ICT is playing an increasingly important role in both business and individual's private life. It has increased international interconnectedness and speed up the process of globalization. But on the other side the total energy consumption by the communication and networking devices and the relevant global CO emission is increasing exponentially. ICT has, in many ways, a vital role to play. It accounts for about two percent of global CO emissions. Telecommunications applications can have a direct, tangible impact on lowering greenhouse gas emissions, power consumption, and achieve efficient recycling of equipment waste. This book is the outcome of the special session on Green Communications at 'The 12th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications' (WPMC) held in September '09 in Sendai, Japan. To the best of the editors' knowledge this is the first book on the Green Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and can be considered a milestone and a key-tool aimed at driving the industrial, scientific and academic efforts of the international community to guarantee a greener future to the whole planet. Section I of the book Towards Green ICT provides the necessary background and technical content to understand the vision and the role of green communication packed with details of the technologies like Zigbee and RFID in turning the planet earth greener. Section II covers a number of paradigm-shifting technical approaches including energy-efficient deployment through optimizations in the planning of ICT networks, energy-efficient wireless transmission techniques, reduced transmission power & reduced radiation, cross-layer optimization methods, and opportunistic spectrum sharing without causing harmful interference pollution. Section III covers the application of Intelligent WiMAX (I-WiMAX), a green radio technique able to support new maritime communication services and ICT based Business models. The coverage of new and upcoming issues on Green ICT makes it a good choice for educators, industry practitioners, regulators, researchers and students.

This book gives a thorough explanation of standardization, its processes, its life cycle, and its related organization on a national, regional and global level. The book provides readers with an insight in the interaction cycle between standardization organizations, government, industry, and consumers. The readers can gain a clear insight to standardization and innovation process, standards, and innovations life-cycle and the related organizations with all presented material in the field of information and communications technologies. The book introduces the reader to understand perpetual play of standards and innovation cycle, as the basis for the modern world.

This book gives a thorough explanation of standardization, its processes, its life cycle, and its related organization on a national, regional and global level. The book provides readers with an insight in the interaction cycle between standardization organizations, government, industry, and consumers. The readers can gain a clear insight to standardization and innovation process, standards, and innovations life-cycle and the related organizations with all presented material in the field of information and communications technologies. The book introduces the reader to understand perpetual play of standards and innovation cycle, as the basis for the modern world.

Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. The goal is to promote environmentally safe engineering by utilizing various modeling approaches, but especially transdisciplinary approach between various disciplines of engineering, as well as, other disciplines e.g., social sciences. Of particular interest are papers that reflect recent development and application of modeling tools as well as innovative solutions in the field of environmentally safe engineering. Aims and scopes: Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. Paper submission is solicited on: Theoretical and numerical modeling of environmentally safe electrical engineering devices and system.s Simulation of performance of innovative energy supply systems including renewable energy systems, as well as energy harvesting systems. Modeling and optimization of human environmentally conscientiousness environment (especially related to electromagnetics and acoustics) Modeling and optimization of applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology. Advances in modeling including optimization, product modeling, fault detection and diagnostics, inverse models. Advances in software and systems interoperability, validation and calibration techniques. Simulation tools for sustainable environment (especially electromagnetic, and acoustic). Experiences on teaching environmentally safe engineering (including applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology). All these topics may be addressed from a global scale to a microscopic scale, and for different phases during the life cycle.

Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. The goal is to promote environmentally safe engineering by utilizing various modeling approaches, but especially transdisciplinary approach between various disciplines of engineering, as well as, other disciplines e.g., social sciences. Of particular interest are papers that reflect recent development and application of modeling tools as well as innovative solutions in the field of environmentally safe engineering. Aims and scopes: Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. Paper submission is solicited on: 1. Theoretical and numerical modeling of environmentally safe electrical engineering devices and systems 2. Simulation of performance of innovative energy supply systems including renewable energy systems, as well as energy harvesting systems 3. Modeling and optimization of human environmentally conscientiousness environment (especially related to electromagnetics and acoustics) 4. Modeling and optimization of applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology 5. Advances in modeling including optimization, product modeling, fault detection and diagnostics, inverse models 6. Advances in software and systems interoperability, validation and calibration techniques. Simulation tools for sustainable environment (especially electromagnetic, and acoustic) 7. Experiences on teaching environmentally safe engineering (including applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology) All these topics may be addressed from a global scale to a microscopic scale, and for different phases during the life cycle.

Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. The goal is to promote environmentally safe engineering by utilizing various modeling approaches, but especially transdisciplinary approach between various disciplines of engineering, as well as, other disciplines e.g., social sciences. Of particular interest are papers that reflect recent development and application of modeling tools as well as innovative solutions in the field of environmentally safe engineering. Aims and scopes: Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. Paper submission is solicited on: 1. Theoretical and numerical modeling of environmentally safe electrical engineering devices and systems 2. Simulation of performance of innovative energy supply systems including renewable energy systems, as well as energy harvesting systems 3. Modeling and optimization of human environmentally conscientiousness environment (especially related to electromagnetics and acoustics) 4. Modeling and optimization of applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology 5. Advances in modeling including optimization, product modeling, fault detection and diagnostics, inverse models 6. Advances in software and systems interoperability, validation and calibration techniques. Simulation tools for sustainable environment (especially electromagnetic, and acoustic) 7. Experiences on teaching environmentally safe engineering (including applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology) All these topics may be addressed from a global scale to a microscopic scale, and for different phases during the life cycle.

Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. The goal is to promote environmentally safe engineering by utilizing various modeling approaches, but especially transdisciplinary approach between various disciplines of engineering, as well as, other disciplines e.g., social sciences. Of particular interest are papers that reflect recent development and application of modeling tools as well as innovative solutions in the field of environmentally safe engineering. Aims and scopes: Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. Paper submission is solicited on: 1. Theoretical and numerical modeling of environmentally safe electrical engineering devices and systems 2. Simulation of performance of innovative energy supply systems including renewable energy systems, as well as energy harvesting systems 3. Modeling and optimization of human environmentally conscientiousness environment (especially related to electromagnetics and acoustics) 4. Modeling and optimization of applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology 5. Advances in modeling including optimization, product modeling, fault detection and diagnostics, inverse models 6. Advances in software and systems interoperability, validation and calibration techniques. Simulation tools for sustainable environment (especially electromagnetic, and acoustic) 7. Experiences on teaching environmentally safe engineering (including applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology) All these topics may be addressed from a global scale to a microscopic scale, and for different phases during the life cycle.

Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. The goal is to promote environmentally safe engineering by utilizing various modeling approaches, but especially transdisciplinary approach between various disciplines of engineering, as well as, other disciplines e.g., social sciences. Of particular interest are papers that reflect recent development and application of modeling tools as well as innovative solutions in the field of environmentally safe engineering. Aims and scopes: Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. Paper submission is solicited on: 1. Theoretical and numerical modeling of environmentally safe electrical engineering devices and systems 2. Simulation of performance of innovative energy supply systems including renewable energy systems, as well as energy harvesting systems 3. Modeling and optimization of human environmentally conscientiousness environment (especially related to electromagnetics and acoustics) 4. Modeling and optimization of applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology 5. Advances in modeling including optimization, product modeling, fault detection and diagnostics, inverse models 6. Advances in software and systems interoperability, validation and calibration techniques. Simulation tools for sustainable environment (especially electromagnetic, and acoustic) 7. Experiences on teaching environmentally safe engineering (including applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology) All these topics may be addressed from a global scale to a microscopic scale, and for different phases during the life cycle.

Journal of Green Engineering will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with environmentally safe engineering including their systems. Paper submission is solicited on: Theoretical and numerical modeling of environmentally safe electrical engineering devices and systems. Simulation of performance of innovative energy supply systems including renewable energy systems, as well as energy harvesting systems. Modeling and optimization of human environmentally conscientiousness environment (especially related to electromagnetics and acoustics). Modeling and optimization of applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology. Advances in modeling including optimization, product modeling, fault detection and diagnostics, inverse models. Advances in software and systems interoperability, validation and calibration techniques. Simulation tools for sustainable environment (especially electromagnetic, and acoustic). Experiences on teaching environmentally safe engineering (including applications of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology). All these topics may be addressed from a global scale to a microscopic scale, and for different phases during the life cycle.