Description

Energy-aware design is one of the main targets for the next generation of communication networks. Such design helps both energy-constrained wireless devices and base stations to save energy and effectively work towards green communication solutions. Greener communication is imperative considering the rising carbon footprint of mobile phones and networks, which is expected to reach 58% of the information and communication technology industry contribution by 2020 (349 Megatons of CO2). Therefore, energy efficiency is considered to be an important measure in designing future communications networks. In this course, we will discuss how to develop energy efficiency metrics that capture all parameters pertinent to the energy consumption for communication, while considering the amount of delivered data possibly to improve the quality of the signal reception and meet the demand of high data rates, and its applications to cooperative systems, and spectrum sensing and sharing.