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IEEE DySPAN 2012 to Explore Global Advancement of Spectrum Engineering and Smart Radio System Technologies
New York, New York (September 12, 2012) -- The IEEE Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2012) will hold its 6th annual event from October 16 – 19, 2012 in Bellevue, Washington dedicated to the international commercialization of smart radio systems, enhanced utilization of “white spaces” and continued advancement of dynamic spectrum access (DSA) technologies. This includes four full days of technical and policy symposia consisting of more than 50 original paper presentations, business panel discussions, live and video demonstrations and new technology poster displays.
“IEEE DySPAN was founded in 2005 to further the discussion of radically new spectrum access technologies,” says Dr. Victor Bahl of Microsoft Research, this year’s General Chairperson. “Over the past seven years, we have painstakingly worked to prepare the highest quality agenda featuring the field’s finest minds. These efforts have not only greatly increased the prominence of this event, but also furthered the international efforts of scientists, researchers and regulators to greatly overcome the spectrum access issues standing in the way of the development of healthy ecosystems worldwide.”
Commencing on Tuesday, October 16, IEEE DySPAN 2012 will open with a full day of tutorials dedicated to “Programming Cognitive Radio Using Sora,” “Spectrum Consumption Modeling and Model-based Spectrum Management,” “TV White Space Standardization Activities,” Spectrum Sharing Using Geolocation Databases,” and “Hands-on Introductions to USRP Software Defined Radio.”
On the following morning, the conference will then proceed with a three-day comprehensive schedule of executive addresses and technical and policy presentations. Among this year’s highlights will be the keynotes of numerous leading industry authorities such as Henry Tirri, CTO & Executive Vice President of Nokia; Mark Gorenberg, Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners; Charles R. Kalmanek, Vice President-Research of AT&T Services, Inc.; Vanu Bose, President & CEO of Vanu, Inc.; and Rajesh Pankaj, Senior Vice President, Engineering of Qualcomm Research. Another significant event will be the high-level panel discussion on “Standards Support for Dynamic Spectrum Access” presented by representatives of the Wireless Innovation Forum and industry experts specializing in the development of TV White Space-enabled spectrum solutions.
From Wednesday, October 17 through Friday, October 19, IEEE DySPAN 2012 will also entail numerous technical and plenary sessions focused on the research of noted scientists representing institutions like the University of Oslo, Motorola Solutions, Kings College London, Microsoft Research Lab Asia, RWTH Aachen University Germany, Ericsson Research, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Texas A&M University in Qatar, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and the University Politehnica in Bucharest. Specific topics to be discussed include “Using TV Receiver Information to Increase Cognitive White Space Spectrum,” “Enable Flexible Spectrum Access with Spectrum Virtualization,” “Femto Cell Architectures for Robust Communication Using Whitespaces,” “Dynamic Spectrum Access in Heterogeneous LTE+ Networks,” “Opportunistic Spectrum Access in TVWS” and “Mechanisms for LTE Coexistence in TV White Space.”
In addition, other conference highlights include the presentation of cutting-edge demonstrations showcasing the performance of various dynamic spectrum access tasks ranging from control channel establishment, network-blind handover to interference cancellation and security enforcement. Discussed will be the latest techniques for “Enforcing Dynamic Spectrum Access with Spectrum Permits,” “Designing and Implementing an Underlay Control Channel for Cognitive Radios,” “Demonstrating Radio Environment Map Construction from Massive Data Sets” and creating “Receiver-driven Handover between Independent Networks.”
For more information on IEEE DySPAN 2012, please visit www.ieee-dyspan.org/2012 or contact Heather Ann Sweeney of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) at 212-705-8938 or h [dot] sweeney [at] comsoc [dot] org. Interested parties are also welcome to follow IEEE DySPAN 2012 happenings or reach out to international colleagues via links to Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook on the conference website.
The IEEE Communications Society has over 50,000 members and is the second largest of IEEE’s 38 technical societies. Founded in 1952, it has become the major international forum for the exchange of ideas on communications and information networking.
