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The Twelfth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications
ICWMC 2016
November 13 - 17, 2016 - Barcelona, Spain |
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- Colocated with other events part of InfoWare 2016
- Featuring the workshop:
- QoSE WMC 2016: The First International Workshop on QoS and Energy-aware Algorithms and Protocols in Wireless and Mobile Communications
- Posters will be presented during the conference
- A Work in Progress track is available for preliminary work
- A Research Ideas track is available for ideas in early stages
- A Doctoral Forum track is available for discussing and publishing early PhD thesis research
Submission (full paper) |
June 27 July 19, 2016
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Notification |
August 24, 2016 |
Registration |
September 6, 2016 |
Camera ready |
October 4, 2016 |
ISSN: 2308-4219
ISBN: 978-1-61208-514-2 |
conference contact: mp@iaria.org |
All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions.
Special sessions:
INPOTRA: Indoor Positioning and Tracking
Chair and Coordinator: Assoc Prof. Dr. David Sanchez, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
EESE5G: Energy-Efficient and Spectral-Efficient Techniques for Next-Generation Wireless Communication Systems
Chair and Organizer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Taufik Abrão, Londrina State University, Brazil
MAAZE: Wireless Communications: The March Towards Absolute Zero
Chair and Organizer: Assistant Professor Dr. Kasturi Vasudevan, IITK - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur - IIT Kanpur, India
SYSTEMSIM: System-Level Simulations in Wireless Sensor Networks
Chair and Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr., David Navarro, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
Main tracks:
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