Re: [v6ops] Interest in energy consumption of IPv6 smartphones (vs. IPv4)

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Interest in energy consumption of IPv6 smartphones (vs. IPv4)
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Alex,

>> While reducing power consumtion is a good thing, we will be wasting
>> peoples time to compare IPv6 vs IPv4 power consumption.  Don't we
>> have better things to do than to waste peoples time on the academic
>> exercise which will produce nothing useful.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Independently of qualifying academic exercises, I think this data can be
> useful, among others: (1) when short on battery know what to turn off
> and (2) protocol design like 6lo limit to how much the improvements
> should try to save compared to vanilla IPv6.
> 
> Preliminary measurements on an Android smartphone running live video,
> pre-recorded video, web browsing and ftp on 3G seem to exhibit slightly
> higher platform uA/h discharge on IPv6 than on IPv4.
> 
> Is there any published data along similar lines: IPv4-vs-IPv6 energy
> consumption on smartphone apps on cellular?

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-desmouceaux-ipv6-mcast-wifi-power-usage-01.txt

Ole