CFP: IEEE WiMob 2012 - October 8 - 10, 2012, Barcelona, Spain

[Jaime Lloret Mauri <jlloret [at] dcom.upv.es>]

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                                IEEE WiMob 2012
               The 8th IEEE International Conference on Wireless
              and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications
                               8 - 10 October 2012
                                Barcelona, Spain
                   http://conferences.computer.org/WiMob2012


                                 CALL FOR PAPERS

The IEEE WiMob conference is an international forum for the exchange of 
experience and knowledge among researchers and developers concerned with 
wireless and mobile technology. For seven years, the International IEEE 
WiMob conference has provided unique opportunities for researchers to 
interact, share new results, show live demonstrations, and discuss 
emerging directions in Wireless Communications, Mobile Networking and 
Ubiquitous Computing.

IEEE WiMob 2012 will be held at Casa Convalescència, Barcelona, Spain. 
The conference will be hosted by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 
(UPC). Barcelona is one of the most touristic towns in Europe and 
capital of the Modernism. In fact, Casa Convalescència building is one 
of the great works of Catalan Modernism, and was declared Historical 
Artistic Monument in 1978 and World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 
1997.

IEEE WiMob 2012 is soliciting high quality technical papers addressing 
research challenges in the areas of wireless communications, wireless 
networking, mobility, nomadicity, ubiquitous computing, services and 
applications. Papers should present original work validated via 
analysis, simulation or experimentation. Practical experiences and 
Testbed trials also are welcome. IEEE WiMob 2012 will host three 
parallel symposiums, including but not limited to the following topics:


1. Wireless Communications
- Broadband Wireless Communication Systems
- Channel Measurement and Characterization
- Signal Separation and Interference Rejection
- Location Estimation and Tracking
- Wireless Personal Communications
- OFDM and CDMA Technologies and Systems
- Multimedia Communications over Wireless
- Resource Allocation and Interference Management
- Advances in Satellite Communication
- MIMO Channels
- DSP Applications to Wireless Systems
- Multirate and Multicarrier Communications
- Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Systems
- Link and System Capacity
- Modulation and Coding
- Spectrum Usage and Cognitive radio systems
- Multiple Access Techniques
- Cognitive and cooperative MAC
- Multiuser Detection

2. Mobile Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity
- Mobile IP Networks
- Energy-efficient protocols for wireless networks
- Inter-working of 2G, 3G and 4G Wireless Networks
- Green wireless network architectures and communication protocols
- Security, Privacy and Authentication in Mobile Environments
- Opportunistic networks
- Cellular Systems, PCS Modeling and Configuration
- Vehicular wireless networks
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Wireless Mesh networks
- Cross-layer Design and Optimization
- Delay Tolerant Networks
- Cross-layer security
- Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks
- Congestion and Admission Control
- QoS support for mobile networks
- Mobility patterns, Location and Handoff Management
- RFID networks and protocols
- Design and Analysis of Wireless LAN/WAN
- B3G/4G Systems, WiMAX, WLAN, WPAN
- Wireless multicasting, broadcasting and geocasting
- Optimization models and algorithms

3. Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications
- Emerging Wireless/Mobile applications
- Portable Devices and Wearable Computers
- System prototypes, real deployments and experimentation
- Passive, Active and Smart Tags for Ubiquitous Computing
- Cognitive Radio applications and spectrum management
- Context and Location aware applications
- Resource and service discovery
- Data replication and dissemination in mobile networks
- Mobile Social Wireless Networks
- Mobile Urban Sensing and Crowd-sensing
- Opportunistic Applications
- Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in WSNs
- Gaming Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
- Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing
- Intelligent Transport Systems applications
- Wireless communications to vehicle-to-grid applications
- Multimedia over Wireless Networks
- Wireless telemedicine and e-health services
- Network Coding in wireless networks
- Content distribution in wireless home environment
- Security, Privacy and Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing
- Service oriented architectures, service portability, P2P
- Green computing in wireless networks


Authors are required to submit anonymous fully formatted papers (PDF), 
with graphs, images, and other special areas arranged as intended for 
the final publication. Papers should be written in English conforming to 
the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11" - US letter, 
Two-Column). The initial submission for review will be limited to 8 
pages. The final manuscript for publication will be limited to 8 IEEE 
pages. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference, 
otherwise it will not be included in the conference proceedings and it 
will not be indexed and archived through IEEExplore. You can find a copy 
of the IEEE standard conference template for Microsoft Word or LaTeX 
formats at: 
http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/conferenceTemplates.html.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper Submission Deadline: May 16, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2012
Camera Ready Papers Due: July 20, 2012

GENERAL CHAIR
Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
JORGE GARCIA-VIDAL, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
VICENTE CASARES-GINER, Universidad Politècnica de Valencia, Spain

STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Samuel Pierre, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada

STEERING COMMITTEE
Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France
Do Van Thanh, Telenor & Norwegian Univ. of Science & Technology, Norway
Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada
Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York, USA
Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University of Sci. & Tech.
Pierre Boucher, Ericsson Research Canada
Samuel Pierre, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
WEN CHEN, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
ALEJANDRO QUINTERO, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
JOSE M. BARCELO-ORDINAS, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
RONALD BEAUBRUN, Universite Laval, Canada
Ali Miri, Ryerson University, Canada

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
NAM TRAN XUAN, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
MARC ST-HILAIRE, Carleton University, Canada
JAIME LLORET MAURI, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

LOCAL CO-CHAIRS
LLORENÇ CERDÀ-ALABERN, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
JOSE M. BARCELO-ORDINAS, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain