<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">
<br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#ff6600" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #ff6600">IEEE WCNC 2010</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#ff6600" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #ff6600">(IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2010)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#ff6600" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #ff6600">Sydney, Australia</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#ff6600" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #ff6600">18-21 April 2010</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#ff6600" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #ff6600"><a href="http://www.ieee-wcnc.org/2010">http://www.ieee-wcnc.org/2010</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#ff6600" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #ff6600">CALL FOR PAPERS</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Arial; min-height: 10px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Arial; min-height: 10px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Arial"><b>IEEE WCNC</b> is the premier wireless event for wireless communications researchers, industry professionals, and academics interested in the latest development and design of wireless systems and networks. Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, <b>IEEE WCNC</b> has a long history of bringing together industry, academia, and regulatory bodies. In 2010,<b> IEEE WCNC</b> will be held on the beautiful side of the Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia. WCNC2010 will include technical sessions, tutorials, technology/business panels, and exhibitions. You are invited to submit papers in all areas of wireless communications, networks, services, and applications. Potential topics are solicited in, but are not limited to, the following categories:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); min-height: 10px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#ff6600" style="font: 8.0px Arial; color: #ff6600"><b>I. PHY Track</b></font><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 8.0px Arial"><br> <br> Interference characterization and avoidance for cognitive radio <br> Multihop and cooperative communications <br> Modulation, coding, diversity <br> Equalization, synchronization, and acquisition techniques <br> Space-time, MIMO, adaptive antennas <br> OFDM, CDMA, spread spectrum <br> Channel modeling and characterization <br> Interference cancellation and MUD<br> Iterative techniques <br> Physical layer algorithms <br> Information-theoretic aspects of wireless communications <br> Ultra-wide bandwidth communication <br> Machine learning for communication systems <br> Signal processing for wireless communications</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 8px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); min-height: 9px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -9px; "><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#ff6600" style="font: 8.0px Arial; color: #ff6600"><b>II. MAC Track</b></font><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 8.0px Arial"><br> <br> Multiple access techniques<br> Cognitive and cooperative MAC <br> MAC for mesh, ad hoc, relay, and sensor networks <br> Network information theory <br> Radio resource management and allocation, scheduling <br> Cross-layer design, cross-layer security <br> Congestion and admission control <br> Software defined radio, RFID <br> MAC for multimedia <br> Wireless MAC protocols: design and analysis <br> B3G/4G Systems, WiMAX, WLAN, WPAN <br> QoS provisioning in MAC</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 8px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); min-height: 9px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#ff6600" style="font: 8.0px Arial; color: #ff6600"><b>III. Networks Track</b></font><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 8.0px Arial"><br> <br> Localization for wireless networks <br> Network estimation and processing techniques <br> Mesh, relay, sensor, and ad hoc networks <br> Mobility, location, and handoff management <br> Mobile and wireless IP <br> Wireless multicasting, routing <br> Multimedia QoS and traffic management <br> Wireless broadcast, multicast, and streaming <br> Congestion and admission control <br> