26-30 November 2007 Washington, DC, USA

Co-Chairs
Prof. Andreas F. Molisch (Andreas.Molisch@ieee.org)
Prof. Maria Luisa Merani (merani.marialuisa@unimore.it)
Prof. Yao Ma (mayao@iastate.edu)
Prof. Rajarathnam Chandramouli (mouli@stevens.edu)

Scope
With the concept of pervasive computing and the explosive amount of data transmission over wireless networks turning into a reality, new technologies for the physical layer (PHY), novel MAC and Network layer (NET) solutions, as well as a conscious cross-layer design become crucial to meet the requirement for enhanced multiuser capacity and mobility and to satisfy the ever increasing demand for QoS (such as guaranteed bandwidth and bounded latency) of tetherless applications. Success of the emerging wireless communications paradigms and standards (e.g., cognitive/smart radio networks) critically depend on the research advances in these and other protocol layers.

To promote the advances of wireless communication and networking, the 2007 GlobeCom Wireless Communications Symposium seeks to provide a forum for both researchers and engineers to present novel ideas and new system designs, to set forth test-bed solutions and to propose new applications in all fields related to wireless communications and networking. Original ideas and contributions are welcome in, but not limited to, the following three main areas: Wireless communications and enabling technologies, Wireless networking and cross-layer design, Wireless systems applications and services.

Topics of Interest

Wireless Communications and Enabling Technologies
• Ultra-wideband communications (UWB)
• RFID
• Cooperative Communications
• MIMO and multi-antenna communications
• Space-time coding and processing
• OFDM and other multi-carrier systems
• Smart Antennas
• CDMA, TDMA, FDMA air interfaces
• Detection and estimation
• Adaptive modulation
• Propagation, antennas and channel characterization
• Diversity techniques and equalization
• Modulation and coding
• Signal separation and interference rejection
• Joint source-channel coding for wireless communications
• Wireless Channel capacity and information theory
• Multi-user detection and diversity
• Power control algorithms
• DSP applications to wireless systems
• Fading countermeasures
• Satellite communications

Wireless Networking and Cross-layer Design
• Cross-layer design
• Wireless switching and routing techniques
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• End-to-End QoS
• Resource allocation in wireless systems
• Opportunistic scheduling
• Radio resource management
• TCP over wireless links
• Wireless multicasting
• Wireless service discovery
• Location management techniques

Wireless Systems, Applications and Services
• Hybrid wireless communication systems
• WiMAX
• Wireless LANs
• 4G mobile network architectures
• PCS, GPRS, EDGE, 3GPP, IMT2000, UMTS
• DVB and DAB techniques
• Cellular networks
• Coexistence in unlicensed spectra
• Handoff protocols & management
• Resource allocation and interference management
• Fixed wireless broadband data systems
• Fundamental performance limits of cognitive radio communications
• Spectrum etiquette and dynamic spectrum sharing techniques
• Platforms for the support of adaptive, spectrum agile, and cognitive networks (e.g., software defined radios, reconfigurable radios)
• Interoperability, interference and co-existence of dissimilar wireless networks
• Spectrum policy reform issues
• Wireless video
• Hybrid wireless communication systems
• Radio resource management and allocation
• Bluetooth Technologies & Applications
• Spectrum efficiency & issues
• Call admissions control
• Cell & capacity planning
• Wireless system optimization techniques
• Wireless multimedia
• Multiple and wireless access techniques

Technical Program Committee, whose complete list can be found at homepage:
http://www.ece.iastate.edu/~mayao/Publications/GlobeCom07_WCS.htm