Virtual Network Control for Power Bills Reduction and Network Stability

Abstract

The environmental load of telecommunication service provision is increasing due to the increase in communication traffic. Virtual networks have recently begun to spread, and flexible virtual network control is expected to reduce the operating costs of telecommunication services. This paper proposes a control method to achieve both reduced power bills and stable network operation when the electricity unit price differs among areas and time periods. To begin with, the problem to minimize power bills is formulated, and to solve it quickly, a heuristic search method is proposed that utilizes network centrality. In addition, we formulate a multi-objective optimization problem characterized by parameter normalization, and simulation results show that the proposed control method can reduce power bills while suppressing the number of network reconfigurations.