WiSPNET 2018 - International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET 2018)

The international Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET) technically sponsored by IEEE and IEEE ComSoc, MAS (Approval Pending), will be held at Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai-603110, India, from March 22 - 24, 2018, under the theme "Futuristic Wireless Mobile Communications Frontiers for Smart World". WiSPNET, shall provide a new forum for the world-class researchers to gather and share their research achievements, ideas and progress that is required to solve the future challenges that the Information Communication field face. In addition to a rich variety of regular technical sessions (Call for papers), the conference program will include plenary sessions and panel discussions featuring world-class speakers in the wireless technologies, invited special sessions covering the most recent topics under the above said conference theme. Special Sessions/Workshops: The conference also invites experts in the field to submit proposals for special sessions and half-day workshops that explore new and emerging trends in wireless communications with focus on industry applications and discuss areas not covered in the CFP.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Track 1: Antennas and propagation, Communication theory and information theory
MIMO and multi-antenna communications
Underlay/overlay systems
Error control coding including turbo codes, LDPC and iterative decoding
Multiuser, network, massive and distributed MIMO systems
Cooperative communications and relaying
Fundamental limits, information theory for wireless
Multiple access schemes, multiuser detection
Interference mitigation and management
Communication with limited feedback, Precoding and scheduling
Space-time coding and processing, Interference alignment techniques
Wireless Communications Powered by Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer
Spread spectrum systems: UWB, CDMA,MC CDMA, MC DS CDMA
Information theory
Adaptive modulation and coding
Network coding
Spectrum sensing & dynamic spectrum access
Detection, equalization, synchronization, estimation
Performance analysis, field tests and measurements
Resource allocation and interference management
Satellite and high altitude platforms
Antennas and propagation
Localization techniques
Physical layer security
Advanced Multicarrier waveforms: beyond OFDM and filterbank-based schemes
Radio over fiber techniques
Wireless channel modelling
Gigabit wireless communications for 5G
Millimeter wave and visible light communications
Cognitive wireless networks
PHY layer design for cellular, wireless LAN, ad hoc, and sensor networks
Energy efficient PHY layer design, energy harvesting
Over-the-air testing
Cross-layer air interface design
Ultra wideband, mmWave, and sub-THz communications
Information-theoretic aspects of wireless communications
Concepts for 5G and future PMR/PPDR broadband systems
Signal processing for wireless communications
Next generation M2M communications for internet of things
Track 2: Networking, protocols, cognitive radio, wireless sensor networks, services and applications
Ad-hoc and mesh networks
Cognitive radio networking
Software defined networking
Radio resource management and interference control
ICT applications in smart cities and smart grid
Homeland security and military communications
Mobile Internet
Wireless sensor networks
Self-organisation
Cross layer design
Wireless routing techniques
Mobility management
Green networking and Energy harvesting
Innovative services and applications
Implementation concepts and test beds
Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication
Delay tolerant networks
Heterogeneous and small cell networks
Traffic control and engineering
Optical wireless and visible light communications
End-to-End QoS and QoS provisioning
Cloud-based networking techniques (mobile cloud computing, Cloud-RAN)
Network virtualization
Networking techniques for mmWave
Vehicular Networks (VANETs)
Machine-to-machine communications and applications
Wireless MAC protocols for 5G: design, analysis, and optimization
Cognitive and cooperative MAC
MAC for mesh, ad hoc, relay, and sensor networks, Scheduling and radio resource management
Cross-layer MAC design, Software defined radio, RFID MAC, QoS support and energy efficient MAC
MAC protocol for energy harvesting wireless networks
MAC protocols for molecular and bacterial nano networks
MAC design for multi-tier cellular/small cell networks
Multiple access in machine-to-machine communications
MAC for cloud radio access networks (Cloud-RANs)
Wireless personal/body area networks (WPAN/WBAN) and Context awareness
Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Everthing (IoE)
Track 3: Security and Privacy
Authentication
Cryptanalysis
Digital Forensics
Cloud computing security
Threat Modelling
Cyber - physical security
Applied Cryptography
Data and application security
Embedded Systems Security
Intrusion Detection
Key Management
Wireless or mobile security and privacy in health, automotive, avionics, or smart grid applications
Access Control
Wireless and mobile privacy and anonymity
Mobile computing security
Secure localization and location privacy
Security Architectures
Security & Privacy for Smart Devices (e.g., Smartphones)
Security and privacy for mobile sensing systems
Trusted computing
Security solutions in VLSI
Track 4: Signal and Image Processing
Audio and acoustic signal processing
Multimedia signal processing
Bio-inspired image and signal processing
Nonlinear signal processing
Design and implementation of signal processing systems
Image Fusion
Speech processing
Image and video processing
Signal processing theory and methods
Sensor array, multichannel and communications signal processing
Machine learning
Signal processing for education
Medical image and signal processing
Signal processing applications
Compressive Sensing
VLSI signal processing​