[Tccc] CfP: SPECIAL ISSUE on MULTIUSER MIMO COMMUNICATIONS IN INTERFERENCE-LIMITED SCENARIOS

Laura Cottatellucci Laura.Cottatellucci
Tue Nov 8 08:54:54 EST 2011


Dear colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention on a call for paper for

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*A SPECIAL ISSUE of ELSEVIER-PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION on

?MULTIUSER MIMO COMMUNICATIONS IN INTERFERENCE-LIMITED SCENARIOS"


The manuscripts are due November 30st, 2011 *


http://wpage.unina.it/salvoros/CfP%20MU-MIMO.pdf

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Please, find attached the call for paper for further details.
Please, forward this email to possible interested people.
Thank you very much.

Best Regards

Laura Cotatellucci

PS: My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.


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CALL FOR PAPERS

A SPECIAL ISSUE of ELSEVIER-PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION on

?MULTIUSER MIMO COMMUNICATIONS IN INTERFERENCE-LIMITED SCENARIOS"

Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems represent the key 
technology for the development of future generation wireless
communication systems. The presence of multiple antennas brings multiple 
beneficial effects including improved reliability,
larger capacity, and enhanced coverage. These benefits can be further 
exploited together with multiuser diversity gain in MultiUser
MIMO (MU-MIMO) systems.
To further enhance the performance of wireless communication systems in 
terms of power efficiency and/or system throughput,
various system architectures and advanced signal processing techniques 
are continuously proposed and investigated for both
uplink (multiple access channel) and downlink (broadcast channel) 
transmission. In particular, the following three scenarios are
receiving significant interest from research initiatives: cooperative 
networks, in which base stations from different cells cooperate to
act as a large virtual base station; dense networks (femtocells), in 
which end users will be placing access points available to other
users otherwise served by the base station; and massive antenna array 
networks, in which base stations are equipped with a large
number of cheap antennas. In all these intrinsically interference 
limited scenarios, MU-MIMO plays a fundamental role to combat,
mitigate, or even annihilate the detrimental effect of interference by 
benefiting from the features of multi-antenna systems in
various forms. Deeper insights on the MU-MIMO potentials require the 
exploration of multifold directions spanning from channel
sounding and modeling to cooperation and cross-layer design via resource 
allocation, etc. Meanwhile, a comprehensive understanding
of the general system architecture, that can effectively explore all the 
beneficial effects of MU-MIMO in such interference limited
environments, is still lacking.

The main purpose of this special issue is to present high-quality 
unpublished papers addressing the related problems associated
with both the uplink and downlink transmission of MU-MIMO systems. 
Submission of both theoretical- and/or practical-oriented
works within this general field is solicited.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to

? Adaptive modulation and limited-feedback communications
? Capacity and large-system analysis
? Channel sounding and modeling
? Cooperation and cross-layer issues
? Precoding, decoding, and distributed space-time coding
? Resource allocation and interference management
? Synchronization and channel estimation
? Transceiver design and performance analysis
? Standardization issues


IMPORTANT DATES

*Submission Deadline: November 30, 2011*

First-Round Notification: *February 29, 2012*

Notification of Acceptance: *April 15, 2012*

Final Paper Due: *May 15, 2012*


SUBMISSION FORMAT AND GUIDELINES

All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and 
contain only original work, which has not been published by
or is currently under review for any other journal or conference. Papers 
must not exceed 25 pages (one-column, at least 11pt fonts)
including figures, tables, and references. A detailed submission 
guideline is available as ?Guide to Authors? at 
www.elsevier.com/locate/phycom.
All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted 
through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select
?SI ? MU-MIMO? when they reach the ?Article Type? step in the submission 
process.
The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/phycom/
All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. 
Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest 
editors.


EDITOR in CHIEF
Ian AKYILDIZ
Georgia Institute of Technology


GUEST EDITORS

Laura COTTATELLUCCI
Eurecom Institute, France
Laura.Cottatellucci at eurecom.fr

Ghassan M. KRAIDY
Notre Dame University, Lebanon
gkraidy at ndu.edu.lb

Pierluigi SALVO ROSSI
Second University of Naples,
Italy
pierluigi.salvorossi at unina2.it

Hong-Chuan YANG
University of Victoria, Canada
hyang at engr.uvic.ca

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