PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS WTS 2016 www.cpp.edu/wtsi


15th ANNUAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYMPOSIUM (WTS 2016)
April 18-20, 2016, London, England, UK
Technical Co-Sponsor: IEEE Communications Society

We invite the submission of applied research papers to the 15th Annual =
Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2016, which will be held April =
18-20, 2016 in London, England, UK. For further information, visit =
www.cpp.edu/wtsi.

The Wireless Telecommunications Symposium brings together industry =
professionals and academics from companies, governmental agencies, and =
universities around the world to exchange information on advances in mobile =
communications and wireless networking technology, business, policy, =
applications and security. Past WTS participants have included Dr. =
Vinton Cerf, Dr. Robert Kahn, and Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, Internet =
pioneers; Martin Cooper, “Father of the Cell Phone”; Dr. =
Irwin Jacobs, Co-Founder and Former CEO of QUALCOMM; and Mike Lazaridis, =
Founder and former Vice-Chairman, Blackberry.

The theme for WTS 2016 will be "Global Wireless Communications: Europe and =
Beyond". Planned highlights of WTS 2016 include executive presentations =
and keynote addresses; presentations of accepted academic and practitioner =
research papers; panel discussions; tutorials and workshops; a poster paper =
session; and a doctoral students’ session. Accepted and presented =
papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE =
Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. The =
proceedings also will be distributed at the Symposium via a CD. Awards =
will be given for the most outstanding paper presented and best graduate and =
undergraduate student papers presented. Some selected high
quality papers from WTS 2016 will be considered for publication in the =
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications & Networking, =
IGI Global publisher, pending their successful extension and an expedited =
review process.

Topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Wireless Internet and Multimedia
Wireless Communications Investments & Ventures
Satellite Based Systems
WLANs, WPANs, and Femtocells
Global Wireless Services, Business & Applications
4G Wireless Networks & Systems
Mobile Operating Systems & Architectures
Wireless and New Media
Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy
Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Wireless Modeling, Algorithms & Simulation
Spectrum Management and Policy
QoS and Wireless Network Reliability
Wireless M2M and Home Networks
Mobile & Cloud Computing
Wireless Telecommunications Management
Wireless and Healthcare
GPS and Indoor Geolocation Systems
Spread-Spectrum/CDMA/OFDM Technologies
RFID Systems & Applications
Mobile Cellular TV
Underwater Acoustic Networks

IMPORTANT DATES:
January 9, 2016 Paper submission deadline
February 6, 2016 Notification of acceptance
March 5, 2016 Camera-ready submissions

WTS 2016 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
Dr. Michael Bartolacci, Penn State University – Berks, USA =
mrb24@psu.edu
Dr. Robert Stewart, Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland =
rstewart@ait.ie
Dr. Dina Simunic, University of Zagreb, Croatia dina.simunic@fer.hr

WTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
General Chair: Dr. Steven Powell, Cal Poly Pomona
Program Chair: Dr. JP Shim, Georgia St. Univ..