[Tccc] IEEE 1st International Workshop on Small Cell Wireless Networks (SmallNets) in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada
Bennis Mehdi
mehdi.bennis
Tue Sep 13 05:45:25 EDT 2011
*IEEE 1st International Workshop on Small Cell Wireless Networks (SmallNets)
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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
*IMPORTANT DATES*
PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 30, 2011
Accept notification: January 20, 2012
Camera Ready: February 25, 2012
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.ieee-icc.org/authors.html.*
*The organizing committee*
Giuseppe Caire, USC
Merouane Debbah, SUPELEC
Reinaldo Valenzuela, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
Walid Saad, University of Miami
Mehdi Bennis, University of Oulu
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