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Workshop on Sustainable Networking (SUNSET 2011),
May 13, 2011, Valencia, Spain

(in conjunction with IFIP Networking 2011)


Web page: http://www.networking2011.org/workshops/SUNSET.html



CALL FOR PAPERS:

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Aim and Scope:

The Workshop on Sustainable Networking (SUNSET 2011) is the 1st
workshop on sustainable, green networking collocated with the
Networking conference and sponsored by the IFIP Technical Committee on
Communication Systems (TC6). The main objective of SUNSET 2011 is to
bring together experts in the area of sustainable networking from both
academia and industry. The workshop addresses issues with a high
potential of energy savings in wireless and wired access for local and
core networks.


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Workshop topics:

- Energy-efficient broadband access networks
- Sustainable wireless communication
- Energy-efficient network management
- Energy-efficient data center communication
- Energy-efficient network components (routers, switches, etc.)
- Network virtualization for reducing power consumption
- Monitoring concepts for energy-efficient network management
- Energy-efficient end-to-end networking
- Green network planning and design
- Energy efficient network hardware improvements
- Energy-efficient communication protocols
- Techniques for measuring and estimating power consumption in networks
- Economic aspects and models of energy efficiency in networks

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- Important Dates:

Abstract due: December 14, 2010
Full Paper Submission: December 18, 2010
Acceptance Notification: February 10, 2011
Camera ready due: March 1, 2011

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- Guidelines for Submission:


Authors are invited to submit full papers via the EDAS Conference
Management System. Only original papers describing previously
unpublished, not currently under review by another conference or
journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development must be
submitted.

All papers will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the
workshop proceedings, LNCS published by Springer-Verlag, in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

Papers must be written in English and should follow the instructions in
the Springer template file available in both LaTeX and Microsoft Word
format.

The first page should include paper title, an abstract of about 150
words,3-5 keywords indicating the paper topic area and symposium, name
and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's
e-mail and postal addresses.
Maximum paper length is 8 printed pages (10-point font).


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Organizing Committee


-Workshop Chairs
Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, University of Lyon, France
e-mail: laurent.lefevre@ens-lyon.fr
Rastin Pries, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
e-mail: pries@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de


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Carlos Calafate, PhD
IFIP Networking 2011 Publicity Chair
Computer Networks Group (GRC)
Technical University of Valencia, Spain

Voice: +34 96 387 7007 ext. 75727
Fax: +34 96 387 7579
E-mail: calafate@disca.upv.es

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