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Call for Papers
2008 International
Workshop on 4G WiMAX System will be held in conjunction with the
International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM
2008) on August 25th ~ 27th, 2008, in Hangzhou, China. http://www.chinacom.org/
In recent few years, the emergence of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) has become a key Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) technology for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (Wireless MAN). Recently, significant effort has been dedicated within the IEEE standard body to develop new 802.16j and 802.16m amendments in order to support multihop relay operation, and to meet the requirements of 4G IMT-Advanced mobile networks. The multiple hop nature of the IEEE 802.16j entails numerous design challenges, ranging from OFDMA frame structure design to traffic forwarding and path management. Moreover, in order to support 1 Gbit/s data rate in low mobility applications and 100 Mbit/s in high-speed mobility applications aimed at by 4G, a wide spectrum of physical layer and Medium Access Control (MAC) layer innovations need to be introduced. Other issues such as regulation, spectrum management, application innovation and economic model for WiMAX deployment for 4G all deserve thorough discussion and investigation.
This workshop intends to cover all key aspects related to the current and the next generation WiMAX system and network for 4G services. It will bring together engineers, researchers and students to present cutting-edge technologies, and describe work in progress at all layers of the protocol stack, to reflect the latest advances in the state-of-the-art in design, modeling, simulation, and applications of WiMAX.
Topics (not limited to)
* Physical layer (PHY)
• Novel modulation and coding
scheme,
• Equalization, channel modeling, measurement and estimation
• Antenna and MIMO technologies
• Equalization, channel modeling, measurement and estimation
• Antenna and MIMO technologies
* Medium access control (MAC)
• Multihop relay network
• Mobility management and handover
• Forwarding and path management
• Quality of Service
• Radio resource management
• Security
• Mobility management and handover
• Forwarding and path management
• Quality of Service
• Radio resource management
• Security
* Higher layer protocols
• Network architecture
• Network/radio planning
• Deployment and field trials
• Internetworking
• Transport layer for WiMAX
• Network/radio planning
• Deployment and field trials
• Internetworking
• Transport layer for WiMAX
* Application
• Business model
• Economic model
• Application innovation
• Spectrum regulation and policy
• Economic model
• Application innovation
• Spectrum regulation and policy
Submission Guideline
Only original papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere can be submitted. All submissions should be done in COCUS manuscript central. In the Cocus submission system, please choose '4G-WiMAX'. For the detail on the manuscript preparation, please refer to the link: http://www.chinacom.org/paper%20submission.htmlImportant Dates
Submission Deadline: March 30, 2008 April 15, 2008Notification of Acceptance: May 15, 2008
Camera Ready Due: May 31, 2008
Workshop Date: August 28, 2008
Organizing Committee
Zhifeng Tao, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA. Email: tao [AT] merl.comYan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway. Email: yanzhang [AT] ieee.org
Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom R&D (Orange Labs), France. Email: hassnaa.moustafa [AT] orange-ftgroup.com