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ICWMC
City
Seville
Country
Spain
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<p>All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions&#046;</p> <p><strong>Tracks:</strong></p> <p><strong>Wireless Communications Basics</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Coding &amp; modulation &amp; equalization; Channel modeling and characterization; Equalization/Synchronization; Transform&#8211;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</p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Radio Interfaces and Systems</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>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</p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Spectrum Allocation and Management</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Spectrum efficiency analyses; Dynamic spectrum access networks; Spectrum management; Interference mitigation and management techniques </p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Circuits for Wireless Communications</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Wireless ASICs; Wireless technologies; RF Design issues</p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Wireless and Mobility</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Mobility management; Location&#8211;based services and positioning; Micro and macro&#8211;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</p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Protocols for wireless and mobility</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>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<strong> </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Traffic and congestion control, QoS, Resource Management</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Traffic Modeling and Analysis; 3G/4G Bandwidth on Demand; QoS and mobility; End&#8211;to&#8211;end QoS; QoS profiling and pricing; Traffic Engineering; Congestion and admission control </p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Wireless and mobile technologies</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Micro&#8211;mobility and macro&#8211;mobility; Wireless LANs; Home and Personal Area Networks: Bluetooth, ZigBeee, etc; Wireless MANs:802&#046;16, 802&#046;20; Wireless WANs: 2G/3G/4G; Mobile ad hoc networks and multi&#8211;hop wireless; Sensor networks and applications; Ultra&#8211;wideband and short&#8211;range networks; High altitude platforms and satellites; Emergency wireless communications; Wireless real&#8211;time communications; RFID systems (including readers and transponders in LF, HF and UHF bands)</p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modeling of wireless networks and systems</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Performance and QoS in wireless networks; Radio channel modeling (wave propagation and measurements); Mobile/wireless networks modeling and simulation; Performance of end&#8211;to&#8211;end protocols over wireless networks </p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Management of wireless and mobile networks </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>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</p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Security in wireless and mobile environment</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Security and robustness in wireless networks; Privacy, Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA); Encryption and Cryptography; Key Management Protocols; Digital Rights Management and Multimedia Protection</p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Networks convergence and integration</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>2G/3G/4G integration; Convergence of 3G wireless and Internet cross&#8211;layer design in wireless networks; WLAN/3G/4G integration; Wireless&#8211;wireline convergence; Heterogeneous Networks (WAN, Wireless MAN, WLAN); IP Multimedia subsystems (IMS); Next Generation Network Architecture&#8211; mobility issues; Coexistence of mobile radio networks; End to End QoS in Heterogeneous environment; Signaling for integrated wireline/wireless networks </p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Applications and services based on wireless infrastructures</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Mobile &amp; Wireless applications &amp; services; Service discovery: protocols and frameworks; Personalized services and applications; Audio&#8211;visual and mobile multimedia applications; Media and content distribution over wireless networks </p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Standardization and regulations</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Position on standards &amp; fora on wireless and mobile networks; Wireless Networks Standards and Protocols; Communications regulations; 802&#046;11 WLAN Standards; 802&#046;16 WMAN Standards; 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards; HSDPA Technology and Standards; Next Generation Network standards<strong> </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Design and implementation </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Emerging wireless technologies; Cross&#8211;layer optimizations in wireless networks; Design and implementation of mobile information systems; Software defined radio and re&#8211;configurability; Joint PHY/MAC design<strong> </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong> Wireless and mobile network deployment</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Business models on wireless networks; Market trends and regional developments; M&#8211;commerce; Lessons learnt for wireless deployment in schools Lessons learnt for wireless deployment in special regions; Specialized wireless networks; Heterogeneous wireless network deployment (e&#046;g&#046;, combining 802&#046;11, 802&#046;16 and 3G networks)</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Cooperative and Cognitive Vehicular Networks</strong></p> <blockquote> <p> 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&#8211;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&#8211;layer design and optimization for vehicular networks and cognitive networks; Mobility management and topology control; Standardization and Development of vehicular networks</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Convergence and social mobility</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Convergence of mobile networks with the Web 2&#046;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&#8211;generated content; Architecture and services for user&#8211;generated content; Auto&#8211;description and metadata synthesis for telecom&#8211;generated for user&#8211;generated content; Social mobile networks; User behavior profiling; Social connections (social graphs, contacts, etc); Services and architectures/solutions for social mobile services</p> </blockquote>