IEEE SmartGridComm 2012 to Address Worldwide Energy Infrastructure Issues
The 3rd annual IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) will be held from November 5 - 8, 2012 in Tainan City, Taiwan.
As a leading international forum dedicated to the advancement of the world’s power delivery infrastructure, IEEE SmartGridCom 2012 will host more than 100 tutorials, workshops, keynotes, panels and technical sessions dedicated to empowering today’s power grid with the capability to support the two-way flow of energy and information, quickly isolate and restore power after outages, facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources and provide the tools necessary for optimizing energy consumption.
IEEE SmartGridComm will begin with a full day of tutorials and workshops detailing topics such as “Smart Grid Communications: Research Challenges and Opportunities," "Communication Networks for Power Engineers," "Smart Metering Utility Networks (SUN) Standard – IEEE802.15.4g," "Communications within Power Substations: Breaking the EM Barrier," "Cognitive and Machine-to-Machine Communications and Networking for Smart Grid” and "Wireless Infrastructure for Smart Grid."
The conference’s three-day plenary and technical schedule will begin with the welcoming address of Dr. Chih-Kung Lee (C.K. Lee), President of the Institute for Information Industry and Vice Chairman of the SEMI Taiwan MEMS Committee. During his opening remarks, Dr. Lee will address the numerous case studies and perspectives surrounding the drive to develop “Taiwan ICT-driven Smart Grids” and the “ever-progressing enrichment of interactions in various forms of communications."
Noted anchor speakers include: Hiroshi Harada, Director, Smart Wireless Laboratory, NICT, Japan and Chair of Board of Promoters, Wi-SUN Alliance, who will discuss "Wi-SUN: A Wireless Smart Utility/Metering Network Based on IEEE 802.15.4g;" David Hill, Professor, Ausgrid Chair of Electrical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia, who will speak on "A Control View of Communication Challenges in Smarter Grids;" and Munther A. Dahleh, Professor, Associate Department Head, EECS, MIT, USA, who will address "Tradeoffs Between Efficiency and Risk in the Smart Grid."
Special presentation will be the “Smart Grid Forum – Its Challenges and Opportunities” hosted by Kuang-Chong Wu, Vice President, National Applied Research Laboratories and includes numerous distinguished panelists representing leading organizations such as the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taiwan Power Company, the Smart Network System Institute and the Taiwan Smart Grid Industrial Association.
IEEE SmartGridComm 2012 will be earmarked by the quality and diversity of its technical symposia consisting of over 100 presentations delivered by industry experts from Germany, Australia, Japan, Canada, the United States, Denmark, China, India, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan.
Topics featured include "A Smart Meter Based Approach to Power Reliability," "AMI Threats, Intrusion Detection Requirements and Deployment Recommendations," "Complete Automation of Future Grid for Optimal Real-time Distribution of Renewables," "Coordinated Energy Scheduling for Residential Household for the Smart Grid," "Distributed Smart Charging of Electric Vehicles for Balancing Wind Energy" and "Mobile Charging Station Service in Smart Grid Networks."
For more information and ongoing updates on IEEE SmartGridComm 2012, please visit http://www.ieee-smartgridcomm.org/ or contact Heather Ann Sweeney of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) at 212-705-8938 or h [dot] sweeney [at] comsoc [dot] org. Interested parties are also welcome to reach out and share industry information with international colleagues via the conference website’s links to Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Spotlight from the IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturers Tour
IEEE ComSoc Distiguished Lecturer Tour - North America (Canada)
By Prof. Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy
I'm an active ComSoc member since I was Secretary of CSIM TC in 2005, and last year I was very proud to be nominated IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer for the period 2012-13.
My first Distinguished Lecturer Tour was in North Carolina and Eastern Canada, with a very tight schedule on 8 lectures in 8 different locations (Raleigh, NC, USA; Halifax, St. John's, Fredericton, Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa, Canada), in the period June 3-15, 2012.
The lectures were focused on two topics: "Networking and the Smart Grid" and "Green Wireless Communications."
