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Achieving carbon-neutral and power-efficient networks is challenging and needs all ecosystem partners to work collaboratively to address it. Every layer of the network, including hardware, cloud infrastructure, applications, and machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) requires novel approaches to achieve energy efficiency. Hardware innovations, real-time observability, closed-loop intelligence, and open standards are key design principles for creating energy saving solutions for telecom networks.
These principles are essential for optimizing energy consumption without compromising performance or stability. By implementing these solutions, operators can save energy while maintaining system efficiency and a positive user experience. An open-standard, vendor-agnostic solution is the right choice to ensure compatibility across various vendors and technologies.
A systems approach is necessary so all enhancements can be incrementally delivered as part of an integrated solution that delivers clear use cases and results. The first step is to create infrastructure that is fully observable, where all network telemetry is reported in correlation with an actionable policy in a closed-loop manner. This approach is applied at scale in enterprise computing but is unrealized in most telecom networks.
The following sections describe how industry and ecosystem can work together to build power-optimized and energy-efficient networks.