Green Computing In Networking And Communication: A Concept For Sustainable Developments

Problem Identification

Green computing is a new technical concept that mainly focuses on developing computing systems that will have a positive impact on the environment. While it may be confusing as to how computing is related to the environment, one should understand that computing has a large impact on the environment with respect to the use of energy, disposable and non-disposable materials and others. The green computing concept is used to design and develop new equipments and parts that will increase the energy efficiency of the computing systems as well as promote the use of reusable and disposable materials for developing the bodies of computer parts and equipments. Since its inception, the concept of green computing has also been applied in the field of networking and communication. Green computing in networking and communication includes network infrastructure, communication system through wireless networks.

The main problem that is needs to be addressed in this project is prevention of negative impact on the project by the computing systems. Most of the computing systems including the networking and communication system have more or less negative impacts on the environment. For instance, due to low energy efficiency of a particular device, a huge and unnecessary amount of electricity is lost while running the device. Again, the waves transmitted through the environment during a wireless communication process hurt the living beings like birds and trees.

The purpose of the project is to develop a green computing system that will be much more energy efficient and have positive impact on the environment as well.

The system will act as a benchmark and will provide the basis for the future computing systems that will have less negative impact on the environment.

This project involves a significant amount of time as well as working with some of the latest technologies that will incur significant amount of costs. Hence, a sponsor is required to fund the project from the start till its completion. However, funding will not be an one way effort as the sponsor can have significant future gain if the developed system works successfully according to plan and opens a new window of opportunity in the development of green computing systems.

The research questions developed for the project are as follows.

• What are the benefits of green computing in networking and communication systems?
• What are the main challenges that can be faced during the implementation of green computing in networking and communication systems?

The main concept of green computing is to develop computing systems that will have positive impact on the environment by reducing the harmful effects that currently the computing systems produce. The harmful effects include diseases caused in plants and trees due to communication waves, water pollution due to disposal of non-biodegradable electronic goods, wastage of energy due to low energy efficiency and others. Green computing aims to address these issues to help develop more efficient computing systems with less impact on the environment.

Purpose of the Project

Every research and systems development process follows a particular model as determined beforehand. This particular project will involve waterfall model in which, step by step development and execution of the project will occur following a standard sequence and process.

For the purpose of data collection, generally literature review will be used along with the analysis of various sources of data like statistical data of various organizations, previous year reports and others. The main purpose of the data collection process is to be able to have a clear understanding on the topic and be able to design the system accordingly.

Some of the ethical issues associated with the project are as follows.

• The green computing system will be expensive and may not be accepted by all the users.
• There is a general fear that the implementation of green computing may actually reduce the functionality of the overall computing system.

Since this project focuses on computing system that is extensively used in almost every sector around the world, it is needed to be ensured that various regulations related to workplace, industry and government must be followed while conducting the research as well as progressing with the project.

From the gathered data, it has been found that the implementation of green computing around the world will reduce the energy usage by at least 40% whereas the pollution around the world due to electronic goods will also be reduced by a significant margin. However, in order to achieve such a scale of success, a lot of research and development are required and this project is just a starting point towards achieving such a goal.

The deliverables of the project are explained below.

1. The main deliverable of the project is to show considerable understanding in the concept of green computing.
2. In order to fulfill the previous deliverable, it is required to design a green computing system with relation to networking and communication system.
3. Extensive study is required in order to ensure the designed device follows usage guidelines and actually fulfils the basic concept of green computing.

Figure 1: WBS of the Project

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The main risk of this project is its high cost of development and implementation and low knowledge level as this is a very new concept in the world of computing.

Figure 2: Gantt Chart of the Project

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