On the Energy Consumption of Global Video Streaming

Kotevski, Zoran and Nedelkovski, Igor and Markoski, Aleksandar and Bocevska, Andrijana (2024) On the Energy Consumption of Global Video Streaming. In: International conference on Applied Internet and Information Technologies (AIIT 2024), 8 November 2024, Zrenjanin, Serbia.

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Abstract

In the last two decades we have witnessed how video streaming services have gained tremendous popularity, and Internet video traffic is constantly growing at a rapid pace. Certain statistics estimate that video traffic makes up to 82% of all Internet traffic, which is a quite substantial amount. If we take into account the estimation that the Internet consumed about 800 TWh of electrical energy in 2022, with projections that it will double by 2030, we come to the conclusion that video streaming services already consume more energy than countries like Brazil or Canada. It is even more surprising that in the near future it may surpass countries like Japan, Russia or even India. With the increasing demand for electrical energy, green computing and energy efficiency in video processing and transmission emerge as an important endeavor. This paper explores the current technologies, efforts and possibilities that can contribute to the reduction of energy consumption by video streaming processes. It presents a review of some of the latest research in the fields of energy efficient acquisition, coding and transmission of images and video. The paper is concluded with a review of proposed models for energy consumption in video streaming, and a proposal for future research toward quantitative estimation of video streaming energy consumption, in order to assess the potentials for mitigation of its environmental impact.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Engineering and Technology > Electrical engineering, electronic engineering,information engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Depositing User:	Prof. d-r. Zoran Kotevski
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2024 18:53
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 18:53
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/10530

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