C2POWER 2011 - Cognitive radio and Cooperative strategies for POWER saving (C2POWER)

This workshop looks into the cognitive radio and cooperative techniques for better power efficiency. Cooperative diversity can provide savings in the required transmit power because of the spatial diversity in the system. However, the extra processing and receiving power consumption at the relay and destination nodes for the cooperation gives rise to a trade-off between the gains in the transmit power and the losses in cooperation. Cognitive functionalities on the other hand can be used for context aware transmission schemes for better utilization of the energy.

Papers on the following (but not limited to) topics are invited:
Cognitive radios and networks
Cooperative networks and communication
Energy efficient communication systems and networks
Context awareness and signalling for power saving strategies
Short range power efficient communication
Cooperative relaying for power saving
Energy efficient cognitive handover procedures and policies
Energy efficient reconfigurable radios and software defined radios
Cooperation in homogeneous and heterogeneous networks
Experimental testbeds and results for energy efficient communication techniques
Standardization and regulatory aspects and activities for power efficient communication
Advanced power saving strategies in Bluetooth, DVB-H, UWB, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE considering network cooperation and using femto-cells.