[Tccc] Special Issue on MU-MIMO

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A Special Issue of Physical Communication
on ?Multiuser MIMO Communications in Interference-Limited Scenarios?
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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unpublished papers addressing the related problems associated with  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.
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About the 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
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Submission Format and Guideline:

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.
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Editor in Chief:

Ian AKYILDIZ, Georgia Institute of Technology
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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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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
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Pierluigi SALVO ROSSI, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor (Telecommunications)
Department of Information Engineering
Second University of Naples
Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa (CE), Italy
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Phone:   +39 081 5010434
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