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   Title:   Power Consumption Profiling for Programmable Network Devices
   Authors: Xiang Chen
            Longlong Zhu
            Linying Zheng
   Name:    draft-pythia-bmwg-programmable-power-profiling-00.txt
   Pages:   13
   Dates:   2026-07-27

Abstract:

   A programmable network device can execute different packet-processing
   programs on the same hardware.  Device-level power measurements show
   the total input power but do not explain the power associated with a
   program's parser, match-action tables, and stateful or stateless
   actions.  Models designed for fixed-function switches do not directly
   describe these program-dependent operations.

   This document describes a power profiling methodology for
   programmable network devices.  The methodology decomposes packet
   processing into functional components, uses controlled calibration
   programs to derive target-specific parameters, and estimates the
   power of a data-plane program from its processing features and
   traffic.  It also specifies validation and reporting requirements
   that distinguish direct measurements from model-derived estimates.
   The methodology is based on implementation experience with an ASIC
   programmable switch and an FPGA-based programmable switch.

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