The 5th International Workshop on Optical-Wireless LED Communication Networks

- Important Dates
Paper due: April 15, 2017
Author Notification: April 22, 2017
Camera-ready due: May 1, 2017
Registration due: May 1, 2017
Workshop Date: July 4, 2017

In conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks from July 4 to 7, 2017 in Milan, Italy.

- For more information:
Optical wireless communication (OWC) technology has recently emerged as a very interesting alternative access communication method for both indoor and outdoor applications. It provides many useful and beneficial attributes including the access to
several hundred THz of unlicensed spectrum, the immunity to electromagnetic interference and vice versa, thus allowing easy use in restricted areas such as aircraft and hospitals, and additional security options, especially in the visible,
IR and UV spectrums to name but a few. This workshop focuses on recent developments and standardizations of the optical-wireless LED communication networks and promising areas of potential applications.

- Technical Topics
Workshop focus on topics related to design and development of Optical-Wireless LED communication networks, which include, but are not limited to, the following:
.Optical Camera Communications (OCC)
.Image Sensor Communications
.LiFi
.Physical layer and enabling technologies: Sub-system performance evaluation and design, Transceiver design, Channel modeling, modulation, coding and signal processing techniques.
.Networking and architecture: MAC layer design, Mobility, Cross-layer design and optimization,
.Integration between optical-wireless and other wired/wireless networks.
.Applications: Location Awareness and LBS Applications, Smart lighting, Application of OWC in vehicular assitive technology and ITS, Short-range applications and etc.
.Standardization, Demonstration and Field Tests
.Other emerging topics: Vehicular assitive technology, LED-ID, LiFi, Image Sensor based OWC system,
.Organic-LED based OWC

All papers must be submitted electronically, in PDF format, and uploaded on EDAS.
The direct link for paper submission is https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=22905&track=84386.
There are two options for the submissions, either a full paper or a short paper. We decided to allow the submission of short papers in order to accommodate the most recent research outcomes. The submissions should be formatted with single-spaced, double-column pages using at least 10 pt (or higher) size fonts on A4 or letter pages in IEEE style format. The maximum number of pages is 6 for full papers and 3 for short papers. Detailed formatting and submission instructions will be available on the conference web site (http://www.icufn.org).

Submitted papers will be reviewed by the workshop Program Committee and judged on originality, technical correctness, relevance, and quality of presentation. All accepted papers will appear in the IEEE Xplore Digital library and will be indexed by Scopus and EI Compendex only if at least one of the authors registers at the full registration rate and attends to present the paper. Also, extended versions of selected papers will be published in the following international journals (SCIE-indexed) as a special section for the ICUFN2017.
* Wireless Personal Communications (SCIE)
* International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (SCIE)
* Mobile Information System (SCIE)
* Sensors (SCIE)
* Journal of Internet Technology (SCIE)
* INFORMATION Journal (Scopus)
* International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (Scopus)
* ICT Express
* Recent Advances on Communications and Networking Technology

- Steering Committee:
Bob Heile (Chairman of IEEE 802.15)
Masao Nakagawa (Keio Univ.)
Shinichiro Haruyama (VLCA Chairman, Keio Univ.)
Yeong Min Jang (Chairman of IEEE 802.15.7m OWC TG)
Rick Roberts (Intel)
TaeKyu Kang (ETRI)
Mike Mcinnis (Boeing)
Harald Haas (University of Edinburgh)
Young Woo kim (Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Thomas Little (Boston Univ.)
Takaya Yamazato (Nagoya Univ.)
Zhengyuan Xu(Univ. of Science and Technology of China)
Nan Chi (Fudan Univ.)
Volker Jungnickel (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute)
Organizing Committee Chairs:
Yeong Min Jang (Kookmin Univ.)
Zhengyuan Xu (Univ. of Science and Technology of China)
Anh T. Pham (Univ. of Aizu)
Technical Program Committee Chairs:
Jaesang Cha (Seoul National Univ. of Science & Technology)
Hoa Le Minh (Northumbria Univ.)
Xianqing Jin (Univ. of Science and Technology of China)

-TPC Memebers:
Murat Uysal (Ozyegin Univ.)
Haewoon Nam (Hanyang Univ.)
Yeon Ho Chung (Pukyong National Univ.)
Shien-Kuei Liaw (National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology)
Yong Hyun Kim(Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Gi Dong Sa (Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Nikola Serafimovski (pureLiFi)
Jae Kyun Kwon (Yeungnam Univ.)
Junghyun Kim (Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Mitsuaki Oshima (Panasonic)
Hideki Aoyama (Panasonic Corporation)
Volker Jungnickel (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute)
Sang-Chul Kim (Kookmin Univ.)
Suk Chan Kim (Pusan National Univ.)
Youngil Park (Kookmin Univ.)
Hsin-Mu Tsai (National Taiwan Univ.)
Soo-Young Chang (CSUS)
Li Qiang (Huawei)
Tuncer Baykas (Istanbul Medipol Univ.)
Hany Elgala (SUNY Albany)
Mohamed Abdallah (Texas A&M University at Qatar)
Zhang Junwen (GIT)
Yu Zeng(China Telecom)
Sung-Yoon Jung(Yeungnam Univ.)

-Organizing Committee Coordinator: Nam Tuan Le (Kookmin Univ.)