13D031EET - Energy Efficient Communication Networks

Course specification
Course title		Energy Efficient Communication Networks
Acronym		13D031EET
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Telecommunications
Type of study		doctoral studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Milan Bjelica
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		9.0	Status	elective
Condition		none
The goal		Introduce the students to the state-of-the-art in energy-efficient network design.
The outcome		The students will be able to get involved into research and design work in this area.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Power consumption of information and communication technologies. Consumption distribution and possibilities for savings. Energy profiles of communication equipment. Strategies to increase energy efficiency - hardware and protocol approach. Energy-aware routing. Smart grid. Energy efficient networks design.
Contents of exercises		Protocol design and simulation.
Literature
Energy efficiency in communications - IEEE Communications Magazine Nov 2010, Jun 2011, Aug 2011 K. Dufková, M. Popović, K. Ramin, J.Y. Le Boudec, M. Bjelica, L. Kencl: “Energy Consumption Comparison Between Macro-Micro and Public Femto Deployment in a Plausible LTE Network”, Proc. 2nd Int'l Conf. Energy-Efficient Computing and Networking 2011. Kateřina Dufková, Milan Bjelica, Byongkwon Moon, Lukáš Kencl, Jean-Yves Le Boudec: “Energy Savings for Cellular Network with Evaluation of Impact on Data Traffic Performance”, European Wireless 2010, Lucca, Italy, April 12-15, 2010
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
6
Methods of teaching		Consultations and study research work
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		10	Test paper	10
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	20
Projects
Colloquia		0
Seminars		60