[Tccc] CfP: IEEE ICC 2012 - Workshop on Small Cell Wireless Networks (IEEE ICC'12 - SmallNets)

Walid Saad saad.walid
Mon Nov 14 18:59:32 EST 2011


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1st IEEE International Workshop on Small Cell Wireless Networks (SmallNets)

http://www.cwc.oulu.fi/smallnets/index.php


Collocated with:

IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2012)

10-15 June, 2012, Ottawa, Canada, www.ieee-icc.org


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), which 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. 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 envisioned to
pave the way for a plethora of new wireless services. SCNs encompass a
broad variety of cell types, such as micro, pico, femto cells, as well
as advanced wireless relays, and distributed antennas.

This workshop is expected bring together 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 femtocells and macro-cells.
? - Trade-offs between femtocells, picocells, advanced relays, and
distributed antenna systems.
? - Flexible relaying in interference-limited SCNs.
? - Mobility management and handoffs.
? - Backhaul and networking issues.
? - Open access and closed access operation modes
? - Self-configuration, -optimization, and ?healing mechanisms for SCNs.
? - Economics of femtocells.

All submissions should be written in English. The maximum number of
pages for a paper is 6; 5 pages plus 1 additional page allowed with a
charge for the one additional page of USD100 if accepted. Papers
exceeding 6 pages will not be accepted at EDAS, nor reviewed at all.
For further details, please visit

http://www.cwc.oulu.fi/smallnets/index.php

The organizing committee
Prof. Giuseppe Caire, (University of Southern California)
Prof. Merouane Debbah, (SUPELEC)
Prof. Reinaldo Valenzuela, (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent)
Prof. Walid Saad, (ECE, University of Miami)
Dr. Mehdi Bennis, (University of Oulu)


IMPORTANT DATES

PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 30, 2011
Accept notification: ? January 20, 2012
Camera Ready: February 25, 2012




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