CCNW 2015 - Cooperative and Cognitive Networks Workshop

Cognitive radio (CR) networks have emerged as a promising solution to overcome the
spectrum scarcity problem in communication systems. It can be used to increase the spectrum
efficiency through its capabilities to detect and opportunistically access vacant spectrum
slots. Cooperative networks have also been recognized as a key technology for improving
bandwidth utilization. Although the theoretical promise and potentials of cooperative and
cognitive networks that have been established, practical implementations closing the gap
between theory and practice still need to be addressed. This workshop seeks original papers
describing research contributions that address cognitive and cooperative related issues and
challenges, ranging from theory to practice, from architecture to algorithms, and from policy
to implementation. Technical papers should describe original research that is unpublished and
not under review by any other conference/journal. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Performance analysis and information-theoretical approaches
- Protocol design and optimization
- Interference mitigation
- Relaying techniques for Free Space Optical (FSO) networks
- Physical layer security with relaying techniques
- Multimedia support and QoS management
- MIMO techniques for cooperative and cognitive networks
- Coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission and reception
- Spectrum sensing/sharing techniques with outdated CSI
- MAC design and scheduling - Multi-hop and multi-antenna techniques for cognitive networks
- Spectrum bidding and pricing for cognitive radios
- Cross-layer designs and techniques
- Energy aware protocols and techniques
- Simultaneous information and power transfer techniques for cooperative and cognitive networks
- Security, robustness, and reliability
- Machine learning and adaptive techniques
- Pricing models and regulatory policies
- Experimental prototyping and test-bed evaluation
- Application platforms and middleware