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Call For Papers

IEEE WCNC is the premier wireless event for wireless communications researchers, industry professionals, and academics
interested in the latest development and design of wireless systems and networks. Sponsored by the IEEE Communications
Society, IEEE WCNC has a long history of bringing together industry, academia, and regulatory bodies. In 2008, IEEE WCNC
will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, co-located with CTIA WIRELESS 2008 (the world's largest wireless show).
IEEE WCNC 2008 registrants will have free admission to the CTIA exhibit floor.

You are invited to submit papers in all areas of wireless communications, networks, services, and applications.
Potential topics are solicited in, but are not limited to, the following categories:

I. PHY Track
• Cognitive radio, ultra-wideband
• Multihop and cooperative communications
• Modulation, coding, diversity
• Equalization, synchronization
• Space-time, MIMO, adaptive antennas
• OFDM, CDMA, spread spectrum
• Channel modeling and characterization
• Interference cancellation and MUD
• Iterative techniques
• Physical layer algorithms
• Information-theoretic aspects of wireless communications
• Signal processing for wireless communications

II. MAC Track
• Multiple access
• Cognitive and cooperative MAC
• MAC for mesh, ad hoc, relay, and sensor networks
• Network information theory
• Radio resource management and allocation, scheduling
• Cross-layer design, cross-layer security
• Congestion and admission control
• Software defined radio, RFID
• MAC for multimedia
• Wireless MAC protocols: design and analysis
• B3G/4G Systems, WiMAX, WLAN, WPAN
• QoS provisioning in MAC
III. Networks Track
• Mesh, relay, sensor, and ad hoc networks
• Mobility, location, and handoff management
• Mobile and wireless IP
• Wireless multicasting, routing
• Multimedia QoS and traffic management
• Wireless broadcast, multicast, and streaming
• Congestion and admission control
• Proxies and middleware for wireless networks
• Wireless network security and privacy
• Performance of E2E protocols over wireless networks
• Interworking heterogeneous wireless/wireline networks
• Capacity, throughput, outage, coverage

IV. Services & Applications
• Emerging wireless/mobile applications
• Context and location-aware wireless services & applications
• Wireless telemedicine and e-health services
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Cognitive radio and sensor-based applications
• Content distribution in wireless home environment
• Wireless emergency and security systems
• Service oriented architectures, service portability
• SIP based services, multimedia, QoS support, middleware
• Innovative user interfaces, peer-to-peer services for ..multimedia
• Dynamic services, autonomic services
• AAA, application-oriented network management
• Regulations, standards, spectrum management
• Test-bed and prototype implementation of wireless services
• Personalization, service discovery, profiles and profiling
Tutorial due: Saturday, 1 September 2007
Extended paper submittal deadline:
Monday 1 October 2007
NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED.
Acceptance notification: Monday, 3 December 2007
Final camera ready copy: Monday 14 January 2008, no furtherextensions will be granted
> CALL FOR TUTORIALS
Proposals for half/full day tutorials are also solicited based on the topics listed above or others related to issues and opportunities for the future of wireless communications, systems, and applications. Tutorial presenters will receive compensation.
> CALL FOR PANELS
Proposals are solicited for Technology/ Business Application Panels in the topical areas above or others related to business and policy-related issues and opportunities for the wireless communications industry.
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