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Energy-adaptive Network Switching via Intra-device Scaling

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Energy-adaptive Network Switching via Intra-device Scaling. / Hodkin, Matthew; Krug, Louise; Garraghan, Peter.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications: Scaling the Peaks of Global Communications. IEEE, 2024.

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Hodkin, M, Krug, L & Garraghan, P 2024, Energy-adaptive Network Switching via Intra-device Scaling. in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications: Scaling the Peaks of Global Communications. IEEE, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Denver, Colorado, United States, 9/06/24.

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Hodkin, M., Krug, L., & Garraghan, P. (in press). Energy-adaptive Network Switching via Intra-device Scaling. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications: Scaling the Peaks of Global Communications IEEE.

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Hodkin M, Krug L, Garraghan P. Energy-adaptive Network Switching via Intra-device Scaling. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications: Scaling the Peaks of Global Communications. IEEE. 2024

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Hodkin, Matthew ; Krug, Louise ; Garraghan, Peter. / Energy-adaptive Network Switching via Intra-device Scaling. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications: Scaling the Peaks of Global Communications. IEEE, 2024.

Bibtex

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RIS

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