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The First ICST International Conference on Green Communications and Networking (GreenNets 2011)
¨C Networks of the Future to Preserve Environment

Colmar, France, 5th-7th Oct, 2011

http://greenets.org
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Journal Special Issue Information
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Distinguished selected papers accepted and presented in GreenNets 2011 after further extensions, will be published in special issues of
the following prestigious Journals:
--- ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications
--- ICST Transactions on Energy Web




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Introduction
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Global warming and climate change have been a growing worldwide concern. Six sources, i.e., transportation, power, buildings, industry,
agriculture and forestry, and land use, have been identified as major contributors to the rise of global carbon dioxide (CO2). The mobile
industry is seen as a potential enabler to reduce greenhouse gases contributed by these six sources provided that appropriate measures are
implemented. On the other hand, the mobile industry itself will also contribute to CO2 emission through network operations, mobile equipments, etc.
To meet the requirement of low-carbon economy development, it is necessary to reduce the operation expenditure or energy consumption of mobile networks,
while maintaining acceptable quality of service. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying GreenNets.
In this regard, the conference aims to establish a forum to bring together research professionals from diverse fields including green mobile networks, system architectures,
networking & communication protocols, applications, test-bed and prototype, traffic balance and energy-efficient cooperation transmission, system and application issues related to GreenNets.

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Scopes and Interests
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Track 1: Ubiquitous Media
1. Communications and Networking:
--- Communication techniques and protocols for GreenNets
--- Energy-efficient transmission technologies based on the cooperation communication
--- Scalable and flexible energy efficiency mobile network architectures, deployments, and applications
2. Energy-efficient network architecture & protocols:
--- Scalability and mobility issues in energy efficiency cross-layer design
--- MAC Protocols and QoS Designing for mobile networks
3. Systems and Technology:
--- Transactions and workflows in green mobile networks
--- Adaptability and stability of green mobile networks
--- Mobile and multimedia supported green mobile networks
--- Experimental and test bed studies for energy efficiency mobile networks, simulation tools
4. Energy-efficient management:
--- Energy-efficient traffic balance, cooperation and management
--- Distributed energy efficiency resource management techniques
--- Protocols for cooperative management and control


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Submission Guidelines
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Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 7 pages for full papers, 4 pages for short papers, posters and demos,
in ACM Proceedings format (7"x9" print area, single spaced, double column, 9-pt font size). Please see http://greenets.org/submission.shtm for details.


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Important Dates
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Abstract Deadline: Apr. 22, 2011, extended to May 30, 2011
Full Paper Deadline: Apr. 28, 2011, extended to May 30, 2011
Author Notification: Jun. 15, 2011
Camera Ready: Jul. 21, 2011


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Workshop Organizer
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Steering Committee Co-Chairs:
Athanasios V. Vasilakos, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Imrich Chlamtac, University of Trento, Italy

General Chairs:
Joel Rodrigues, Institute of Telecommunications, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Liang Zhou, Nanjing University of Posts and Telcommunications, China

Technical Program Chairs:
Aravind Kailas, UNCC, USA
Min Chen, SNU, Korea

Publication Chair:
Foad Dabiri, University of California at Los Angeles, USA

Publicity Chair(s):
Binod Vaidya, University of Ottawa, Canada
Farid Farahmand, Sonoma state University
Kai Lin, Dalian University of Technology, China

Workshops Chair(s):
Kaushik Chowdhury, Northeastern University, USA
Hung-Yu Wei, Dep. of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Sponsorship & Exhibits Chair(s):
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

Panels Chair:
Nazim Agoulmine, University of Evry, France
Herv¨¦ Guyennet, University of Besancon, France

Demos and Tutorials Chair:
Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada

Posters Chair:
Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Industry Track Chairs:
Haohong Wang, TCL America, USA
Bin Wei, AT&T, USA

Special Sessions Chair:
Honggang Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA
Lei (Ray) Wang

Local Chair:
Marc Gilg, University of Haute Alsace, France

Web Chair:
Xingang Liu, Yonsei University, Korea


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