AIMS AND TOPICS

Internet access is undergoing a fundamental change. More powerful devices and lower cost radio technologies are facilitating the transition to the Mobile Internet in which users can access a diverse range of services and applications anytime, anywhere. However, the huge increase in demand that this brings cannot easily be met by current radio access systems. Hence, there is a need for more powerful, more efficient, higher speed, lower cost radio technologies for Broadband Wireless Access.

There is much energy within the community to develop more advanced BWA technologies - activities span the wireless domain, ranging from more advanced antenna technologies to co-operative relays to mesh networking systems and many more: future networks will likely employ some mix of these different mechanisms. We anticipate that this 6th workshop will continue the series of successful workshops, providing a forum for new research results and reports on practical experience working with innovative technologies in the domain of Broadband Wireless Access. The workshop, then, is soliciting contributions including but not limited to topics listed below.

* Incumbent and Future BWA Technologies, UMTS, HSPA, LTE, LTE-Advanced, 802.16x
Self Configuring and Self Optimizing Networks
Repeater, Mesh, Relay, Femto and Pico Base Station based Solutions
Vehicular Networks

Radio Resource Management, Admission Control, Power Control and Scheduling
QoS and QoE in Mobile and BWA Networks
Cross-Layer Optimization Concepts and Experimental Evaluation
Multi-Antenna Technologies, Beamforming, Antenna Selection, Rank Adaptation, etc.
Single and Multiuser MIMO Techniques
Cooperative and Collaborative Networking, Network MIMO
Interference Mitigation, Cancellation, Coordination and Alignment
Channel Estimation Techniques

Wireless Network Management
Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering
Characterization of BWA Traffic
Traffic, Mobility and Channel Models
Design and Evaluation of Testbeds and Field Trials
Experiences/Lessons from Recent Deployments
Large-scale and Heterogeneous BWA Evaluations

Multi-Access Networks, Vertical and Horizontal Integration
Interoperability Aspects (Fixed/Mobile LANs/MANs, WANs)
Micro and Macro Mobility Management
Multicarrier Operation and Carrier Aggregation
Spectrum Management, Regulatory Issues
Cognitive and Dynamic Spectrum Management Techniques

Alternative Network Deployments, Dense Networking
Integration of Device to Device Communications to Cellular Networks
Broadcasting and Multicasting in BWA Networks
Green Networking and Energy Efficient Algorithms
Network Coding and its Applications in Wireless Systems
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PAPER SUBMISSION

Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. Paper length should not exceed 5-page technical paper manuscript. Please see the Author Information page for submission guidelines in the IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 website. The paper should be used as basis for a 15 minute workshop presentation. Papers should be submitted in pdf format by selecting Globecom 2010 workshops at EDAS paper submission website, and then selecting the BWA-Workshop submission link. You can also click here for direct access.

All submitted papers will be reviewed by up to three experts and if accepted, published in the conference proceedings, which will be available at IEEEeXplore and registered in Engineering Index (EI).

At least one author of accepted papers is required to register at the full registration rate.

IMPORTANT DATES
o Paper Submission: 21 June 2010
o Author Notification: 15 August 2010
o Camera-ready Manuscript: to be defined later

GENERAL CHAIRS
o Thomas Michael Bohnert, University of Coimbra, tmb [at] nginet.de
o Dmitri Moltchanov, Tampere University of Technology, moltchan [at] cs.tut.fi

CO-CHAIRS
o Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, edmundo [at] dei.uc.pt

TPC CHAIRS
o Dirk Staehle, University of Wuerzburg, staehle [at] informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de
o Gabor Fodor, Ericsson Research, gabor.fodor [at] ericsson.com

PUBLICITY CHAIRS
o Andreas Kassler, Karlstads Universitet, andreas.kassler [at] kau.se
o Lee Bu Sung, Nanyang Technological University, ebslee [at] ntu.edu.sg

INDUSTRIAL LIASION
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TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (preliminary)
o Mari Carmen Aguayo-Torres University of Malaga
o Khalid Al-Begain University of Glamorgan
o Manuel Alvarez-Campana Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
o Leonardo Badia IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies
o Francisco Barcelo-Arroyo Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)
o Marc Bechler BMW Group Research and Technology
o Giuseppe Bianchi University of Roma Tor Vergata
o Mathias Bohge Technische Universitat Berlin
o Thomas Michael Bohnert SAP Research
o Torsten Braun University of Bern
o George Calcev Motorola
o Matteo Cesana Politecnico di Milano
o Tijani Chahed TELECOM and Management SudParis
o A. Chockalingam Indian Institute of Science
o Nicola Ciulli Nextworks s.r.l
o Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
o Andreas Festag NEC Europe Ltd
o Alexandre Fonte University of Coimbra
o Gabor Fodor Ericsson Research
o Ilkka Harjula VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
o Patrick Hosein Huawei Technologies
o Yahui Hu Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
o Ju Wook Jang Sogan university
o Zhu Ji Qualcomm
o Juha Karjalainen University of Oulu
o Stamatis Karnouskos SAP Research
o Eckhart Koerner University of Applied Sciences Mannheim
o Yevgeni Koucheryavy Tampere University of Technology
o Edward Knightly Rice University
o Massimiliano Lenardi HITACHI Europe
o Hui-Tang Lin National Cheng Kung University
o Victor C. M. Leung The University of British Columbia
o Saverio Mascolo Politecnico di Bari
o Maja Matijasevic University of Zagreb
o Enzo Mingozzi University of Pisa
o Karl Molnar Ericsson Inc.
o Dmitri Moltchanov Tampere University of Technology
o Edmundo Monteiro University of Coimbra
o Chandra Murthy Indian Institute of Science
o Marc Necker DAIMLER
o Pedro Neves Portugal Telecom Inovacao
o Afif Osseiran Ericsson Research
o Claudio Palazzi University of Padova
o Agisilaos Papadogiannis France Telecom
o Ioannis Papapanagiotou North Carolina State University
o Georgios Paschos CERTH - ITI, Center for Research and Technology, Greece
o Xavier Perez-Costa NEC Network Laboratories, NEC Europe Ltd.
o Pierluigi Salvo Rossi Second University of Naples
o Roel Schiphorst University of Twente
o Rainer Schoenen RWTH Aachen University
o Christian Schwingenschloegl Siemens Corporate Technology
o Jorge Silva University of Coimbra
o Vasilios Siris ICS-FORTH / Athens University of Economics and Business
o Dirk Staehle University of Wuerzburg
o Zhifeng Tao Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
o Alexey Vinel Saint-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation
o Martin Wrulich TU Wien
o Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory
o Wei Zhang University of New South Wales
o Andreas Ziller Siemens AG
o Honghai Zhang NEC Labs America
o Geng Sheng (G.S) Kuo National Chengchi University Taiwan
o Fabio Ricciato, FTW, Vienna, Austria
o Andreas Mader, NEC, Heidelberg, Germany
o Melody Moh, San Jose State University, CA, US
o Kenji Leibnitz, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
o Giuseppa Alfano, Supelec, Paris, France
o Kai Xing, George Washington University, USA