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Advanced Industrial Conference on Wireless Technologies

ICW 2005

Week of August 14, 2005 - Montreal, Canada


Call for Papers

1. Papers:

Topics:

  1. 3G/4G integration
    3G/4G systems, Wi-Fi and 3G interoperability, Ultra Wideband (UWB) Networks, WiFi, WiMax, WiMobile, Convergence of 3G/WLAN/WPAN/DxB

  2. Wireless networking
    Ad hoc networks, Sensors networks, Wireless IP, Wireless LAN , Broadband wireless access, Home networks, Wireless local loop, Phy/MAC for mesh, home, sensor and other networks, Routing in multihop

  3. Wireless architectural and design concepts
    Wireless protocols, Multicast and IPv6 protocols, New network & switching architectures, Cross layer design for wireless applications, Design and analysis of wireless MAC protocols, Link design for multi-technologies (UWB, RF ID), Design and implementation of mobile information systems

  4. Wireless communications and mechanisms
    Antenna and RF subsystems, Coding & modulation & equalization, Channel modeling and characterization
    Equalization/Synchronization, Intelligent transportation systems, Satellite networks, Smart adaptive antennas
    Multiple antennas and MIMO techniques/Space-Time codes, Wireless propagation, Congestion and admission control in wireless networks

  5. Wireless technologies
    IMT2000 (UMTS, CDMA2000, etc.), GSM, Bluephone (UMA), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiMAX

  6. Wireless applications & services
    Roaming services, Digital audio & video broadcasting, Experiments & trials & deployment, GPS & applications, Wireless VoIP for teleworkers, Service portability, Wireless service evaluation, Location-based services, IP Multimedia subsystems (IMS)

  7. Wireless and mobility
    Fixed-mobile convergence, MIMO technique, Mobile multimedia, Mobile computing, Mobile Internet, Application interfaces and services supporting mobile users, Handoff mechanisms, Systems support for mobile robots, Experience with mobile systems, Moving networks, Vehicle localization and navigation systems

  8. Wireless-wireline convergence
    Fixed-to-mobile convergence (air interface, handset features, home location registers), Multiple access techniques, Cellular mobile/WLAN interoperability, Multimedia QoS/SLA, Middleware support, Signaling for wireless & wireline networks

  9. Radio communications systems
    Emerging radio systems [(WLAN (802.11, Bluetooth, WiFi), 3G, 4G, XG, ALE, etc.)], Multi-radio navigation systems, RFID, Vehicle highway communications, GPS, Glonass, GPS-INS, Radio resource management, Software radio, RF & BB technologies for handset, Spread spectrum techniques

  10. Specialized wireless networks
    Wireless multimedia, Multimedia interfaces for wireless sensors, Broadband vs. narrowband wireless sensing, Architectures for broadband sensor networks, Applications of wireless broadband sensor networks, Security and privacy for broadband sensor networks, Broadband sensor networks with mobile nodes, Heterogeneous wired-wireless broadband sensor networks

  11. Management of wireless networks
    Security & privacy, Authentication & authorization & accounting, Scalability and QoS aspects for large scale wireless services, Universal broad access for information services, Policy-driven management of wireless networks, Performance of end-to-end protocols in wireless networks, Accounting in wireless networks, SLA in wireless networks, Application-oriented wireless management, 3GPP/3GPP2 management paradigms

  12. Position on standards & fora on wireless networks
    Standards (3GPP, 3GPP2, OMA, Parlay, ITU, TMF, etc.), Fora (Fixed-mobile Converge Alliance, etc.)

  13. Business models on wireless networks
    Business models and technology tendency, Challenges in wireless landscape, Communications regulations, Spectrum management

2. Technical marketing/business/positioning presentations:

The conference initiates a series of business, technical marketing, and positioning presentations on the same topics. Speakers must submit a 10-12 slide deck presentations with substantial notes accompanying the slides, in the .ppt format (.pdf-ed). The slide deck will be published in the conference’s CD collection, together with the regular papers. Please send your presentations to petre@iaria.org

3. Tutorials:

Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Please send your proposals to arkady.zaslavsky@csse.monash.edu.au and petre@iaria.org

4. Panels:

Proposals on controversial and challenging topics are expected.

Important dates:

Paper submission March 30, 2005
Deadline for tutorial/panel proposals April 15, 2005
Notification of acceptance April 30, 2005
Camera ready manuscript May 25, 2005
Conference dates Week of August 14, 2005
  • The ICW 2005 Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society.

  • Best papers will be forwarded for consideration in a special issue of a journal.

  • A best paper award will be granted by the IARIA award selection committee.

  • Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received papers will be acknowledged.

Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11" (two columns IEEE format), not exceeding 6 pages; max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost. The formatting instructions can be found on the Instructions page

Once you receive the notification of paper acceptance, you will be provided an online author kit with all the steps an author needs to follow to submit the final version. The author kits URL will be included in the letter of acceptance.

 Technical marketing/business/positioning presentations

The conference initiates a series of business, technical marketing, and positioning presentations on the same topics. Speakers must submit a 10-12 slide deck presentations with substantial notes accompanying the slides, in the .ppt format (.pdf-ed). The slide deck will be published in the conference’s CD collection, together with the regular papers. Please send your presentations to petre@iaria.org

Tutorials

Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Please send your proposals to arkady.zaslavsky@csse.monash.edu.au and petre@iaria.org

Panels proposal:

ICW 2005 organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel, as well as short biographies.

For more information please contact:

IARIA, Silicon Valley, USA
Tel.: + 1 408 564 3011
Fax: + 1 408 564 0102
E-mail: petre@iaria.org

 
 

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