Ward Van Heddeghem

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ward Van Heddeghem is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward Van Heddeghem has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 2 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Ward Van Heddeghem's work include Advanced Optical Network Technologies (17 papers), Optical Network Technologies (6 papers) and Green IT and Sustainability (6 papers). Ward Van Heddeghem is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optical Network Technologies (17 papers), Optical Network Technologies (6 papers) and Green IT and Sustainability (6 papers). Ward Van Heddeghem collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Italy. Ward Van Heddeghem's co-authors include Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, Piet Demeester, Bart Lannoo, Willem Vereecken, Sofie Lambert, Filip Idzikowski, Piet Demeester, Bart Puype and Margot Deruyck and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Optics Express and IEEE Communications Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Ward Van Heddeghem

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Trends in worldwide ICT electricity consumption from 2007 to 2012

2014 383 citations Ward Van Heddeghem, Sofie Lambert et al. Computer Communications profile →

Peers

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Sofie Lambert Belgium

Salman Raza China

Jukka Manner Finland

Sungwook Kim South Korea

Yunjian Xu Hong Kong

Claudia Antal Romania

Massimo Bertoncini Italy

Claudia Pop Romania

Sonja Filiposka North Macedonia

Sofie Lambert Belgium

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CNC

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Citations per year, relative to Ward Van Heddeghem Ward Van Heddeghem (= 1×) peers Sofie Lambert

Countries citing papers authored by Ward Van Heddeghem

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ward Van Heddeghem

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ward Van Heddeghem

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ward Van Heddeghem. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ward Van Heddeghem based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ward Van Heddeghem. Ward Van Heddeghem is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lambert, Sofie, Margot Deruyck, Ward Van Heddeghem, et al.. (2015). Post-peak ICT: graceful degradation for communication networks in an energy constrained future. IEEE Communications Magazine. 53(11). 166–174. 4 indexed citations

Ye, Yabin, Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani, Filip Idzikowski, et al.. (2015). Energy-efficient resilient optical networks: Challenges and trade-offs. IEEE Communications Magazine. 53(2). 144–150. 18 indexed citations

Heddeghem, Ward Van, Filip Idzikowski, Francesco Musumeci, et al.. (2014). A power consumption sensitivity analysis of circuit-switched versus packet-switched backbone networks. Computer Networks. 78. 42–56. 12 indexed citations

Heddeghem, Ward Van, Sofie Lambert, Bart Lannoo, et al.. (2014). Trends in worldwide ICT electricity consumption from 2007 to 2012. Computer Communications. 50. 64–76. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

Heddeghem, Ward Van, Sofie Lambert, Willem Vereecken, et al.. (2014). Modelling of the worldwide electricity consumption of ICT. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

Heddeghem, Ward Van, Bart Lannoo, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, & Piet Demeester. (2014). A Quantitative Survey of the Power Saving Potential in IP-Over-WDM Backbone Networks. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 18(1). 706–731. 23 indexed citations

Idzikowski, Filip, Edoardo Bonetto, Luca Chiaraviglio, et al.. (2013). TREND in energy-aware adaptive routing solutions. IEEE Communications Magazine. 51(11). 94–104. 23 indexed citations

Heddeghem, Ward Van, Bart Lannoo, Didier Colle, et al.. (2013). Power consumption evaluation of circuit-switched versus packet-switched optical backbone networks. 56–63. 7 indexed citations

Rouzic, Esther Le, Luca Chiaraviglio, Francesco Musumeci, et al.. (2013). TREND big picture on energy-efficient backbone networks. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 19. 1–6. 7 indexed citations

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Koutsopoulos, Iordanis, et al.. (2013). Dynamic virtual machine allocation in cloud server facility systems with renewable energy sources. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 4217–4221. 16 indexed citations

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Lambert, Sofie, Ward Van Heddeghem, Willem Vereecken, et al.. (2012). Worldwide electricity consumption of communication networks. Optics Express. 20(26). B513–B513. 124 indexed citations

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Heddeghem, Ward Van, Michael Parker, Sofie Lambert, et al.. (2012). Using an analytical power model to survey power saving approaches in backbone networks. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 3. 1–6. 6 indexed citations

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Lambert, Sofie, Ward Van Heddeghem, Willem Vereecken, et al.. (2012). Estimating the global power consumption in communication networks. We.1.G.1–We.1.G.1. 1 indexed citations

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Aleksić, Slaviša, Ward Van Heddeghem, & Mario Pickavet. (2012). Scalability and power consumption of static optical core networks. 1. 3465–3471. 3 indexed citations

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Heddeghem, Ward Van, Filip Idzikowski, Esther Le Rouzic, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of power rating of core network equipment in practical deployments. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 126–132. 21 indexed citations

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Heddeghem, Ward Van, Willem Vereecken, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, & Piet Demeester. (2011). Distributed computing for carbon footprint reduction by exploiting low-footprint energy availability. Future Generation Computer Systems. 28(2). 405–414. 37 indexed citations

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Heddeghem, Ward Van, et al.. (2010). Energy-efficiency in telecommunications networks: Link-by-link versus end-to-end grooming. 1–6. 40 indexed citations

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Vereecken, Willem, Ward Van Heddeghem, Bart Puype, et al.. (2010). Optical networks: How much power do they consume and how can we optimize this?. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1–4. 11 indexed citations

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Vereecken, Willem, Ward Van Heddeghem, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, & Piet Demeester. (2010). Overall ICT footprint and green communication technologies. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1–6. 78 indexed citations

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Heddeghem, Ward Van, Willem Vereecken, Mario Pickavet, & Piet Demeester. (2009). Energy in ICT - Trends and research directions. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1–3. 9 indexed citations

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