CRAFT 2015 - THIRD WORKSHOP ON COGNITIVE RADIO FOR FIFTH GENERATION NETWORKS AND SPECTRUM (CRAFT 2015)

There has been a huge surge in wireless technology deployment over the past decade, which has led to the crowding of existing spectrum. In order to address the resulting congestion and shortage of capacity, the cognitive radio (CR) concept has been envisioned in the context of 5G networks to increase the efficiency of spectrum utilization, and improve the management, performance and coexistence of heterogeneous networks with diverse radio access technologies.
The topics of this workshop include:
Signal processing for cognitive applications
Advanced multicarrier schemes and carrier aggregation
Interference mitigation in shared spectrum environments
Flexible relaying and cooperative techniques
Cognitive radio and its application in 5G networks and spectrum
Software Defined Radio and Networking
Machine learning, self-organisation and pattern recognition tools future networks
Cross-layer flexibility and optimisation in the context of next generation networks
Hardware implementation issues, testbeds, and demonstrators Security aspects of cognitive techniques in 5G networks
Cooperative and non-cooperative spectrum sensing and REM databases
Energy efficiency of cognitive applications
Database-driven white space and LSA-like solutions for 5G
Economic aspects of 5G networks impact on regulations and standardization bodiesInformation theory aspects of Future Technologies for Next Generation Networks
Cognitive Small Cells and Heterogeneous Networks
Cognitive enhanced Cellular and Wi-Fi systems
Spectrum regulation and management aspects for cognitive 5G networks
Schedule:
Paper submission: May 9, 2015
Paper acceptance notification: May 29, 2015
Camera ready paper submission: June 25, 2015