The 2014 and 10th edition of the WNC3 workshop takes place in conjunction with the 12th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2014), May 12-16 2014, Hammamet, Tunisia.

Scope of the workshop

Given the growing trend of current multimedia content, future wireless communication networks are expected to be adaptive, to provide increasingly high quality-of-service and seamless connections in dynamic scenarios with ever increasing mobility. Distributed efficient resource management and available spectrum exploitation, cooperation and competition paradigms play a fundamental role towards designing flexible wireless networks capable to offer optimal communication performance from both the individual user and the global network perspective.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and engineers in an effort to identify and discuss the major challenges related to the design and analysis of the complex interactions in distributed multi-user and multi-provider wireless networks regulated by cooperation and/or competition. Submission of original contributions making use of various analytical tools spanning from information theory to statistical physics, queuing theory, non-commutative algebras and so forth with an emphasis on distributed optimization, game theory, statistical learning, dynamical systems and control theory is highly encouraged. The applications can stem from any wireless scenario, from multi-tier heterogeneous and multi-cellular networks to sensor and relay networks, HARQ retransmission networks, cognitive radio, ad hoc networks and even communications for smart grids.

For other general ressource allocation related issues in wireless networks see RAWNET 2014 workshop which is also organized in conjunction with WiOpt 2014.

Topics of interest

Data dissemination in wireless networks

Energy management in wireless networks

Economics-inspired resource management and mechanism design in multi-tier networks

Physical layer/MAC layer/cross-layer cooperation in wireless networks

Diversity/multiplexing tradeoff in cooperation protocols

Efficient relay architectures and relay selection in cellular networks

Cooperative and competitive strategies for mobile ad-hoc and sensor networks

Cooperation schemes for resource management in wireless networks

Distributed scheduling and resource allocation in wireless networks

Robust design: impact of partial and/or imperfect state information

Dynamic and adaptive resource management via learning techniques

Large-scale wireless networks



Submissions

Authors are encouraged to submit original and unpublished research papers. The submissions will be handled electronically via EDAS system. Submitted manuscripts should not exceed 6 pages in length. Please use the IEEE conference double column style, 10 pt character size, double column text. This page budget should contain all figures, tables, references, etc. The manuscript should also include a brief abstract of up to 200 words. Only PDF files are acceptable; please make sure that the paper prints without problems (take care to embed all required fonts, etc.).

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: February 01, 2014

Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2014

Camera-ready Paper Deadline: March 15, 2014

Workshop Date: May 16, 2014