Mattera, Akamai
* Colin Perkins, University of Glasgow
* Barath Raghavan, USC * Barath Raghavan, USC
* Daniel Schien,University of Bristol * Daniel Schien, University of Bristol
* Eve M. Schooler, Intel * Eve M. Schooler, Intel
* Rick Taylor, Ori Industries * Rick Taylor, Ori Industries
9. Workshop Participants * Jiankang Yao, CNNIC
9. Informative References
[Adams] Adams, C., Salsano, S., and H. ElBakoury, "Extending IPv6
to support Carbon Aware Networking", Position paper in the
IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[Anderson] Anderson, P., Krishnan, S., Lindblad, J., Mitrovic, S.,
Palmero, M., Roure, E., and G. Salgueiro, "Sustainability
Telemetry", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, December 2022.
[Arkko] Arkko, J., Lövehagen, N., and P. Bergmark, "Environmental
Impacts of the Internet: Scope, Improvements, and
Challenges", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, December 2022.
[Bolla] Bolla, R., Bruschi, R., Davoli, F., Lombardo, C., and B.
Siccardi, "6Green: Green Technologies for 5/6G Service-
Based Architectures", Position paper in the IAB Workshop
on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, December 2022.
[ClemmA] Clemm, A., Dong, L., Mirsky, G., Ciavaglia, L., Tantsura,
J., and M. Odini, "Green Networking Metrics", Position
paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of
Internet Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[ClemmB] Clemm, A., Westphal, C., Tantsura, J., Ciavaglia, L.,
Odini, M., and M. Welzl, "Challenges and Opportunities in
Green Networking", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, December 2022.
[E-IMPACT] IAB, "Environmental Impacts of Internet Technology", IAB
Program, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/eimpact>.
[Eckert] Eckert, T., Ed., Boucadair, M., Ed., Thubert, P.,
Tantsura, J., and C. Pignataro, "An Overview of Energy-
related Effort within the IETF", Work in Progress,
Internet-Draft, draft-eckert-ietf-and-energy-overview-06,
6 January 2024, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
draft-eckert-ietf-and-energy-overview-06>.
[GOS] Greening of Streaming, "Tune In. Turn On. Cut Back.
Finding the optimal streaming 'default' mode to increase
energy efficiency, shift consumer expectations, and
safeguard choice", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, December 2022.
[Jacob] Jacob, R., "Towards a power-proportional Internet",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems, December
2022.
[Jansen] Jansen, F. and M. Richman, "Environment, internet
infrastructure, and digital rights", Position paper in the
IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[King] King, M., Krishnan, S., Pignataro, C., Thubert, P., and E.
Voit, "On Principles for a Sustainability Stack", Position
paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of
Internet Applications and Systems, October 2022.
[Kostentinos]
Tesfatsion, S., Cai, X., and A. Ahmed, "End-to-end Energy
Efficiency at Service-level in Edge Cloud", Position paper
in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[Krishnan] Krishnan, S. and C. Pignataro, "Sustainability
considerations for networking equipment", Position paper
in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[Manner] Manner, J., "Sustainability Considerations", Position
paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of
Internet Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[Manojlovic]
Manojlovic, V., "Internet Infrastructure and Climate
Justice", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, October 2022.
[Mattera] Mattera, M., "Understanding the Full Emissions Impact from
Internet Traffic", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, October 2022.
[Mattsson] Preuß Mattsson, J., "Environmental Impact of Crypto-
Assets", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, December 2022.
[McDaniel] McDaniel, P., "Sustainability is a Security Problem", ACM
SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
(CCS), November 2022.
[Moran] Moran, B., Birkholz, H., and C. Bormann, "CBOR is Greener
than JSON", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, October 2022.
[Navarre] Navarre, L., Michel, F., and O. Bonaventure, "It Is Time
to Reconsider Multicast", Position paper in the IAB
Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications
and Systems, December 2022.
[NMRG] IRTF, "Network Management Research Group NMRG", IRTF
Research Group, March 1999,
<https://www.irtf.org/nmrg.html>.
[Nordman] Nordman, B., "Applying Internet Architecture to Energy
Systems", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems, December 2022.
[OPSAWG] IETF, "Operations and Management Area Working Group
(opsawg)", IETF Working Group,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/opsawg/about/>.
