1st International Workshop on Multimode Wireless Access Networks (MOWAN)
Welcome to the homepage of the 2010 International Workshop on "Multimode
Wireless Access Networks" (MOWAN). The workshop will be held in conjunction with
BROADNETS 2010 in Athens, Greece on October XX, 2010.
The convergence of the third generation (WCDMA/GSM/HSPA) wireless network
standards into the 4G LTE wireless network standard and the interoperation of
complementary wireless access technologies like WiMAX, WiFi etc., open
considerable challenges to the development of next-generation base stations and
access gateways that can support current 3G technologies as well as
next-generation standards. Stepping up to this challenge, industry is moving
towards developing multimode base stations that will support multiple standards,
while being flexible enough to adapt to changes that may arise in the design
specifications or even the wireless standards. In this direction, the future of
broadband wireless access networks is moving towards a distributed peer-to-peer
and heterogeneous architecture incorporating multiple access technologies into
multimode access points. Application of low-cost smart antennas, innovative
cross layer architectures and cooperative mechanisms are some of the solutions
which allow improving the system capacities, scalability and security challenges
in next generation multimode wireless mesh networks. This workshop aims to bring
together the technologists and researchers who share interest in the area of the
emerging broadband wireless and mobile networks, with particular focus on
multimode wireless access networks and supporting physical and MAC layer
technologies.
Announcements:
Online Submission Due: 15 June, 2010 (Extended to 31 July, 2010)
Acceptance Notification: 21 August, 2010
Camera Ready Manuscript Due: 5 September, 2010
COMMITTEES
Organizing Co- Chairs
Rahim Tafazolli, University of Surrey, U. K. [[email protected].]
Eugen Borcoci, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania.
[[email protected]]
Program
Committee
Djamal-Eddine Meddour, Orange Labs, France (Chair)
David Hayes, Plasma Antennas, U.K.
Ehsan Hamadani, University of Surrey, U. K.
Stefan Wendt, France Telecom, France
Arnaud Tonnerre, Thales Communications, France
Tinku Rasheed, Create-Net, Italy
Laurent Reynaud, Orange, France
Usman Javaid, Vodafone, U.K
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, NCK University, Taiwan
Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy
Honggang Zhang, Zhejiang University, China
Roberto Riggio, Create-Net, Italy
Bruno Selva, Thales Communications, France
Alexey Baraev, Create-Net, Italy
Mihai Constantinescu, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
Call for Paper Page
SCOPE
The convergence of the third generation (WCDMA/GSM/HSPA) wireless network
standards into the 4G LTE wireless network standard and the interoperation with
complementary wireless access technologies like WiMAX, WiFi etc., open
considerable challenges to the development of next-generation base stations and
access gateways that can support current 3G technologies as well as
next-generation standards. In this direction, the future of broadband wireless
access networks is moving towards a distributed peer-to-peer and heterogeneous
architecture incorporating multiple access technologies into multimode access
points. This decentralised architecture opens new challenges with respect to
scalability, interference, seamless cooperation between Radio Access
Technologies, security etc. In that sense, application of low-cost smart
antennas, innovative cross layer architectures and cooperative mechanisms are
some of the solutions which allow improving the system capacities, scalability
and security challenges in next generation multimode wireless mesh networks.
This workshop aims to bring together the technologists and researchers who share
interest in the area of the emerging broadband wireless and mobile networks,
with particular focus on multimode wireless access networks and supporting
physical and MAC layer technologies. The main purpose is to promote discussions
on recent advances in the analysis design and implementation of systems,
protocols and services for next generation multimode wireless access networks.
It also aims at improving the synergy between academic and industry
professionals working in this domain. Submissions are welcome from academia,
industry, and government organizations.
This workshop solicits original papers related to all aspects of multimode
wireless access networks, but not limited to the following topics:
- Multimode wireless access architectures
- Interworking architecture and interoperability
- Relay-assisted and cooperative communications
- Location and mobility management
- Multicarrier and multiuser communications
- Cross-layer optimization in multimode communications
- Antennas for beam forming and diversity
- Multi-antenna terminals and channel measurements
- Spatial channel modeling
- Beam forming and source localization
- Space-time processing and coding
- MIMO Systems
- Link, system and network level simulations
- Hard- and software implementation issues
- Wireless Positioning and Tracking Systems
- Wireless Ubiquitous Networks
Submissions:
Prospective authors are cordially encouraged to submit their contributions (using the BROADNETS 2010 templates, pages limit: 10 pages in two-column format) to [email protected]
Publication of Proceedings:
Workshop papers will be published in the Broadnets proceedings (available through IEEE Xplore).