[Tccc] CFP: The Second IEEE ICC 2013 Workshop on Small Cell Wireless Networks (SmallNets)

Walid Saad saad.walidatgmail.com
Mon Nov 5 07:57:44 EST 2012



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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 networks 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

mer 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:

Paper Submission:     10 January 2013
Acc. Notification:       15 February 2013
Camera Ready:           5 March 2013
Workshop:            9 June 2013

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