ISSN: 2308-4219
ISBN: 978-1-61208-642-2

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• Free Access: in ThinkMind Digital Library

ICWMC 2018 is colocated with the following events as part of InfoWare 2018 Congress:

• ICCGI 2018, The Thirteenth International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology
• ICWMC 2018, The Fourteenth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications
• VEHICULAR 2018, The Seventh International Conference on Advances in Vehicular Systems, Technologies and Applications
• INTERNET 2018, The Tenth International Conference on Evolving Internet
• COLLA 2018, The Eighth International Conference on Advanced Collaborative Networks, Systems and Applications
• INTELLI 2018, The Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Applications
• InManEnv 2018, The International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Environments
• VISUAL 2018, The Third International Conference on Applications and Systems of Visual Paradigms
• HUSO 2018, The Fourth International Conference on Human and Social Analytics
• BRAININFO 2018, The Third International Conference on Neuroscience and Cognitive Brain Information

A collage of snapshots taken during the 2017 edition of this conference. Thanks to Laurent Antonczak for assembling this video.

ICWMC 2018 conference tracks:

Future in mobile systems

Mobility-centric world; Cooperative communications; Indoor and outdoor mobility; Extended satellite services; Mobile sensing and optimizations; Detection of mobile malware; Wearable-based of motion sensing and measurement; Wearable body-to-body networks; Emerging sensing methods; Automatic personal fitness assistance; Vehicular connectivity at crossroads; Cross-layer protocols for IoT traffic in 5G; Software Defined Networks (SDN)-based mobility management; Machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT); Mobile Cloud: WiFi signal-based human activity recognition; Dynamic spectrum access; Cognitive mobility; Wavefront multiplexing techniques; Edge computing in visual analytics; Cooperative content retrieval and distribution; Collaborative spectrum sensing; mm-Wave picocells; Reconfigurable Radio Frequency (RF) receivers; Traffic-aware of NFV (Network Function Virtualization); Energy harvesting; Large-scale array of dense distributed antennas; Advanced modulation schemes; 3GPP LTE enhancements and 5G; Resource Allocation in dense 5G deployments; Commodity devices; Physical vibration virtual keyboard; Tactile and haptic mobile Internet; Commodity WiFi devices; Macro-Femto interference avoidance; Mobile apps anomalies; GPS localization errors

Mobility trends

SDN, SDX, NFV; 4G/5G and advanced mobile Internet;  Internet of X (everything, things, people, etc.); Internet, Virtualization and Cloud; Big Data and mobile networks;  Sensing and sensor networks; Energy-aware in mobile networks; Cellular cognitive networks; Future routing mechanisms; Mobility and wireless; Mobility enabling protocols; Mobile software; Service composition in mobile environments; Knowledge and service discovery in mobile environments; On-demand mobility; User presence in mobile environments

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

Deadlines:

Deadlines differ for special tracks. Please consult the conference home page for special tracks Call for Papers (if any).