IOSC 2014 - INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SMALL CELLS

This workshop shall provide a platform for discussion on the newest technologies and trends connected to indoor and outdoor femto cells. The workshop chairs solicit both technical and also business-related publications on the topic. The workshop will consist of keynote speeches, presentations, and discussions. We invite both academic and industrial researchers to identify and discuss technical challenges and disseminate recent results related to femtocell networks.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
? Femto cells and small cells for 3G, LTE and advanced radio concepts
? Advanced femto features, i.e. multi-sector, multi-radio, multi-antenna
? Interference analysis, avoidance, and mitigation.
? Cooperative operation of femtocells.
? Centralized and decentralized resource allocation techniques.
? Power control and power saving mechanisms.
? Synchronization issues for femtocells.
? Intelligent spectrum use and cognitive radio techniques.
? Game theoretical & auctioning techniques for femtocells.
? Co-existence between femto- and macro-cells.
? Self-configuration, -optimization, and ?healing mechanisms for macro+femto networks.
? Economics of femtocells.
? Mobility management, smart signalling and handoffs.
? Femto cell and small cell deployments concepts, including indoor and outdoor
? Converged Femto and WiFi concepts
? Performance of femto cells ? coverage, capacity etc