{"draft":"draft-irtf-nmrg-green-ps-06","doc_id":"RFC9845","title":"Challenges and Opportunities in Management for Green Networking","authors":["A. Clemm, Ed.","C. Pignataro, Ed.","C. Westphal","L. Ciavaglia","J. Tantsura","M-P. Odini"],"format":["HTML","TEXT","PDF","XML"],"page_count":"28","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Network Management Research Group","abstract":"Reducing humankind's environmental footprint and making technology\r\nmore environmentally sustainable are among the biggest challenges of\r\nour age. Networks play an important part in this challenge. On one\r\nhand, they enable applications that help to reduce this footprint. On\r\nthe other hand, they significantly contribute to this footprint\r\nthemselves. Therefore, methods to make networking technology itself\r\n\"greener\" and to manage and operate networks in ways that reduce\r\ntheir environmental footprint without impacting their utility need to\r\nbe explored. This document outlines a corresponding set of\r\nopportunities, along with associated research challenges, for\r\nnetworking technology in general and management technology in\r\nparticular to become greener, i.e., more sustainable, with reduced\r\ngreenhouse gas emissions and less negative impact on the environment.\r\n\r\n\r\nThis document is a product of the Network Management Research Group\r\n(NMRG) of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). This document\r\nreflects the consensus of the research group. It is not a candidate\r\nfor any level of Internet Standard and is published for informational\r\npurposes.","pub_date":"October 2025","keywords":[],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC9845","errata_url":null}