4GMRAN 2012 - Workshop on 4G Mobile Radio Access Networks

Workshop on 4G Mobile Radio Access Networks
Delivering Ubiquitous User Experience via Cutting Edge Technologies

1 April 2012
http://www.tid.es/artist4gworkshop/

held in conjunction with
WCNC 1 - 4 April 2012 in Paris
http://www.ieee-wcnc.org/

Over the last 20 years, data rates in mobile communications have seen a
ten-fold increase every five years. Compared to which, mobile network
operators have observed a true explosion of data traffic within their
networks only over the last few months. Although user expectations in terms
of data throughput and service experience are growing and data usage is
becoming intensive due to the generalization of flat rates, the average
revenue per user (ARPU) has to remain the same in order to ensure economic
viability for mobile network operators in mature markets. This translates
into a need to reduce the cost per transmitted bit. In addition, the network
upgrades have to be smooth and make use of the existing infrastructure (as
much as possible) in order to take advantage of previous investments.
However, for current and upcoming cellular technologies (e.g. HSPA, LTE R8),
the achievable data rates are strongly dependent on the users' positions in
a network. In these systems, a considerable gap between cell-edge and
cell-center performance is observed due to inter-cell interference, which
presents a major limitation for state-of-the art mobile networks. The
physical nature of the propagation channel makes the throughput in a cell
non-homogenous; the challenge for the design of next generation systems
primarily relies on the ability to boost this average performance,
especially for the benefit of cell-edge users.
This workshop will offer expert views and an opportunity for open
discussions on relevant topics, which include:

. Position aware communication technologies
. Positioning in future cellular mobile networks
. Cooperation technologies for improving communications and
positioning performance
. Femto base stations for communications and positioning
. Beamforming and sectorization
. Multi-antenna channel measurements
. Advanced relays architectures (e.g. capacity improvement, moving
relays, multi-hop)
. Interference alignment
. Coordinated Multi-Point Processing (e.g. Joint processing and/or
coordinated scheduling)
. Interference management in heterogeneous networks
. Advanced receivers
. Inter-cell interference cancellation in LTE-A
. System-level evaluation with advanced receivers (e.g.,
link-to-system level mapping with interference cancellation)
. Advanced channel estimation and pilot design
. Joint backhaul & access network design
. Aggressive frequency re-use and beamforming approaches
. Experimental validation and field trials

Submission Guidelines

The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers. Paper length
should not exceed five- pages in a standard IEEE conference, two-column
format (including all text, figures, and references). One additional page is
allowed but with a charge for the one additional page. Papers exceeding 6
pages will not be reviewed at all. Please see the author information page on
the IEEE WCNC 2012 website for further submission guidelines:

http://www.ieee-wcnc.org/AuthorGuidelines.html

Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop. The presenter must
register for the workshop before the deadline for author registration.
Failure to register before the deadline will result in automatic withdrawal
of the paper from the workshop proceedings and the program. All papers
selected for publication will be included in the IEEE WCNC proceedings and
IEEE digital library.

Submissions should be made through EDAS.

Important Dates

. Full Paper Submission: 10 October 2011
. Acceptance Notification: 6 January 2012
. Camera Ready Submission: 30 January 2012

Organizers

GENERAL CHAIRS
Alexandre Gouraud, Orange (France)
Ronald Raulefs, German Aerospace Center (Germany)
Jonathan Duplicy, Agilent (Belgium)
Oleg Marinchenco, Alvarion (Belgium)

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Valeria D'Amico, Telecom Italia (Italy)
Hendrik Sch?neich, Qualcomm (Germany)
Michael F?rber, Nokia Siemens Networks (Germany)
Mischa Dohler, CTTC (Spain)

PUBLICITY CHAIRS
Avelina Vega, Telefonica I+D (Spain)
Michael Grieger, TU Dresden (Germany)
David Grace, UOY (UK)