SCVT 2011 - 2011 18th IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux (SCVT)

It is our pleasure to invite you to the 18th Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology SCVT 2011 in the Benelux. Established in 1993, the Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux is an annual event organized by the IEEE Benelux Joint Chapter on Communications and Vehicular Technology. The Symposium is aimed at presenting and discussing the latest scientific and technical advances in communication systems and vehicular communication technology.

In the evening of Tuesday November 22, an evening session on low-power and low-radiation wireless networking will be organized. The event on Wednesday, November 23, will consist of invited talks, and oral and poster presentations of contributed papers.

You are invited to submit papers according to the deadline given below. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Physical Layer Topics:
Wideband channel modelling
Multiple antenna and MIMO systems
Advanced receiver design
Multi-user detection
Broadband access techniques
Communication theory
Coding and modulation
Software radio
Ultra Wide Band radio
Optical fiber communications
Cognitive radio
Cooperative communications
Localization
Energy efficient transmission

Networking Topics:
Wireless multimedia networks
Advanced radio resource management
Mobile networking
Quality of Service for mobile applications
Self-organizing networks
Satellite communications
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication
Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication
Personal and body area networks
Broadband fiber-to-the-home
Ad-hoc and sensor networks
Internet of Things communication
Research methodologies for performance evaluation of

wireless communication systems
Energy efficient protocols
Cooperative and cognitive networking

The accepted and presented papers of the conference will be published on the IEEE Xplore.

Important dates
September 12, 2011: Paper submission deadline
October 10, 2011: Notification of acceptance
November 1, 2011: Submission of the camera-ready manuscript
November 22-23, 2011: Symposium
Paper submission
The organizing committee invites authors to submit full papers describing original research. Examples of results and illustrations should be included. The cover page should include title, name(s) of author(s) with contact person identified, address, telephone and fax number, e-mail address and organization affiliation. Papers should be electronically uploaded before September 12, 2011. The total length of a paper should be minimally 4 pages, but not exceed 6 pages formatted according to the IEEE template.

For more details on the paper format and the upload via the website, please visit www.ieeescvtbenelux.org/content/paper-submission
Awards
Best paper award will be given to the best student paper. To qualify for the award, the student has to be the first author of the paper and present the paper himself/herself. Besides, the wish to be considered for the award has to be stated when the paper is submitted.
Program Committee
Ingrid Moerman, Conference Chair
Jeroen Hoebeke and Heidi Steendam, Technical Program Chairs
TPC Members

Nader Alagha
Mark Bentum
Chris Blondia
Piet Demeester
Marc Engels
Joel Grotz
Jan Haagh
Fernando Kuipers

Guy Leduc
Homayoun Nikookar
Adrian Pais
Thierry Pollet
Serge Prohoroff
Laurent Schumacher
Frederik Simoens
Luc Vandendorpe
Local Organization
Ingrid Moerman, Jeroen Hoebeke, Piet Demeester
Department of Information Technology,
Internet Based Communication Networks and Services (IBCN),
Ghent University - IBBT
Ghent, Belgium
Tel: +32-9-3314900
Fax: +32-9-3314899
ingrid.moerman-AT-intec.ugent.be