[Retana] Retana, A., White, R., and M. Paul, "A Framework for
Energy Aware Control Planes", Work in Progress, Internet-
Draft, draft-retana-rtgwg-eacp-07, 24 August 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-retana-rtgwg-
eacp-07>.
[RFC4689] Poretsky, S., Perser, J., Erramilli, S., and S. Khurana,
"Terminology for Benchmarking Network-layer Traffic
Control Mechanisms", RFC 4689, DOI 10.17487/RFC4689,
October 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4689>.
[RFC7980] Behringer, M., Retana, A., White, R., and G. Huston, "A
Framework for Defining Network Complexity", RFC 7980,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7980, October 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7980>.
[RFC8949] Bormann, C. and P. Hoffman, "Concise Binary Object
Representation (CBOR)", STD 94, RFC 8949,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8949, December 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8949>.
[RFC9113] Thomson, M., Ed. and C. Benfield, Ed., "HTTP/2", RFC 9113,
DOI 10.17487/RFC9113, June 2022,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9113>.
[Robinson] Robinson, S., Hellstern, R., and M. Diaz, "Sea Change:
Prioritizing the Environment in Internet Architecture",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems, December
2022.
[Schien] Schien, D., Shabajee, P., and C. Preist, "Rethinking
Allocation in High-Baseload Systems: A Demand-Proportional
Network Electricity Intensity Metric", Position paper in
the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[Schooler] Schooler, E., Taylor, R., Zilberman, N., Soulé, R., Nafus,
D., Manohar, R., and U. Cummings, "A Perspective on
Carbon-aware Networking", Position paper in the IAB
Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications
and Systems, October 2022.
[Thubert] Thubert, P., "Digital Twin and Automation", Position paper
in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[TVRWG] IESG, "Time-Variant Routing (tvr)", IETF Working Group,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/tvr/about/>.
[Vanderbauwhede]
Vanderbauwhede, W., "Frugal Computing", Position paper in
the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems, December 2022.
[Welzl] Welzl, M., Alay, O., Teymoori, P., and S. Islam, "Reducing
Green House Gas Emissions With Congestion Control",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems, October
2022.
Appendix A. Workshop Participants
The participants who attended at least one of the four sessions were: The participants who attended at least one of the four sessions were:
* Alex Clemm * Alex Clemm
* Ali Rezaki * Ali Rezaki
* Arif Ahmed * Arif Ahmed
* Beatrice Siccardi * Beatrice Siccardi
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* Ali Rezaki * Ali Rezaki
* Arif Ahmed * Arif Ahmed
* Beatrice Siccardi * Beatrice Siccardi
* Brendan Moran * Brendan Moran
* Bruce Nordman * Bruce Nordman
* Carlos Pignataro * Carlos Pignataro
* Carsten Bormann * Carsten Bormann
* Cedric Westphal * Cedric Westphal
* Chiara Lombardo * Chiara Lombardo
* Chris Adams * Chris Adams
* Colin Perkins * Colin Perkins
* Daniel Schien * Daniel Schien
* Dawn Nafus * Dawn Nafus
* Dom Robinson * Dom Robinson
* Eric Voit * Eric Voit
* Eric Vyncke * Éric Vyncke
* Esther Roure Vila * Esther Roure Vila
* Eve M. Schooler * Eve M. Schooler
* Fieke Jansen * Fieke Jansen
* Franco Davoli * Franco Davoli
* Gonzalo Salgueiro * Gonzalo Salgueiro
* Greg Mirsky * Greg Mirsky
* Henk Birkholz * Henk Birkholz
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* Hosein Badran * Hosein Badran
* Iankang Yao * Iankang Yao
* Jan Lindblad * Jan Lindblad
* Jari Arkko * Jari Arkko
* Jens Malmodin * Jens Malmodin
* Jiankang Yao * Jiankang Yao
* John Preuß Mattsson * John Preuß Mattsson
* Jukka Manner * Jukka Manner
* Julien Maisonneuve * Julien Maisonneuve
* Kristin Moyer * Kristin Moyer
* Lars Eggert * Lars Eggert
* Laurent Ciavaglia * Laurent Ciavaglia
* Lijun Dong * Lijun Dong
* Louis Navarre * Louis Navarre
* Louise Krug * Louise Krug
* Luis M. Contreras * Luis M. Contreras
* Marisol Palmero Amador * Marisol Palmero Amador
* Martin Flack * Martin Flack
* Maya Richman * Maya Richman
* Michael Welzl * Michael Welzl
* Mike Mattera * Mike Mattera
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* Selome Kostentinos Tesfatsion * Selome Kostentinos Tesfatsion
* Shayna Robinson * Shayna Robinson
* Snezana Mitrovic * Snezana Mitrovic
* Stefano Salsano * Stefano Salsano
* Suresh Krishnan * Suresh Krishnan
* Tirumaleswar Reddy * Tirumaleswar Reddy.K
* Toerless Eckert * Toerless Eckert
* Uri Cummings * Uri Cummings
* Vesna Manojlovic * Vesna Manojlovic
* Wim Vanderbauwhede * Wim Vanderbauwhede
10. Informative References IAB Members at the Time of Approval
[Adams] Adams, C., Salsano, S., and H. ElBakoury, "Extending IPv6
to support Carbon Aware Networking", Position paper in the
IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[Anderson] Anderson, P., Krishnan, S., Lindblad, J., Mitrovic, S.,
Palmero, M., Roure, E., and G. Salgueiro, "Sustainability
Telemetry", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022.
