Research Article

Energy-Reduction Offloading Technique for Streaming Media Servers

Table 2

Offloading server transcoding.
(a) Summary values of energy, average power, and time consumption for offloading, streaming, and viewing

Video parametersTime (s)Avg. power consumption (mW)Energy consumption (mAh)

480 × 272.2 Mbps35.032005.885.28
960 × 545.2 Mbps75.542171.1412.31
240 × 186.2 Mbps33.511965.724.95
480 × 272.4 Mbps35.832114.715.69
480 × 272.1 Mbps33.161988.584.95

(b) Values of energy, average power, and time consumption for video streaming only

Video parametersTime (s)Avg. power consumption (mW)Energy consumption (mAh)

480 × 272.2 Mbps17.041076.111.47
960 × 545.2 Mbps34.071148.082.54
240 × 186.2 Mbps16.67991.281.50
480 × 272.4 Mbps23.311201.352.22
480 × 272.1 Mbps16.491268.121.39

(c) Values of energy, average power, and time consumption for video viewing only

Video parametersTime (s)Avg. power consumption (mW)Energy consumption (mAh)

480 × 272.2 Mbps30.001523.143.75
960 × 545.2 Mbps70.942036.189.72
240 × 186.2 Mbps30.001429.713.39
480 × 272.4 Mbps30.001511.933.41
480 × 272.1 Mbps30.001529.933.87

(d) Values of energy, average power, and time consumption for state offloading. Keeps the same over videos with different parameters

Time (s)Avg. power consumption (mW)Energy consumption (mAh)

3.871047.300.06