Special Session on Energy Efficient Wireless and Optical Networks (EEWON)

Aim and Scope

Modern communication network is a combination of wireless network and optical network. Broadband networks are trying to minimizing the communication impact on environmental by enhancing energy-efficient communication. Network operators aim at reducing the energy cost of their current and future networks. Wireless and optical networks are work differently towards the same aims, support better communication. Different approaches are being studied in both the network to decrease the overall network energy consumption, such as different architectures, different technologies, network design, different protocols, etc. The aim of this session is to present recent research results targeting energy efficient solutions for wireless network or optical network or combination of both the networks.

Call for Papers

This session solicits submissions of original work on all aspects of energy efficient green networks.

Topics of interests (but not limited to):

Wireless Network

• Architectures and protocols for improving energy efficiency in wireless networks
• Energy efficient air-interface technologies
• Green future wireless networks e.g. 5G
• MAC, routing and transport protocols for green wireless
• Energy efficient wireless devices
• Collaborative/cooperative/cognitive networking protocols for energy efficiency
• Energy-Performance tradeoff
• Experiments, testbeds and prototypes

Optical Network

• Energy-efficient technologies
• Impact of different node technologies
• Impact of different energy profiles: per node, per component, etc.
• Energy efficient optical intra-data center networks
• Energy-efficient optical networks protocols, architectures, design
• Energy-aware VNE approaches
• Energy aware routed networks
• Impact of energy consumption on the overall OPEX and TCO
• Manufacturer and operator experiences on power consumption in communication networks

Economy and society

• Smart Cities
• Smart Sensing
• e-Health
• Energy-efficient buildings
• Energy harvesting
• Industrial automation

Organizing Chair

Dr. Rajarshi Mahapatra, CVR College of Engineering, India

Submission instructions

All submissions will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field based on originality, significance and clarity. Authors must follow the instructions outlined in http://icrcicn.in/callpaper.htm. The accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings as well as will be submitted to IEEE CPP for linking to IEEE Explorer if all prerequisites are completed.

Prospective authors willing to submit their manuscripts for the special session should indicate the acronym of the special session (EEWON) in the footnote of the manuscript during initial submission.

Key Dates

Paper Submission Ends: June 30, 2015
Acceptance Notification: October 01, 2015
Final Paper Deadline: October 15, 2015

Technical Program Committee

Dr. B. N. Bhandari, JNTU, Hyderabad, India
Dr. A. Adhya, IIT Patna, India
Mr. L. N. Datta, Ericson India, India
Dr. K. C. Roy, IIT Patna, India
Dr. S. Chakraborty, Robert Bosch India, India
Dr. A. Dutta, IIT Hyderabad, India