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Please, consider contributing to and/or forwarding to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and
publish original scientific results to ICWMC 2012.
The submission deadline is set to February 16, 2012.
In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals:
http://www.iariajournals.org
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============== ICWMC 2012 | Call for Papers ===============
CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS
ICWMC 2012, The Eighth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications
June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy
General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICWMC12.html
Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPICWMC12.html
- regular papers
- short papers (work in progress)
- posters
Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitICWMC12.html
Submission deadline: February 16, 2012
Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
Please, note the Poster and Work in Progress options.
The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards,
implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete
unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to,
topic areas.
All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress,
Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.
Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html
ICWMC 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)
Wireless Communications Basics
Coding & modulation & equalization; Channel modeling and characterization; Equalization/Synchronization;
Transform-domain communication; Multiple access algorithms and schemes; Antenna and RF subsystems; Smart antennas,
adaptive antennas, MIMO and beam forming; MIMO and OFDM Based PHY Layer technologies; CDMA Systems
Radio Interfaces and Systems
Radio communications systems; Radio resource management; Radio transmission technologies; Power and interference
control; Interference Cancellation for Wireless Mobile Systems; Power management for small terminals; Energy map; Channel
Measurement and Characterization
Spectrum Allocation and Management
Spectrum efficiency analyses; Dynamic spectrum access networks; Spectrum management; Interference mitigation and
management techniques
Circuits for Wireless Communications
Wireless ASICs; Wireless technologies; RF Design issues
Wireless and Mobility
Mobility management; Location-based services and positioning; Micro and macro-mobility; Mobility, location and handoff
management; Mobile and wireless IP; Wireless broadband mobile access; Routing in multihop, ad hoc and sensor networks;
Wireless multicasting; Wireless mesh networks; Topology control in wireless
Protocols for wireless and mobility
Wireless protocols, architectural and design concepts; Protocols for air interfaces and networks; Wireless MAC
protocols: Design and analysis; Transport layer issues in mobile and wireless networks; Middleware for handhelds and
mobile services nodes; Proxies and middleware for wireless networks
Traffic and congestion control, QoS, Resource Management
Traffic Modeling and Analysis; 3G/4G Bandwidth on Demand; QoS and mobility; End-to-end QoS; QoS profiling and pricing;
Traffic Engineering; Congestion and admission control
Wireless and mobile technologies
Micro-mobility and macro-mobility; Wireless LANs; Home and Personal Area Networks: Bluetooth, ZigBeee, etc; Wireless
MANs:802.16, 802.20; Wireless WANs: 2G/3G/4G; Mobile ad hoc networks and multi-hop wireless; Sensor networks and
applications; Ultra-wideband and short-range networks; High altitude platforms and satellites; Emergency wireless
communications; Wireless real-time communications; RFID systems (including readers and transponders in LF, HF and UHF
bands)
Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modeling of wireless networks and systems
Performance and QoS in wireless networks; Radio channel modeling (wave propagation and measurements); Mobile/wireless
networks modeling and simulation; Performance of end-to-end protocols over wireless networks
Management of wireless and mobile networks
Mobility and QoS management; Billing technologies and tools; Policy Based Management in wireless LANS and MANs;
Wireless and Mobile Network Planning; Mobile Database Access and Design
Security in wireless and mobile environment
Security and robustness in wireless networks; Privacy, Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA); Encryption
and Cryptography; Key Management Protocols; Digital Rights Management and Multimedia Protection
Networks convergence and integration
2G/3G/4G integration; Convergence of 3G wireless and Internet cross-layer design in wireless networks; WLAN/3G/4G
integration; Wireless-wireline convergence; Heterogeneous Networks (WAN, Wireless MAN, WLAN); IP Multimedia subsystems
(IMS); Next Generation Network Architecture- mobility issues; Coexistence of mobile radio networks; End to End QoS in
Heterogeneous environment; Signaling for integrated wireline/wireless networks
Applications and services based on wireless infrastructures
Mobile & Wireless applications & services; Service discovery: protocols and frameworks; Personalized services and
applications; Audio-visual and mobile multimedia applications; Media and content distribution over wireless networks
Standardization and regulations
Position on standards & fora on wireless and mobile networks; Wireless Networks Standards and Protocols;
Communications regulations; 802.11 WLAN Standards; 802.16 WMAN Standards; 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards; HSDPA Technology and
Standards; Next Generation Network standards
Design and implementation
Emerging wireless technologies; Cross-layer optimizations in wireless networks; Design and implementation of mobile
information systems; Software defined radio and re-configurability; Joint PHY/MAC design
Wireless and mobile network deployment
Business models on wireless networks; Market trends and regional developments; M-commerce; Lessons learnt for wireless
deployment in schools Lessons learnt for wireless deployment in special regions; Specialized wireless networks;
Heterogeneous wireless network deployment (e.g., combining 802.11, 802.16 and 3G networks)
Cooperative and Cognitive Vehicular Networks
Architectures and platforms of cognitive vehicular network; Distributed artificial intelligence techniques for
cognitive networks; Cognitive vehicular routing metrics and supporting protocols; Reduced complexity cognitive networks;
Physical and MAC layer issues; Protocols design for cognitive vehicular networks; Cross-layer optimization in cognitive
networks; Security issues for vehicular and cognitive networks; Testbed experiment, applications and new advances;
Cooperative vehicular networks; QoS provisioning in heterogeneous networks ; Managing vertical handover; Multihoming; IPv6
GeoNetworking; Vehicular network architectures and protocols ; Cross-layer design and optimization for vehicular networks
and cognitive networks; Mobility management and topology control; Standardization and Development of vehicular networks
Convergence and social mobility
Convergence of mobile networks with the Web 2.0; Convergence on architecture and services; Open service capabilities;
Open exposure of telco capabilities; Open Web APIs, SOA and SDP); Interworking strategies; Mobile terminals as sources for
User-generated content; Architecture and services for user-generated content; Auto-description and metadata synthesis for
telecom-generated for user-generated content; Social mobile networks; User behavior profiling; Social connections (social
graphs, contacts, etc); Services and architectures/solutions for social mobile services
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Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ComICWMC12.html
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