``Optimisation  Issues  in  Energy  Efficient  Distributed  
Systems''

a special issue of 

International   Journal   of  Communication  Networks  and  
Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), Inderscience Publishers, UK 

Guest Editors
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G. Danoy, B. Dorronsoro, S. Varrette, P. Bouvry
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
S. U. Khan
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

Theme
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Minimisation  of  energy  consumption  has become a central 
issue  in  designing  distributed  systems  that range from 
wireless  ad  hoc networks to data centers. Because battery 
technologies  have not yet matched advances in hardware and 
software  technologies,  saving  energy in battery-operated 
devices  is  very  important  for mobile/wireless networks. 
Similarly, minimising energy consumption in high performance 
computing  centers  will,  in  addition  to  saving  power  
consumption, require less cooling mechanisms.         
These  new  challenges  require  innovative  and  effective 
optimisation  solutions for minimising power consumption in 
distributed  systems,  such  as energy-efficient scheduling 
algorithms and energy-efficient medium access control (MAC) 
protocols.      
The  special  issue will primarily focus on theoretical and 
practical  novel  solutions  that  advance  the research in 
energy efficient distributed systems.     

Subject Coverage
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
. Optimisation of energy-efficient protocols/algorithms
. Energy-efficient scheduling algorithms
. Voltage and frequency scaled networks protocols
. Energy-efficient protocols in PHY and IP layers
. Hardware solutions for achieving energy efficiency
. Virtualisation techniques for energy efficiency
. Network models and simulation modules/tools
. Energy-efficient transmission technologies
. Cross-layer optimisation techniques
. Energy-efficient MAC protocols
. Energy-efficient routing protocols
. Energy-efficient communication protocols

Notes for Prospective Authors
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elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if 
the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been 
completely re-written).     
All  papers  are  refereed  through  a  double-blind review 
process.  A  guide  for  authors,  sample  copies and other 
relevant information for submitting papers are available on 
the Author Guidelines page    

Important Dates
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Paper submission: 1 September, 2010
Initial notification: 1 November, 2010
Rebuttal submission: 15 December, 2010
Final notification: 1 February, 2011

Editors and Notes
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please go to Online Submissions of Papers. If you experience 
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submissions@inderscience.com,  describing the exact problem 
you  experience. (Please include in your email the title of 
the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of 
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