draft-iab-ws-environmental-impacts-report-02.txt   draft-iab-ws-environmental-impacts-report-03.txt 
IAB J. Arkko IAB J. Arkko
Internet-Draft Ericsson Internet-Draft Ericsson
Intended status: Informational C. S. Perkins Intended status: Informational C. S. Perkins
Expires: 23 March 2024 University of Glasgow Expires: 25 April 2024 University of Glasgow
S. Krishnan S. Krishnan
Cisco Cisco
20 September 2023 23 October 2023
Report from the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impact of Internet Report from the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impact of Internet
Applications and Systems, 2022 Applications and Systems, 2022
draft-iab-ws-environmental-impacts-report-02 draft-iab-ws-environmental-impacts-report-03
Abstract Abstract
Internet communications and applications have both environmental Internet communications and applications have both environmental
costs and benefits. The IAB ran an online workshop in December 2022 costs and benefits. The IAB ran an online workshop in December 2022
on exploring and understanding these impacts. on exploring and understanding these impacts.
The role of the workshop was to discuss the impacts, discuss the The role of the workshop was to discuss the impacts, discuss the
evolving needs from industry, and to identify areas for improvements evolving needs from industry, and to identify areas for improvements
and future work. A key goal of the workshop was to call further and future work. A key goal of the workshop was to call further
attention to the topic and to bring together a diverse stakeholder attention to the topic and to bring together a diverse stakeholder
community to discuss these issues. community to discuss these issues.
This report summarises the workshop inputs and discussions. This report summarises the workshop inputs and discussions.
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Table of Contents Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. About the contents of this workshop report . . . . . . . 4
2. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Practical Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1. Practical Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Workshop Topics and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Workshop Topics and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1. The Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.1. The Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2. Understanding the Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.2. Understanding the Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.3. Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.3. Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4. Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.4. Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.1. Overall Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.4.1. Overall Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.2. Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.4.2. Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.4.3. Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.4.3. Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4. Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4. Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. Position Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7. Position Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. Program Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8. Program Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. Workshop Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9. Workshop Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
10. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 10. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Appendix A. IAB Members at the Time of Approval . . . . . . . . 25 Appendix A. IAB Members at the Time of Approval . . . . . . . . 25
Appendix B. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Appendix B. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
The IAB ran an online workshop in December 2022 on exploring and The IAB ran an online workshop in December 2022 on exploring and
understanding the environmental impacts of the Internet. understanding the environmental impacts of the Internet.
The background for the workshop was that Internet communications and The background for the workshop was that Internet communications and
applications have both environmental costs and benefits. In the applications have both environmental costs and benefits. In the
positive direction, they can reduce the environmental impact of our positive direction, they can reduce the environmental impact of our
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mailing list, the e-impact list (e-impact@ietf.org). You can mailing list, the e-impact list (e-impact@ietf.org). You can
subscribe to this list at https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ subscribe to this list at https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/
e-impact. e-impact.
Some improvements addressing specific situations are being discussed Some improvements addressing specific situations are being discussed
at the IETF, such as the Time Variant Routing (TVR) proposal that can at the IETF, such as the Time Variant Routing (TVR) proposal that can
help optimize connectivity with systems that are periodically on or help optimize connectivity with systems that are periodically on or
reachable (such as satellites). We expect more proposals in the reachable (such as satellites). We expect more proposals in the
future. future.
1.1. About the contents of this workshop report
This document is a report on the proceedings of the workshop. The
views and positions documented in this report are those expressed
during the workshop by participants, and do not necessarily reflect
IAB views and positions.
Furthermore, the content of the report comes from presentations given
by workshop participants and notes taken during the discussions,
without interpretation or validation. Thus, the content of this
report follows the flow and dialog of the workshop and documents a
few next steps and actions, but did not attempt to determine or
record consensus on these.
2. Scope 2. Scope
Environmental impact assessment and improvements are broad topics, Environmental impact assessment and improvements are broad topics,
ranging from technical questions to economics, business decisions, ranging from technical questions to economics, business decisions,
and policies. and policies.
The technical, standards, and research communities can help ensure The technical, standards, and research communities can help ensure
that we have a sufficient understanding of the environmental impact that we have a sufficient understanding of the environmental impact
of the Internet and its applications. They can also help to design of the Internet and its applications. They can also help to design
the right tools to continue to build and improve all aspects of the the right tools to continue to build and improve all aspects of the
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standards discussion. standards discussion.