The first topic was by far the most popular, given the hype around it, and also the more interdisciplinary. Indeed, discussing about how networking impacts development of the next generation power grid leads to touch different engineering subjects and raises a lot of questions. During such lectures, I received very interesting questions, and found myself discussing on electric vehicles integration and other architectural aspects. A common question was related to the cyber security aspects implied by the usage of Internet technology for such a critical infrastructure. It was very interesting to discuss about smart grids in presence of a mixed audience of communication and power engineers, and academic and industry people. I really believe the DLTs should focus on opening and fostering discussions on "hot topics" to a broad audience, and I hope the attendees found good insights and also suggestions on those.
From the personal viewpoint, even tough I was taking more than one flight per day, I enjoyed visiting so many different places in Eastern Canada, from small places were Distinguished Lectures are quite rare to big cities such as Toronto and Ottawa. It gave me the chance to get a snapshot of a part of Canada... but also reminded me once more of how much small is the scientific community: in Halifax I met my "old" friend Christian Schlegel, now at Dalhousie, and I finally understood where St. John's was (thanks, Octavia) - almost, since due to extreme weather conditions my flight couldn't land and got back! Anyway, I promised we'll organize a remote version of the seminar.
Overall, the DLT experience was wonderful. I always got an interested and interactive audience, with several good points of discussion, and local arrangements were perfect. I'd like to express my gratitude to all the people who supported my trip for hosting me and for the enthusiasm in the initiative.
About IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer/Speaker Program
The Distinguished Lecturers Tour Program is a a service to our ComSoc local chapters. Distinguished Lecture Tours and individual Distinguished Speakers can be arranged in response to a request from one or more Chapter Chairs. They may also be initiated by Regional Directors, the Director – Membership Programs Development, or the Vice President – Member Relations. Tours and individual lectures are organized to benefit members and Chapters, and encourage membership development and new chapter formation. Lecture tours are supported as the budget allows in each of our four Regions: Asia/Pacific, Europe-Africa-Middle-East, Latin America, and North America. The Director in each region plays a key role as facilitator.
Visit IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lectuers Tour web page for more information.
Vijay Addresses Research Issues for Energy Efficient Cellular Networks during ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour in Harbin, China
(By Vijay K. Bhargava, President, IEEE Communications Society, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
The IEEE Communications Chapter in Harbin Section is a newly established Chapter in China. Its founding Chair is Professor Weixiao Meng of the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT).
The Talk was rescheduled for Sunday, 19 August at 9:00 am in the morning as HIT was going to have a brief term break starting on 20 August.
Nevertheless there were 35 attendees and as many of them were not ComSoc members, I outlined the benefits of being a member during my presentation. A lively question answer session followed the talk.
Research Issues for Energy Efficient Cellular Networks
Abstract
The rising energy costs and carbon footprint of operating cellular networks have led to a trend in addressing energy-efficiency amongst the network operators and regulatory bodies such as 3GPP and ITU. "Greening" the wireless networks is a vast research discipline that needs to cover all the layers of the protocol stack and various system architectures and it is important to identify the fundamental trade-offs linked with energy efficiency and the overall performance.
In this talk, we identify four important aspects of a green networking where we would like to focus: defining green metrics, bringing architectural changes in base stations, network planning, and efficient system design. We begin with a brief discussion on energy efficiency metrics. Since Base Stations (BSs) consume a major chunk of input energy, we discuss the energy efficiency of BSs.
Next we discuss energy efficiency from a network planning perspective, based on smaller cells for heterogeneous networks. For system design, we put a special emphasis on cognitive and cooperative techniques in order to realize energy efficient cellular systems. Finally we discuss some broader perspectives and possible future trends in realizing a green cellular network technology.
Vijay K. Bhargava, ComSoc President, Distinguished Lecturer, (2nd row, 3rd from left), with Chapter Chair, Weixiao Meng (2nd row, 2nd from left), and attendees at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT).
For information, visit ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tours Program.
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