Apologies for cross-posting. =========== The Second IEEE ICC 2013 Workshop on Small Cell Wireless Networks (SmallNets)
The ever-increasing need for higher data rates and multimedia services leads to stringent requirements on the bit rate/km2 that next-generation cellular wireless networks are expected to deliver. This increasing trend has urged mobile operators to examine new ways for improving their coverage, boosting their network’s capacity, and lowering their capital and operating expenditures (CAPEX and OPEX). A promising approach to solving this problem is through the deployment of Small Cell Networks (SCNs). SCNs represent a novel networking paradigm based on the idea of deploying short-range, low-power, and low-cost base stations operating in conjunction with the main macro-cellular network infrastructure. This includes a number of small cells that include femtocells, picocells, metrocells, and microcells – broadly varying in size and capabilities from the smallest to the largest. The use of SCNs is envisioned to enable next-generation networks to provide high data rates, allow offloading traffic from the macro cell, and provide dedicated capacity to homes, enterprises, or urban hotspots. SCNs are also expected to pave the way for a plethora of new wireless services. Building on the success of its first edition, held in conjunction of ICC 2012 in Ottawa, this workshop is expected to bring together leading academic and industrial researchers in an effort to identify and discuss the major technical challenges and recent results related to small cell networks. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: · Interference analysis, avoidance, and mitigation. · Power control and power saving mechanisms. · Synchronization issues for small cell networks. · Cognitive radio techniques for small cell networks. · Game theoretical techniques for small cell deployment. · Co-existence between small cells and macro-cells. · Flexible relaying in interference-limited SCNs. · Mobility management and handoffs. · Backhaul and networking issues. · Open and closed access operation modes · Self-organization, -configuration, -optimization, and –healing mechanisms for SCNs. · Multi-RAT coexistence. · Cooperation in small cell networks. The IEEE ICC SmallNets 2013 will feature keynote addresses by Merouane Debbah (SUPELEC), Holger Claussen (Bell-Labs), and Satoshi Nagata (DOCOMO). In addition, a panel discussion is planned. The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with over-length page charge if accepted) http://www.ieee-icc.org/2013/submguide.html Workshop Chairs: Giuseppe Caire (USC, USA) Walid Saad (University of Miami, USA) Mehdi Bennis (University of Oulu, Finland) TPC members: Vikram Chandrasekhar, Accelera Mobile Broadband, USA Tansu Alpcan, University of Melbourne, Australia Ismail Guvenc, FIU, USA Marios Kountouris, SUPELEC, France Inkyu Lee, Korea University David Lopez Perez, Bell-Labs, Ireland Stefan Valentin, Bell-Labs, Germany Tony Q.S. Quek, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Erdem Bala, Interdigital LLC, USA Afef Feki, Bell Labs, France Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ericsson, Sweden Xiaoli Chu, Univ. of Sheffield, UK Nicolas Gresset, MERL, France Berna Sayrac, Orange Labs, France Ömer Bulaksi, NSN, Germany Francesco Pantisano, University of Oulu Satoshi Konishi, KDDI Labs, Japan Luca Rose, SUPELEC, France Osvaldo Simeone, NJIT, USA Zhu Han, University of Houston, USA Lorenzo Giupponi, CTTC, Spain Samir Medina Perlaza, Princeton University, USA Majed Haddad, INRIA, France Dates and Deadlines: Abstract registration (mandatory): 4 January 2013 Paper Submission: 11 January 2013 Acc. Notification: 2 February 2013 Camera Ready: 5 March 2013 Workshop: 9 June 2013 _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
