GreeNets 2015 - Workshop on Next Generation of Green ICT and 5G Networking (GreeNets)

The Workshop on Next Generation of Green ICT and 5G Networking (GreeNets) will be held in conjunction with the 15th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband ICUWB’2015 in Montreal, Canada, from October 4th to 7th, 2015.
Scope: Wireless networks are rapidly becoming the most popular way of connecting to broadband through home and mobile devices. The resulting customer demand for ubiquitous network access and wireless services is mainly responsible for increased energy consumption and consequently for the growing carbon footprint of the mobile communications industry. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector and the mobile communications industry have been estimated to jointly represent around 2% of global CO2 emissions. Even with the technological advancements in the ICT infrastructure, 6-9% growth rate in CO2 emissions is expected every year till 2020 which shows a steep growing pattern over the last few years with the proliferation of smart phones, tablet computers, and other smart devices. The fundamental factors contributing to the overall global carbon footprint of mobile communications industry include production, operation, distribution and maintenance of the mobile communications networks, devices and services. Based on the listed facts and figures, it can be concluded that the ICT sector in general and mobile communication industry in particular are not exempted from reducing their carbon footprint and have a considerable potential to decrease global carbon footprint especially in developing and emerging economies. To fulfill the escalated customer demands, it is therefore essential to consider paradigm-shifting technologies to increase the spectral and energy efficiency of upcoming ICT and 5G wireless networks. The debut edition of this workshop, GreeNets 2015, organized in conjunction with the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband ICUWB in Montreal, Canada, will be a collection of outstanding technical research/position and industrial papers covering novel Green solutions and recent research results with wide range of ingredients within the 5G framework (with specific focus on Energy efficiency and low carbon emission technologies). The workshop will provide an opportunity for exchanging ideas and creating new space for innovative game-changing end-to-end Green solutions to the challenging problems of designing, monitoring and management of smart energy efficient communications systems for emerging applications and services in ICT. This workshop will examine the technical challenges, review the economic feasibility, and discuss possible paths to regulatory solutions for future Green ICT and networking.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
Green Emerging Communication Systems
? M2M or machine type communications/networking
? Vehicular networks and communications
? Smart grid and power line communications
? Wireless body area networks
? Smart homes and buildings (IoT, sensor networking, etc.)
Green Broadband Technologies and Techniques
? Green backhaul/fronthaul technologies (FSO, mm-wave, or hybrid solutions)
? Device centric communications (D2D, traffic offloading, caching, social networking)
? Integration of CRAN, HCRAN, and other centralized cloud networking approaches
? Networking function virtualization (virtual operator concept) and software defined networking
? Self-organization, management, and self-healing
? Green networking protocols and their implementations
? Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer
Green Practices in ICT and Networking
? Carbon footprint of telecom infrastructure and broadband solutions
? Business and commercial case studies
? Energy management policies and standardization
? Green economics
? Green practices based on user experience
? Techno-economic assessment of Green broadband solutions