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The IEEE Northern Canada Section Antennas & Propagation Society and the Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (IEEE NCS APS/MTTS) joint chapter would like to invite you to attend the next installment of our distinguished lecture series. Dr. F. M. Ghannouchi from the University of Calgary will be giving a presentation titled Greener Communication Networks

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Abstract

Data traffic and wireless applications have experienced exponential growth; and, in order to cope with the demand for higher capacity, the numbers of base stations and networks are increasing rapidly. This increase raises several cost and environmentally related challenges for wireless network infrastructure providers and operators, as well safety related concerns for users and government regulators. In order to reduce operating costs and minimize the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission footprint of communication networks, many wireless infrastructure providers and operators have been highly active in investigating new approaches and techniques to reduce energy consumption of base stations, mobile terminals and communication networks with the aim of implementing and deploying power-efficient “green” radio architectures and smart-grid wireless communication networks. This talk will highlight the why it important to reduce power consumption of communications network and how we can achieve it by adopting a holistic and end-to-end-comprehensive approach, crossing the different layers of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model.

Biography

Fadhel M. Ghannouchi is currently a professor, Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Strategic Chair and Senior Canada Research Chair in Green Radio Systems and Founding Director of the iRadio Laboratory (www.iradio.ucalgary.ca) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary, Alberta His research interests are in the areas of RF and wireless communications, nonlinear modeling of microwave devices and communications systems, design of power- and spectrum-efficient radio systems and design of SDR systems for wireless and satellite communications applications and sensors networks. His research has led to over 600 refereed publications and 14 US patents (6 pending), 3 books and 3 spun-off companies.