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The Eighth International Conference on Wireless ICWMC 2012 June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy |
| Call for Papers |
The Eighth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC 2012) in Spain follows on the previous events on advanced wireless technologies, wireless networking, and wireless applications.
ICWMC 2012 addresses wireless related topics concerning integration of latest technological advances to realize mobile and ubiquitous service environments for advanced applications and services in wireless networks. Mobility and wireless, special services and lessons learnt from particular deployment complement the traditional wireless topics.
We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of topics, short papers on work in progress, workshops and panel proposals.
The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, standards, implementations, running experiments and applications. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.
We solicit both academic, research, and industrial contributions. We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of the above topics short papers on work in progress, and panel proposals.
Industrial presentations are not subject to the format and content constraints of regular submissions. We expect short and long presentations that express industrial position and status.
Tutorials on specific related topics and panels on challenging areas are encouraged.
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 Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.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 topics and submission formats are open to both research and industry contributions.
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
Enterprise mobility strategy
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
INSTRUCTION FOR THE AUTHORS
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals.
Publisher: XPS (Xpert Publishing Services)
Archived: ThinkMindTM Digital Library (free access)
Prints available at Curran Associates, Inc.
Articles will be submitted to appropriate indexes.
Important deadlines:
| Submission (full paper) | |
| Notification | |
| Registration | April 10, 2012 |
| Camera ready | April 17, 2012 |
Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received submissions will be acknowledged via an automated system.
Regular Papers (up to 6-10 page article)
Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11", not exceeding 6 pages; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost. The formatting instructions can be found on the Instructions page. Helpful information for paper formatting can be found on the here.
Your paper should also comply with the additional editorial rules.
Once you receive the notification of paper acceptance, you will be provided by the publisher an online author kit with all the steps an author needs to follow to submit the final version. The author kits URL will be included in the letter of acceptance.
Work in Progress (short paper up to 4 pages long)
Work-in-progress contributions are welcome. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as work in progress. Authors should submit a four-page (maximum) text manuscript in IEEE double-column format including the authors' names, affiliations, email contacts. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings.
For more details, see the Work in Progress explanation page
Posters (poster or collection of 6 to 8 slides, including industrial presentations)
Posters are intended for ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications/projects presentations. Acceptance will be decided based on a 1-2 page abstract and/or 6-8 .pdf slide deck submitted through the conference submission website. The poster may be presented during sessions reserved for posters, or mixed with presentation of articles of similar topic. The slides must have comprehensive comments. One big Poster and/or the associated slides should be used for discussions, once on the conference site.
For more details, see the Posters explanation page.
Ideas (2 page proposal of novel idea)
This category is dedicated to new ideas in their early stage. Contributions might refer to PhD dissertation, testing new approaches, provocative and innovative ideas, out-of-the-box, and out-of-the-book thinking, etc. Acceptance will be decided based on a maximum 2 page submission through the conference submission website. The contributions for Ideas will be presented in special sessions, where more debate is intended. The Idea contribution must be comprehensive, focused, very well supported (details might miss, obviously). A 6-8 slide deck should be used for discussions, once on the conference site.
For more details, see the Ideas explanation page.
Technical marketing/business/positioning presentations
The conference initiates a series of business, technical marketing, and positioning presentations on the same topics. Speakers must submit a 10-12 slide deck presentations with substantial notes accompanying the slides, in the .ppt format (.pdf-ed). The slide deck will not be published in the conference’s CD Proceedings. Presentations' slide decks will be posted on the IARIA's site. Please send your presentations to [email protected].
Tutorials
Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Proposals should be for three hour tutorials. Proposals must contain the title, the summary of the content, and the biography of the presenter(s). The tutorials' slide decks will be posted on the IARIA's site. Please send your proposals to [email protected]
Panel proposals
The organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel, as well as short biographies. The panel's slide deck will be posted on the IARIA's site.
For more information, [email protected]
Workshop proposals
We welcome workshop proposals on issues complementary to the topics of this conference. Your requests should be forwarded to [email protected].