[Arkko] Arkko, J., Lövehagen, N., and P. Bergmark, "Environmental
Impacts of the Internet: Scope, Improvements, and
Challenges", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022.
[Bolla] Bolla, R., Bruschi, R., Davoli, F., Lombardo, C., and
Beatrice Siccardi, "6Green: Green Technologies for 5/6G
Service- Based Architectures", Position paper in the IAB
Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications
and Systems , December 2022.
[ClemmA] Clemm, A., Dong, L., Mirsky, G., Ciavaglia, L., Tantsura,
J., and M. Odini, "Green Networking Metrics", Position
paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of
Internet Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[ClemmB] Clemm, A., Westphal, C., Tantsura, J., Ciavaglia, L.,
Odini, M., and M. Welzl, "Challenges and Opportunities in
Green Networking", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022.
[Eckert] Eckert, T., Boucadair, M., Thubert, P., and J. Tantsura,
"IETF and Energy – An Overview", Position paper in the IAB
Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications
and Systems , December 2022.
[EIMPACT] IAB, "Environmental Impacts of Internet Technology", IAB
Program, see https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/eimpact ,
August 2023.
[GOS] Greening of Streaming, "Tune In. Turn On. Cut Back.
Finding the optimal streaming 'default' mode to increase
energy efficiency, shift consumer expectations, and
safeguard choice", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022.
[Jacob] Jacob, R., "Towards a power-proportional Internet",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems , December
2022.
[Jansen] Jansen, F. and M. Richman, "Environment, internet
infrastructure, and digital rights", Position paper in the
IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[King] King, M., Krishnan, S., Pignataro, C., Thubert, P., and E.
Voit, "On Principles for a Sustainability Stack", Position
paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of
Internet Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[Kostentinos]
Tesfatsion, S., Cai, X., and A. Ahmed, "End-to-end Energy
Efficiency at Service-level in Edge Cloud", Position paper
in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[Krishnan] Krishnan, S. and C. Pignataro, "Sustainability
considerations for networking equipment", Position paper
in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[Manner] Manner, J., "Sustainability Considerations", Position
paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of
Internet Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[Manojlovic]
Manojlovic, V., "Internet Infrastructure and Climate
Justice", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022.
[Mattera] Mattera, M., "Understanding the Full Emissions Impact from
Internet Traffic", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022.
[Mattsson] Mattsson, J. P., "Environmental Impact of Crypto-Assets",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems , December
2022.
[McDaniel] McDaniel, P., "Sustainability is a Security Problem", ACM
Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) ,
November 2022.
[Moran] Moran, B., Birkholz, H., and C. Bormann, "CBOR is Greener
than JSON", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022.
[Navarre] Navarre, L., Michel, F., and O. Bonaventure, "It is time
to reconsider multicast", Position paper in the IAB
Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications
and Systems , December 2022.
[NMRG] IRTF, "Network Management Research Group (NMRG)", IRTF
Research Group, see https://irtf.org/nmrg , March 1999.
