RFC 9845 on Challenges and Opportunities in Management for Green Networking

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        RFC 9845

        Title:      Challenges and Opportunities in Management 
                    for Green Networking 
        Author:     A. Clemm, Ed.,
                    C. Pignataro, Ed.,
                    C. Westphal,
                    L. Ciavaglia,
                    J. Tantsura,
                    M-P. Odini
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IRTF
        Date:       October 2025
        Mailbox:    ludwig@clemm.org,
                    cmpignat@ncsu.edu,
                    cedric@ucsc.edu,
                    laurent.ciavaglia@nokia.com,
                    jefftant.ietf@gmail.com,
                    mp.odini@orange.fr
        Pages:      28
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-irtf-nmrg-green-ps-06.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9845

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9845

Reducing humankind's environmental footprint and making technology
more environmentally sustainable are among the biggest challenges of
our age. Networks play an important part in this challenge.  On one
hand, they enable applications that help to reduce this footprint. On
the other hand, they significantly contribute to this footprint
themselves. Therefore, methods to make networking technology itself
"greener" and to manage and operate networks in ways that reduce
their environmental footprint without impacting their utility need to
be explored.  This document outlines a corresponding set of
opportunities, along with associated research challenges, for
networking technology in general and management technology in
particular to become greener, i.e., more sustainable, with reduced
greenhouse gas emissions and less negative impact on the environment.

This document is a product of the Network Management Research Group
(NMRG) of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF).  This document
reflects the consensus of the research group. It is not a candidate
for any level of Internet Standard and is published for informational
purposes.

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