7th IEEE Broadband wireless access workshop (BWA2011) 9 Dec. 2011, Houston, Texas, US colocated with IEEE GLOBECOM 2011

Call for papers

7th IEEE WORKSHOP ON BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS (BWA)


9 Dec. 2011, Texas, US, http://ieee-bwa2011.dei.uc.pt

colocated with

IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM 2011)

5-9 Dec. 2011, Texas, US, http://www.ieee-globecom.org/


IMPORTANT DATES

Extended submission deadline: Jul 17 (Sunday) 23:59 EDT (New York Time), 2011
Submission due: Jul 7, 2011
Accept notification: August 15, 2011
Camera Ready: August 31, 2011

AIMS AND TOPICS



Internet access is undergoing a fundamental change. More powerful devices and lower cost radio technologies are facilitating the transition to the Mobile Internet where users can access through different devices and access technologies a diverse range of services and applications anytime, anywhere. However, the huge increase in demand that this brings cannot easily be met by current radio access systems. Hence, there is a need for more powerful, more efficient, higher speed, lower cost radio technologies and architectures for Broadband Wireless Access.

There is significant effort within the community to develop more advanced BWA technologies - activities span the wireless domain, ranging from more advanced antenna technologies and cooperative relays, to mesh networking systems and many more: future networks will likely employ some mix of these different mechanisms. We anticipate that the 4th edition of the workshop will continue the success of the previous editions, providing a forum for the exchange and discussion of new research results and practical experiences working with innovative technologies in the domain of Broadband Wireless Access. The workshop is soliciting contributions in a broad range of topics including, but not limited to, those listed below.

Incumbent and Future BWA Technologies, UMTS, HSPA, LTE, LTE-Advanced, 802.16x
Self Configuring and Self Optimizing Networks
Repeater, Mesh, Relay, Femto and Pico Base Station based Solutions Vehicular Networks
Radio Resource Management, Admission Control, Power Control and Scheduling
QoS and QoE in Mobile and BWA Networks
Cross-Layer Optimization Concepts and Experimental Evaluation
Multi-Antenna Technologies, Beamforming, Antenna Selection, Rank Adaptation, etc.
Single and Multiuser MIMO Techniques
Cooperative and Collaborative Networking, Network MIMO
Interference Mitigation, Cancellation, Coordination and Alignment
Channel Estimation Techniques

Wireless Network Management
Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering
Characterization of BWA Traffic
Traffic, Mobility and Channel Models
Design and Evaluation of Testbeds and Field Trials
Experiences/Lessons from Recent Deployments
Large-scale and Heterogeneous BWA Evaluations

Multi-Access Networks, Vertical and Horizontal Integration
Interoperability Aspects (Fixed/Mobile LANs/MANs, WANs)
Micro and Macro Mobility Management
Multicarrier Operation and Carrier Aggregation
Spectrum Management, Regulatory Issues
Cognitive and Dynamic Spectrum Management Techniques
Alternative Network Deployments, Dense Networking
Integration of Device to Device Communications to Cellular Networks
Broadcasting and Multicasting in BWA Networks
Green Networking and Energy Efficient Algorithms
Network Coding and its Applications in Wireless Systems

PAPER SUBMISSION

Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with overlength page charge if accepted )..

Note that the maximum number of pages for a paper is 6; 5 pages plus 1 additional page allowed with a charge for the one additional page of USD100 if accepted. Papers exceeding 6 pages will not be accepted at EDAS, nor reviewed at all. Please see the Author Information page for submission guidelines in the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 website..

The paper should be used as basis for a 15 minute workshop presentation. Papers should be submitted in pdf format by selecting Globecom 2011 workshops at EDAS paper submission website, and then selecting the BWA-Workshop submission link.

All submitted papers will be reviewed by up to three experts and if accepted, published in the conference proceedings, which will be available at IEEEeXplore and registered in Engineering Index (EI).

At least one author of accepted papers is required to register at the full registration rate.

GENERAL CHAIRS


Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Andreas J. Kassler, Karlstads Universitet, Sweden

TPC CHAIRS


Leonardo Badia, University of Padova, Italy
Vasilios A. Siris, Athens University of Economics and Business, and FORTH, Greece


PUBLICITY CHAIR


Jorge Granjal, University of Coimbra, Portugal

STEERING BOARD


Thomas Michael Bohnert, SAP Research CEC Zurich, Switzerlan
Dirk Staehle, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Gabor Fodor, Ericsson Research, Sweden