In summary, the goals that the IETF should have include: In summary, the goals that the IETF should have include:
* Full understanding of the Internet’s environmental impact. * Full understanding of the Internet’s environmental impact.
* Continuous improvement of our technology. * Continuous improvement of our technology.
* Launching research relevant activities. * Launching research relevant activities.
To support these goals the IAB has created the eimpact program
[EIMPACT] as a venue for further discussions concerning environmental
impacts and sustainability of Internet technology.
4. Feedback 4. Feedback
The organizers received generally positive feedback about the The organizers received generally positive feedback about the
workshop. workshop.
One practical issue from the organizer's point of view was that due One practical issue from the organizer's point of view was that due
to the extension of the deadline, the final submissions and paper to the extension of the deadline, the final submissions and paper
reviews collided in part with the IETF-115 meeting. This led to it reviews collided in part with the IETF-115 meeting. This led to it
being very difficult for the program committee and practical being very difficult for the program committee and practical
organization staff to find time for the activity. We recommend organization staff to find time for the activity. We recommend
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Odini, M., and M. Welzl, "Challenges and Opportunities in Odini, M., and M. Welzl, "Challenges and Opportunities in
Green Networking", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Green Networking", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022. Systems , December 2022.
[Eckert] Eckert, T., Boucadair, M., Thubert, P., and J. Tantsura, [Eckert] Eckert, T., Boucadair, M., Thubert, P., and J. Tantsura,
"IETF and Energy – An Overview", Position paper in the IAB "IETF and Energy – An Overview", Position paper in the IAB
Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications
and Systems , December 2022. and Systems , December 2022.
[EIMPACT] IAB, "Environmental Impacts of Internet Technology", IAB
Program, see https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/eimpact ,
August 2023.
[GOS] Greening of Streaming, "Tune In. Turn On. Cut Back. [GOS] Greening of Streaming, "Tune In. Turn On. Cut Back.
Finding the optimal streaming 'default' mode to increase Finding the optimal streaming 'default' mode to increase
energy efficiency, shift consumer expectations, and energy efficiency, shift consumer expectations, and
safeguard choice", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on safeguard choice", Position paper in the IAB Workshop on
Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and Environmental Impacts of Internet Applications and
Systems , December 2022. Systems , December 2022.
[Jacob] Jacob, R., "Towards a power-proportional Internet", [Jacob] Jacob, R., "Towards a power-proportional Internet",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems , December Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems , December
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Applications and Systems , December 2022. Applications and Systems , December 2022.
[Welzl] Welzl, M., Alay, O., Teymoori, P., and S. Islam, "Reducing [Welzl] Welzl, M., Alay, O., Teymoori, P., and S. Islam, "Reducing
Green House Gas Emissions With Congestion Control", Green House Gas Emissions With Congestion Control",
Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental Position paper in the IAB Workshop on Environmental
Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems , December Impacts of Internet Applications and Systems , December
2022. 2022.
Appendix A. IAB Members at the Time of Approval Appendix A. IAB Members at the Time of Approval
* Jari Arkko, Ericsson Internet Architecture Board members at the time this document was
approved for publication were:
* Deborah Brungard, AT&T * Dhruv Dhody, Huawei
* Lars Eggert, NetApp * Lars Eggert, NetApp
* Wes Hardaker, USC/ISI * Wes Hardaker, USC/ISI
* Cullen Jennings, Cisco Systems * Cullen Jennings, Cisco Systems
* Mallory Knodel, Center for Democracy and Technology * Mallory Knodel, Center for Democracy and Technology
* Suresh Krishnan, Cisco
* Mirja Kühlewind, Ericsson * Mirja Kühlewind, Ericsson
* Zhenbin Li, Huawei
* Tommy Pauly, Apple * Tommy Pauly, Apple
* Alvaro Retana, Futurewei
* David Schinazi, Google * David Schinazi, Google
* Russ White, Akamai * Christopher Wood, Cloudflare
* Qin Wu, Huawei Technologies * Qin Wu, Huawei Technologies
* Jiankang Yao, CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center * Jiankang Yao, CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center
Appendix B. Acknowledgments Appendix B. Acknowledgments
Naturally, most of the credit goes to the workshop participants. Naturally, most of the credit goes to the workshop participants.
The organizers wish to thank Cindy Morgan and Greg Wood for their The organizers wish to thank Cindy Morgan and Greg Wood for their
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