WCF 2010 - 1st International Conference on Wireless Communications Frontiers (WCF 2010)

The 1st International Conference on Wireless Communications Frontiers (WCF 2010)

Chongqing, China, 12-14 July 2010
http://siwn.org.uk/2010/WCF10.htm

Call for Papers (PDF TXT)

Wireless communications have remained one of the most vibrant and stimulating areas driving forward the Information and Communications Technology. The tomorrow’s picture of networks and communications appears as the convergence of diversified networks, integration of IP based core network and flexible robust wireless access, self-organization and self-management, on-demand service-oriented architectures, to just mention a few striking characteristics.

WCF 2010 provides a premier forum for researchers and engineers alike to present state-of-the-art research and development progresses in all areas related to architecture, design, implementation, application and evaluation of wireless communications.

Important Dates
10 February 2010 Submission of manuscripts
20 March 2010 Notification of acceptance
10 May 2010 Camera-Ready Version (CRV) due
12-14 July 2010 Conferences
Submission & Publication
online submission WCF 2010

Instructions on Manuscripts & Publication
Topics of particular interest include (but not limited to) the followings.

(1) Mobile and Wireless Communications Technologies
- 2G/3G/4G integration
- 3G/4G bandwidth on demand
- cognitive radio
- dynamic spectrum access networks
- encryption and cryptography in wireless and mobile environment
- intelligent antenna
- LTE Advanced
- MIMO technology
- mobile radio networks
- power and interference control
- protocols for wireless networks and mobility
- software defined radio and re-configurability
- ultra-wideband (UWB)

(2) Wireless Networks
- cellular networks
- cross-layer design in wireless networks
- integrated wireline/wireless networks
- internetworking heterogeneous wireless/wireline networks
- media and content distribution over wireless networks
- mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET)
- mobile and wireless IP
- mobile/wireless networks modeling and simulation
- multi-hop wireless networks
- network monitoring and accounting in wireless and mobile environment
- networks convergence and integration
- performance of end-to-end protocols over wireless networks
- policy based management in wireless LANs and MANs
- proxies and middleware for wireless networks
- routing in multihop, ad hoc and sensor networks
- satellite communications
- topology control in wireless networks
- traffic and congestion control, QoS, resource management in wireless networks
- WiMax
- wireless ad hoc networks
- wireless and mobile network planning
- wireless broadband mobile access
- wireless LANs, MANs
- wireless MAC protocols
- wireless mesh networks
- wireless multicasting
- wireless networks managements
- wireless protocols and architectures
- wireless sensor networks
- wireless WANs: 2G/3G/4G
- wireless-wireline convergence

(5) Mobility and Mobile Services
- location based services and positioning
- location services
- micro and macro-mobility
- middleware for handhelds and mobile services nodes
- mobile software architecture and programming
- mobile and wireless middleware
- mobility management
- mobility, location and handoff management
- QoS management in mobile systems
- security, privacy, authentication, and authorization in wireless and mobile environments
- service discovery and delivery
- service interactions
- service portability and mobility
- service-oriented architectures

(6) Vehicular Communications
- vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communications
- vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communications
- vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET)
- MAC for vehicular communications
- QoS in vehicular communications
- vehicular sensor networks

(7) Applications
- intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
- mobile and pervasive applications and services
- mobile commerce
- mobile healthcare
- mobile multimedia applications
- multimedia QoS and traffic management
- pervasive/ubiquitous computing
- smart homes