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The Fourth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications
ICWMC 2008
July 27 - August 1, 2008 - Athens, Greece |
Technical Co-Sponsors and Logistics Supporters |
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Publisher: IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services
Posted: IEEE Digital Library
Indexing process |
Important deadlines:
Submission deadline |
March 5, 2008 March 14, 2008 |
Notification |
April 15, 2008 April 21, 2008 |
Registration and camera ready |
May 15, 2008 |
Tracks:
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
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
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)