-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE Communications Magazine - Feature Topic on “Energy Harvesting Communications” Datum: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:05:33 +0000 Von: Yuen Chau yuenchau@SUTD.EDU.SG Antwort an: Yuen Chau yuenchau@SUTD.EDU.SG An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG

This feature topic will focus on issues related to energy harvesting communications. In particular for wireless sensor networks, because of its ultra-low-power operation, such small, wireless, autonomous sensors can be powered by harvesting ambient power which is scavenged in milli-watts or even micro-watts. If these wireless sensors, which spread throughout a home or factories, in-buildings or even outdoor to monitor all kind of environmental conditions, are powered by energy harvesting, there are no batteries to replace and no labour costs associated with replacing them, in other words, self-sustainable. However, the design of communication systems has to take into account the fluctuating availability of energy sources. For an overview of the state-of-the-art in energy harvesting communications design, and for a relevant example of an IEEE Communications Magazine article's style and content, please refer to "Designing Intelligent Energy Harvesting Communications Systems" by D. Gunduz, K. Stamatiou, N. Michelusi, and M. Zorzi, in IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 210-216, Jan 2014.

In a cellular network, energy harvesting can be used to provide power in many elements of a telecom network, saving considerable costs in electricity supply, and providing low maintenance monitoring. Powering mobile phone base stations with wind or solar power allows telecom networks to expand beyond the limits of the power grid. The possibility of re-distribution of the renewable energy in smart grid allows further efficient utilization, but leads to many challenges as well. Another important focus of this feature topic is on RF energy harvesting. RF energy is currently broadcasted from billions of radio transmitters around the world, including mobile telephones, handheld radios, mobile base stations, and television/ radio broadcast stations. The ability to harvest RF energy, from ambient or dedicated sources, enables wireless charging of low-power devices and has significant benefits to product design, usability, and reliability. Fundamental practical issues on realizing this ability leads to many interesting research problems.

This feature topic will focus on energy harvesting related issues in communications. It will also present a holistic view of research challenges and opportunities in the emerging area of energy harvesting communications. We especially welcome research work that pushes theory to practice, such as theoretical work with emphasis on how to solve a practical problem, experimental work on new systems, and system-level considerations for practical deployment. This feature topic solicits state-of-the-art technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: • Energy harvesting base station, access point, and relay; • Energy-efficient and energy harvesting machine-to-machine (M2M) communications; • Low-power and energy harvesting wireless sensor networks; • Characterization of light, thermal, wind, motion, and RF energy harvesting; • Communication protocols for wireless charging networks and systems; • Energy harvesting storage and recycling; • Software-defined networking for energy harvesting communications; • Sustainable network architectures using energy harvesting; • Theoretic approaches and design methodologies; • Testbed and experimental validation; • Energy harvesting for rare events sensing; • Event-powered energy harvesting wireless sensor networks; • Energy harvesting for industrial and intelligent systems; • Standardization of energy harvesting communications.

Note that articles on green communications that do not directly address energy harvesting will be considered out of scope for this feature topic. Please consider directing such articles to the "Green Communications and Computing Networks" Series of IEEE Communications Magazine.

Submission Guidelines

Articles should be tutorial in nature and written in a style comprehensible and accessible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine's guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines.

It is important to note that the IEEE Communications Magazine strongly limits mathematical content, and the number of figures and tables. Paper length should not exceed 4,500 words. All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through the IEEE Manuscript Central site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee) by the deadline. Submit articles to the "April 2015/Energy Harvesting Communications" category.

For more info, please refer to: http://www.comsoc.org/files/Publications/Magazines/ci/cfp/cfpcommag0415.html

Important Dates

Manuscript Submission: 01-August, 2014 Notification of Acceptance: 01-November, 2014 Final Manuscript: 01-February, 2015 Publication: April 2015

Guest Editors

Chau Yuen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore (yuenchau@sutd.edu.sg) Lei Shu, Guangdong University of Petrochemical University, China (lei.shu@lab.gdupt.edu.cn) Maged Elkashlan, Queen Mary University of London, UK (maged.elkashlan@qmul.ac.uk) Yi Qian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (yqian@ieee.org) Trung Q. Duong, Queen’s University Belfast, UK (trung.q.duong@qub.ac.uk) Frank Schmidt, EnOcean, Germany (frank.schmidt@enocean.com)

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