IWSCH 2012 - 6th International Worlshop on Small Cell and HetNet

6th International Workshop on Small Cell and HetNet in association with Small Cell World Summit.
Time: 10:40-17:30
Date: Thursday 28th June 2012
Venue: Hilton London Metropole Hotel, London

Workshop Agenda (Thursday 28th June)
10.30h Breakfast and Registration
11.00h Opening (Prof. Jie Zhang, University of Sheffield)
11.10h Oral Session 1¬¬¬¬¬¬
Dr. Yang Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
“Cooperation in Small Cell Networks”
Dr. Hui Song, Ranplan Wireless Network Design Ltd., UK
“Ways towards Small Cell Solutions”
12.25h Lunch
13.20h Oral Session 2
Dr. Veronique Capdevielle, Bell Labs, France
“ICIC and mobility issues in small cell networks”
Dr. Mehdi Bennis, University of Oulu, Finland
“Self-organisation in Small Cell Networks
14.10h Oral Session 3
Prof. Jie Zhang, University of Sheffield, UK
“Small Cell Deployment in Heterogeneous networks”
Dr. Guillaume de la Roche, Mindspeed, USA
“Combination of 2g/3g/4g and WIFI for next generation small cell networks”
15.00h Coffee Break
15.30h Oral Session 4
Dr. Xiaoli Chu, University of Sheffield, UK
“Mobility Enhancements for Small Cells in Heterogeneous Networks through Interference Coordination”
Dr. Raymond Kwan, Ubiquisys Ltd., UK
“TBA”
16.20h Oral Session 5
Dr. Weisi Guo, University of Sheffield, UK
“Green Small Cell Networks”
TBA,TBA
“TBA”
17.10h Closure

Topics of interests
We therefore invite for review submissions of up to 1-page abstracts of technical presentations targeting, but not limited to the following topics:
1. Network Planning and Optimization
Small/femto cell deployment
Self-organising network (SON)
Mobility management in femto/macrocell scenarios
Interference analysis in femto/macrocell scenarios
Automatic planning and optimization methods for UMTS/HSPA/LTE/LTE-A/WiFi/WiMAX and hybrid radio networks
New system simulation and performance evaluation methods
Indoor/outdoor radio propagation models and scenarios
MIMO measurements scenarios
Network performance study using MIMO and smart antennas
Indoor radio network planning and optimization (repeaters, DAS, picocells and femtocells) methods and tools
Radio resource management (RRM)
Dynamic frequency allocation and spectrum sharing techniques
Radio network planning and optimization reference scenarios
Wireless mesh network planning and optimization methods and tools
Transmission and core network dimensioning to account for HSPA/LTE/LTE-A and femtocell traffic
Traffic modeling and real network traffic scenarios
2. Future Wireless Communication
LTE-Advanced and post LTE-A networks
Future network architecture
Relay and cooperative communications
Heterogeneous wireless networks
Femtocells
MIMO and smart antennas
Cognitive radios
Wireless mesh networks
Green Communications
Smart Building
Vehicular communications
Smart-grid communications
Machine-to-machine communications