Green home network requirements

International audienceNowadays, home networks host different wired and wireless communication devices. Information and Communication Technology-enabled (ICT) devices consume about the quarter of the total power consumption within a typical home network, which puts forward the issue of energy efficiency in the home network [1]. In addition, electromagnetic radiation emissions are becoming ubiquitous within homes and may create fear likely to slow down future innovations, which requires intervention to reduce such emissions. A routing solution has therefore to support additional constraints. In this paper we provide an overview of home networks as well as their routing solution requirements. We introduce a new taxonomy for routing protocols. Finally, we analyze the suitability of these protocols according to energy efficiency and EM-radiation for a green home network