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         The Fourth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications  
             ICWMC 2008  
           July 27 - August 1, 2008 - Athens, Greece  | 
       
     
     
       
         
             
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           Publisher: IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services 
           Posted: IEEE Digital Library 
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     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)