[Nordman] Nordman, B., "Applying Internet Architecture to Energy
Systems", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022.
[OPSAWG] IETF, "Operations and Management Area Working Group
(OPSAWG)", IETF Working Group, see
https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/opsawg/about/ , June 2007.
[Retana] Retana, A., White, R., and M. Paul, "A Framework and
Requirements for Energy Aware Control Planes", Position
paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of
Internet Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[RFC4689] Poretsky, S., Perser, J., Erramilli, S., and S. Khurana,
"Terminology for Benchmarking Network-layer Traffic
Control Mechanisms", RFC 4689, DOI 10.17487/RFC4689,
October 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4689>.
[RFC7540] Belshe, M., Peon, R., and M. Thomson, Ed., "Hypertext
Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)", RFC 7540,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7540, May 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7540>.
[RFC7980] Behringer, M., Retana, A., White, R., and G. Huston, "A
Framework for Defining Network Complexity", RFC 7980,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7980, October 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7980>.
[RFC8949] Bormann, C. and P. Hoffman, "Concise Binary Object
Representation (CBOR)", STD 94, RFC 8949,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8949, December 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8949>.
[Robinson] Robinson, S., Hellstern, R., and M. Diaz, "Sea Change:
Prioritizing the Environment in Internet Architecture",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems , December
2022.
[Schien] Schien, D., Shabajee, P., and C. Preist, "Rethinking
Allocation in High-Baseload Systems: A Demand-Proportional
Network Electricity Intensity Metric", Position paper in
the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[Schooler] Schooler, E. M., Taylor, R., Zilberman, N., Soulé, R.,
Nafus, D., Manohar, R., and U. Cummings, "A Perspective on
Carbon-aware Networking", Position paper in the IAB
Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications
and Systems , December 2022.
[Thubert] Thubert, P., "Digital Twin and Automation", Position paper
in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[TVR] IESG, "Time-Variant Routing (TVR)", IETF Working Group,
see https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/tvr/about/ ,
February 2023.
[Vanderbauwhede]
Vanderbauwhede, W., "Frugal Computing", Position paper in
the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet
Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[Welzl] Welzl, M., Alay, O., Teymoori, P., and S. Islam, "Reducing
Green House Gas Emissions With Congestion Control",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems , December
2022.
Appendix A. IAB Members at the Time of Approval
Internet Architecture Board members at the time this document was Internet Architecture Board members at the time this document was
approved for publication were: approved for publication were:
* Dhruv Dhody, Huawei Dhruv Dhody
* Lars Eggert, NetApp Lars Eggert
Wes Hardaker
* Wes Hardaker, USC/ISI Cullen Jennings
Mallory Knodel
* Cullen Jennings, Cisco Systems Suresh Krishnan
Mirja Kühlewind
* Mallory Knodel, Center for Democracy and Technology Tommy Pauly
Alvaro Retana
* Suresh Krishnan, Cisco David Schinazi
Christopher Wood
* Mirja Kühlewind, Ericsson Qin Wu
Jiankang Yao
* Tommy Pauly, Apple
* Alvaro Retana, Futurewei
* David Schinazi, Google
* Christopher Wood, Cloudflare
* Qin Wu, Huawei Technologies
* Jiankang Yao, CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center
Appendix B. Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
Naturally, most of the credit goes to the workshop participants. Naturally, most of the credit goes to the workshop participants.
The organizers wish to thank Cindy Morgan and Greg Wood for their The organizers wish to thank Cindy Morgan and Greg Wood for their
work on the practical arrangements and communications relating to he work on the practical arrangements and communications relating to the
workshop. This report was greatly enhanced by the feedback provided workshop. This report was greatly enhanced by the feedback provided
on it, thanks to Michael Welzl in particular for his detailed review. on it. Thanks to Michael Welzl in particular for his detailed
review.
Authors' Addresses Authors' Addresses
Jari Arkko Jari Arkko
Ericsson Ericsson
Email: jari.arkko@ericsson.com Email: jari.arkko@ericsson.com
Colin Perkins Colin S. Perkins
University of Glasgow University of Glasgow
Email: csp@csperkins.org Email: csp@csperkins.org
Suresh Krishnan Suresh Krishnan
Cisco Cisco
Email: suresh.krishnan@gmail.com Email: suresh.krishnan@gmail.com
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