JS 2012 - Special Issue on Green Sensor Networking - Journal of sensors

Journal of sensors, Special Issue on Green Sensor Networking
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/js/si/104640/cfp/
Journal of sensors
Special Issue on Green Sensor Networking
Call for papers
Communication Services account for an important part of the world energy consumption. As a byproduct, they also account for a significant fraction of CO2 and other GHGs (Green House Gasses) on our planet. Mobile sensor applications in particular contribute to an increasingly important fraction of wireless communications, as sensors are now embedded in the most popular mobile devices, from smart phones to tablets and vehicle computers. Hence, it is important that the sensor research community work in the direction of reducing the energy consumption of mobile communication systems. This is a very challenging proposition since the volume of the data traveling over wireless communication systems has been increasing at a vertiginous rate. Mobile video streaming traffic alone has been doubling every year forcing a relentless increase in capacity. These capacity enhancements however should be carefully thought out before they cause major collateral damage to the world ecology. A power efficient, ecologically sound plan for expansion must be designed to align sensor systems and wireless communications evolution with worldwide minimum energy consumption guidelines.

This special issue of the journal of sensors will focus on original works aiming to optimize the energy consumption in communication technologies that support sensorial applications. The scope of the journal is quite broad and covers all the topics related to the energy consumption in wireless communication networks. Examples of topics include but are not limited to:

? Optimization of the energy consumption in existing sensor networks
? New algorithms for green sensor networks
? Green components for sensor networks
? Energy efficient sensor network management
? Cross-layer optimizations for reducing energy consumption
? Power control for Green wireless networks
* New protocols for Green sensor networks and applications
* High data rate networks with minimum consumption of enrgy

Before submission, authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jop/guidelines.htm.... Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Manuscript Due
August 3, 2012

First Round of Reviews
October 26, 2012

Publication Date
December 21,2012

Lead Guest Editor

Khaldoun Al Agha, Department of Computer science, University Paris-Sud, France; alagha-AT-lri.fr

Guest Editors

Mario Gerla, Department of Computer science, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA; gerla-AT-cs.ucla.edu

Maode Ma, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Maode_Ma-AT-pmail.ntu.edu.sg

Jesus Alonso-Zarate, Intelligent Energy (IQe) Area, Centre Tecnològic de Telecommunications de Catalunya (CTTC), Barcelona, Spain; jesus.alonso-AT-cttc.es