All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2006, ##### How "Presence" can contribute to carbon foot print reduction Philip Carden Vice President, Strategy and

All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2006, #####

How "Presence" can contribute to carbon foot print reduction

Philip CardenVice President, Strategy and InnovationEurope, Africa, Asia

All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2006, #####2 | October 2007

What do we mean by “Presence”

Virtual Presence (a user perspective)

A sense of social richness, feeling derived from social interaction

A sense of realism, or a sense of transportation (being there)

A common example are the state-changing buddy-lists of instant messaging services

Physical Presence = location or relative location (in a room, in a house)

There are many sources of location . . . GPS, RFID tags, WiFi tags, Cell ID etc

Telecommunications Enabler

A “Presence Server” publishes and subscribes to state information updates about users or devices, using standards such as SIMPLE and XMPP.

Both virtual and physical presence can have a material impact on carbon footprint.


Home Gateway

Ethernet

WiFi

2G, 3G, 4G

DSL & FTTH

2G, 3G, 4G

Deep Fiber

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Service Enablers

Internet Services

SOA

Telecommunications Services, especially TV & PC are wasteful.

Databases

EnterpriseDirectory

IT Presence

Mail

Enterprise Data Center

Devices that consumer power and could easily be network controlled.

Set-top box, TV, PC, picture frames etc

BUT people leave on the STB due to PVR functionality. So, combine network PVR with network-based power control.

Next step is link to physical presence.


But Telecommunications is only a small part of the problem. . . Our biggest impact is probably not in transport, but in buildings

•Entertainment & Media•2% •Travel

•12%

•Transports•6%

•Residential•17%

•Commercial•8%

•Food•26%

•Other*•20%

•Common8%

•ICT•1%

Raw materials (4%)Forestry (3%)

Fuel production (2%)Miscellaneous (11%)

2005: Greenhouse Gas Emissions(46,000 Million Tons CO2 Equivalents)

Buildings

Power consumption of residential

telecommunications services fits here (not in

ICT)

But heating, air-con and hot water are much bigger

users.

Many enterprises are already focused on this,

but it is much more difficult for consumers.

Video conferencing can help reduce travel. But some travel is good. E.g. commuting to the office is sometimes better than

staying at home if it avoids heat/air-con.

(Especially if it’s on an electric train powered by hydro or nuclear power stations… but even in a

big, ugly SUV).


Phone

Door Sensor

Bed Sensor

Current Sensor

Web-Cam

Self Measureme

nt

Toy/RobotIPTV Set-top Box

Web-Cams

In-home sensor/control networks important for two big global issues – aging population and carbon footprint.

Aging population

Homecare (as per previous slide)

Smart-metering and smart-home

Carbon footprint

Heater control

Smart Meter

Current Sensors


Multimedia Conferencing

Enterprise Mobility

Ethernet Infrastructur

e

WiFi Access Points

Power over Ethernet

for IP Phones

Several telecommunications technologies can impact the carbon footprint of businesses.

3G, 4G for wireless data and laptop security

Home Office, Hotel, On-the-move

Consistent rich functionality across PC, Desk-phone and mobile regardless of location

Video conferencing

Enterprise Mobility

Laptop Security

Contact Centre

All the above can contribute to increased flexibility in travel, and therefore reduce carbon footprint if used intelligently.


Examples:Virtual Healthcare

De-materialization

Energy Management

Smart Logistics / Transport

Enhanced Entertainment

Virtual Education

B2B / B2C Commerce

2002 2007 2020

0.5

0.8

1.7

ICT CURRENTLY ACCOUNTS FOR 2% OF GLOBAL FOOTPRINTBUT WILL INCREASE TO 3% UNDER “BUSINESS AS USUAL”

-6.4

By enabling emissions reduction in other industry

sectors, ICT can have a beneficial impact several

times its footprint

Potential indirect energy savings by

2020 from:• Industry• Buildings• Power• Transport

If business-as-usual

Potential directtelecom equipment

energy savings by 2020

0.5

Source: McKinsey analysis 2008

ICT C

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Zero Growth Line

“Eco-innovation” of telecom technologies enable significant

benefits for society

“Eco-innovation” of telecom technologies enable significant

benefits for society

Eco-Sustainability – Global PerspectiveOpportunity and Significance


Some concrete examples of potential presence-based applications

Home power management

Simple on/off “home/not home” power management.

Use actual location + artificial intelligence, to determine optimal heating/air-conditioning. E.g. “First family member is expected home in 30 minutes, so start heating these parts of the house”.

At-work power management

Commercial buildings have a much higher percentage of power use from lighting. Presence is only one way of addressing this (e.g. movement detection is an alternative). But it may be a very straightforward way, especially if used for other things like . . .

Enhanced conferencing

Making remote participation in a meeting “as good as being there” is much more than expensive custom-built video conferencing facilities. It’s also about making it feasible to meaningfully participate from where you happen to be.

If the conferencing application simply knew who was “present” in the main meeting room(s) then it is straightforward to recognise voice signatures in order to provide meaningful context information to remote participants (e.g. who is speaking).

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