ITA 11 Workshop Session
EERT 2011 – 2nd International Workshop on Energy Efficient and Reconfigurable Transceivers: Towards a Green Wireless Internet
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Key Dates Paper Submission Due: |
Paper submission now open via the EDAS system.
Purpose and Overview
The beyond3G vision envisages higher data rates and multi-standard radio interfaces to provide all users with a continuous seamless connection at any place, any time and on any system. Therefore the large number of multimode devices coupled with the surge in power requirements for future emerging handsets raises significant challenges in terms of reducing the energy consumptions, and reducing the amount of electromagnetic radiation in order to minimize the global impact of CO2 emissions.
In fact, current state-of-the-art multi-standard devices have high power requirements for maintaining two or more radio interfaces. It is envisaged that a dramatic increase in the energy consumptions of 4G devices will make active cooling a necessity. Indeed, from the manufacturer’s perspective, the issue of power consumption is becoming a key concern since there is a continuously growing gap between the energy required by emerging radio systems and what can be actually achieved by: i) the evolution in battery technology; ii) the progress in scaling and circuit design; iii) the design of novel system level architectures; and iv) the development of novel thermal and cooling techniques.
Therefore, one of the biggest challenges for future wireless systems is the need to limit the energy consumptions of battery-powered devices, with the aim of prolonging their operational time and avoiding active cooling. Without new approaches for energy saving, there is a significant threat that 4G mobile users will be searching for power outlets rather than for network access, thus being restricted to stay in a single position and losing their mobile capabilities.
In typical mobile terminals for cellular systems up to
half of the power consumptions come from communications-related functions,
such as baseband processing, RF, and connectivity functions. Therefore any
reduction in the power consumptions of all these functionalities will have
a substantial impact on the battery lifetime.
Technical Sponsor
Paper Submission
Prospective authors are invited to submit original and
unpublished works on the following research topics, but not limited to:
• Design techniques for energy efficient transceiver power amplifiers
• Energy efficient processing (DSP)
• Energy efficient reconfigurable radios and software defined radios
• MEMS and applications
• MMICs and RFICs
• Device and IC technology for power amplifiers
• System requirements and transceiver architectures
• Matching techniques
• Device and system level modeling
• Active Antennas
• Integrated circuits and antennas
• Linearization techniques
• System Integration (SoC, Mixed-Signal)
• Device Characterization/Modeling
• Systems Architectures and Applications
Papers must be formatted according to the ITA author guidelines, using the ITA paper template, and must not exceed eight pages in length (two pages for posters). This limit will not be extended by special arrangement. Papers and posters for initial consideration must be submitted, in Word .doc format only, through the ITA 11 EERT EDAS conference management system, which will open soon. Final, camera-ready versions should take into account referees' suggested amendments and must also be submitted as Word .doc files for editing into the final proceedings. Paper submission is via the EDAS system at http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=9525&track=14175.
Organizing Committee
Technical Program Committee Chairs
| Professor Raed A Abd-Alhameed University of Bradford, UK r.a.a.abd@bradford.ac.uk |
Professor Peter S Excell Glyndwr University, Wrexham, UK p.excell@glyndwr.ac.uk |
| Dr. Jonathan Rodriguez Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal jonathan@av.it.pt |
Dr. Bashir Gwandu NCC Nigeria bashirgwandu@yahoo.co.uk |
| Abubakar Sadiq Hussaini Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal ash@av.it.pt |
Technical Committee members
Prof. S. Shepherd [UK]: S.J.Shepherd@bradford.ac.uk
Prof. H. Al-Ahmad [UAE]: alahmad@kustar.ac.ae
Prof. A. Ghorbani [IR]: ghorbani@aut.ac.ir
Prof. S. Alseyab [IQ]: saod_alseyab@yahoo.com
Dr. M. Mangoud [BH]: mangoud@eng.uob.bh
Dr. W. Rasheed [JD]: wali20012001@yahoo.com
Dr. N. T. Ali [UAE]: nt123@emirates.net.ae
Dr. C. H. See [UK]: c.h.see2@bradford.ac.uk
Dr. D. Zhou [Surrey]: d.zhou@surrey.ac.uk
Dr. M. Musa [Nokia]: Mazin.Musa@nokia.com
Dr. Bashir A. L. Gwandu [NCC NG]: Gwandu@ncc.gov.ng
Dr. M. Usman [KSA]: m.usman@uoh.edu.sa
Dr. S. M. R. Jones [UK]: s.m.r.jones@bradford.ac.uk
Dr. D. T. W. Liang [UK]: d.t.w.liang@bradford.ac.uk
Dr. H. S. Rajamani [UK]: h.s.rajamani@bradford.ac.uk
Dr. N. J. McEwan [UK]: n.j.mcewan@bradford.ac.uk
Dr. J. Rodriguez [PT]: jonathan@av.it.pt
Dr E. A. Elkhazmi [LY]: e.a.elkhazmi@hotmail.com
Dr. W. Tu [UK]: w.tu@glyndwr.ac.uk
Dr A. S. Abdallah [IQ]: kareem134@yahoo.com
Mr M. B. Child [UK]: m.b.child@bradford.ac.uk
A. S. Hussaini [PT]: ash@av.it.pt