BWINA 2013 - 1st International Workshop on Broadband Wireless Internet and Next Generation Networks Access (BWINA 2013)

The BWINA Workshop is part of the 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2013), to be held on March 25-28, 2013, Barcelona, Spain..
In the recent years, the advent of new and powerful Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) technologies has open the path to a clear steep growth in research interests in wireless mobile communication systems as an inexpensive and promising means for ubiquitous communications, leading to a fundamental change in Internet access. These emerging technologies have a great potential for ubiquitous wireless network access anywhere and anytime, with the goal to deliver telecommunication services, including wireless services over the Internet and the Next Generation Networks. However, due to the heterogeneous nature of networks, devices and services, ubiquitous multi-hop wireless access technologies introduce new research challenges in all areas of network, including protocol stack, security, interoperability, deployment, architectures, performance, to name a few. This workshop provides an international forum for the research community in the above-mentioned research areas. It will cover various aspects of BWA technologies, including but not limited to:
Architectures, technologies, protocols for BWA
Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
IMT-Advanced Networks
Self-configuring Cellular Networks
Medium Access Control and QoS
Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering
Interference Management (Coordination, Mitigation, Randomization)
Security and Privacy issues
Service Level Agreements
Broadand Multicast Support in BWA networks
Characterization, Modeling of BWA Traffic, Mobility and Channels
Modulation, Coding and Antennas (MIMO)
Energy-awareness and Efficiency of BWA Technologies
Scalability and Reliability Issues
BWA Technologies such as 802.16x, 802.20, UMTS, etc, and their Extensions
Mesh and Relay Networks (IEEE 802.11s, IEEE 802.16j, etc.)
Wireless Network Management
Cognitive Radio and Dynamic Spectrum Access
Cooperative Networks, Repeaters and Relaying
Wireless Mesh Networks
QoS in Mobile and BWA Networks
Optical Wireless Access Networks
Vertical and Horizontal Integration
Radio Resource Management, Admission Control, Power Control and Scheduling
Network and Resource Management
Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering
Physical and Data Link Layer Issues
Space-Time Coding for Broadband Wireless Internet
Spectrum Management
Interoperability Aspects (Fixed/Mobile LANs/MANs, WANs)
Micro and Macro Mobility Management
3G/4G Wireless Technologies
Experimental Evaluation of Cross-Layer Interactions
Cross-Layer Interactions and Optimization Approaches
Wireless Next Generation Networks Architectures and Trends
BWA Implementations in Next Generation Networks
Large-scale and Heterogeneous BWA Evaluations
Multi-Antenna Technologies (MIMO, Beamforming, Antenna Selection, etc)
Design and Evaluation of Test-beds and Field Trails
Applications and Multimedia Support (e.g. Vehicle-2-X Communications)