MACOM 2013 - 6th International Workshop on Multiple Access Communications

6th International Workshop on Multiple Access Communications
MACOM 2013,
16-17 December 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania
http://www.macom.ws
Aims and Topics
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In 1961, Claude Shannon established the foundation for the discipline now known as "multi-user information theory" in his pioneering paper "Two-way Communication Channels", and later Norman Abramson published his paper "The Aloha System - Another Alternative for Computer Communications" in 1970 which introduced the concept of multiple access using a shared common channel. Thereafter for more than 40 years of study, numerous elegant theories and algorithms have been developed for multiple access techniques.
The aim of this workshop is to discuss both multi-user communications theory and multiple access techniques in areas related to PHY and MAC layer protocols - and their interactions - for contemporary networks. We intend to provide the experts from both the academic institutes and industry with an opportunity to present their state-of-the-art results and exchange the ideas on multiple access techniques and related areas:
* PHY-layer multiple access techniques.
* Link-layer MAC access protocols.
* PHY/MAC cross-layer techniques.
* Modeling, simulation and analysis techniques.
The MACOM 2013 event has special interest to address the new paradigms and theoretical foundations for next-generation wireless communication systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Queueing networks of shared access communication systems.
* Game-theoretic queueing models for non-cooperative access on shared channels.
* Control of queueing models for multiple access communications.
* Green queueing models to assess energy/performance tradeoffs.
* Information-theoretic security.
* Network information theory.
* Multi-user information theory.
* Multi-terminal information theory.
* Smart, adaptive and self-configurable MAC/PHY protocols.
* Cooperative & collaborative MAC/PHY protocols.
* MAC/PHY protocols for multi-hop and relay-based networks.
* Cognitive radio networks, software radio, dynamic spectrum access and channel bonding techniques.
* MAC/PHY protocols supporting MIMO, spatial multiplexing and transmit diversity techniques.
* Energy-aware MAC/PHY protocols.
* Scheduling and radio resource management, including inter and intra network coexistence techniques.
* MAC/PHY solutions for M2M-type communications in Broadband Wireless Networks.
Important Dates
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* Submission deadline: September 5 2013
* Notification of acceptance: October 1 2013
* Camera-ready manuscript: October 7 2013
* Registration deadline for authors: November 1 2013
* MACOM 2013: December 16-17 2013
Committee
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General co-chairs
* Ninoslav Marina (UIST, Macedonia)
* Boris Bellalta (UPF, Spain)
* Alexey Vinel (TUT, Finland)
TPC co-chairs
* Magnus Jonsson (HH, Sweden)
* Toni Stojanovski (UIST, Macedonia)
* Dieter Fiems (Ghent University, Belgium)
* Desislava Dimitrova (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Local Chair
* Arturas Medeisis (VGTU, Lithuania)
Publicity & Web chair
* Jaume Barcelo (UPF, Spain)
Submissions
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The workshop proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (approved).
Full papers
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We invite submissions of full papers describing original research. The page limit is 12 pages. The maximum number of words is 5000, including tables and figures.
Posters & Demos
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We invite submissions of demonstrations and ongoing work for presentation as a poster. Please submit a short paper of up to four pages. Selected posters will be included in the workshop proceedings.
Author's instructions
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Authors must comply with the LNCS instructions that can be found here. The maximum number of words is 5000, including tables and figures. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, 3-5 keywords and the name and affiliation of all the authors. The contact details of the corresponding author (e-mail and postal address) must be included as well. Papers must be submitted using the EDAS conference system that can be directly accessed with the following link:
http://edas.info/N15653
It is also possible to log in to EDAS, click on the tab "Submit papers" and look for the entry "MACOM-2013".
All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop by one of the authors..