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The third Special session on green networking and computing was held in the frame of the 20th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks. The jubilee 20th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2012) was held in attractive ambience of the Radisson Blu Resort hotel, Split, Croatia, September 11 to 13, 2012. The Conference is organized by the University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture under the auspices of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. The Conference has been technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). Researchers and experts from industry, research institutes and universities from 32 countries all around the world have submitted in total 186 papers for presentation at SoftCOM 2012 The Special session organizers are University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) and Politecnico di Milano university, Department of electronics and informatics (DEI). The Special session is organized in cooperation with IEEE ComSoc Technical Subcommittee on Green Communications and Computing (TSCGCC). Furthermore, Special session is supported by the European Commission FP7 TREND (Towards Real Energy-efficient Network Design) project and the International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN). In the frame of Special session, one plenary speech considering problems related to the energy consumption of telecommunication networks was held. In addition, one half-day tutorial focused on transition from energy-efficient networking to sustainable networking was organized. Ten accepted papers have been presented in the technical program of the Special session featuring one session dedicated to green networking and computing and the other to the mobile and wireless communications. Also, one presentation held by experts from company Nokia Siemens Networks Croatia on the topic considering cellular networks and energy-efficiency was organized in the frame of conference business forum. We hope that readers of these proceedings will find the articles and presentations informative and that they will enjoy reading this feature topic devoted to exciting fast-evolving field of green networking and computing. We would like to thank all the authors who submitted articles to this Special session and to all presenters who give their presentations which significantly contribute to international affirmation of this Special session. Finally, we express our gratitude to all reviewers for their comments and valuable feedback on the submitted articles.

networking; computing; green; energy; telecommunications; software; computer networks; wireless; ICT; power

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