Call for Papers

Scope:

The modern wireless and mobile communications scenario is characterized, among other features, by the increasing demand for high bit-rate multimedia applications, and by the desire to perceive and exercise a seamless and friendly communication system, irrespective of the media used and of the operating environment. This combines with the tumultuous growth in the range of provided services, from household/entertainment to business/finance. The end-user is also developing an attitude whereby many aspects of communication are considered as temporary and/or subject to negotiation, such as: the quality of service, the way information is delivered and displayed, the content/service provider, the network operator, and even the content of information itself. This is due to the high degree of mobility of the customer base, to the need to keep communication costs under control and again to the wide range of services offered. Therefore, the need for convenience and flexibility in access has to reconciled with cost effective resources to continue to exploit the market potential of the massive demands of an increasingly sophisticated and mobile-aware customer base. Also, adequate technology and operation strategies need be developed so that the end-user is freed from the technicalities involved in an end-to-end connection among nomadic users.

Industry, research and standardization bodies have been responding to the above challenges for several years, and they have come up with new systems for the provision of universal services. Nonetheless, some challenges still remain and other are have just started to appear. These include: 

• the coexistence of - and transition between - different generations of systems; 
• the novel capabilities of network components and advanced features of mobile terminals; 
• the access and coverage in hierarchically nested mobile systems designed to accommodate user bases within widely different scales; 
• the development of Internet protocols to be able to handle the required functions of a mobile core network, and 
• the provision of adequate Quality of Service in and adverse wireless radio environment, just to mention a few.

Areas of interest:

Contributions of original work are called for  in, but not restricted to, the fields as given below.

All papers will be reviewed by the program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the AEI European Transactions on Telecommunications and ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks journals. 

Tutorials:

Tutorials on various topics will be organized. Details can be found here.

Best Student Papers Award:

Papers with a student as a primary author will be considered for the European Wireless recognition prize. Student authors must clearly indicate with their submission that they would like to be considered for this award.

Paper Submission Instructions:

All paper submissions will be handled electronically, following the instructions reported here.

Important dates:

The program committee will enforce the following schedule:

Important Dates:

(*) Due to the many requests received so far, we are pleased to announce a:

Paper Submission Deadline Extension

Paper submission deadline has been postponed to September 22, 2001. Papers arriving later than that will not be considered for review. 

(**) Due to the many papers received the notification of acceptance will be delayed of approximately 10 days.. 

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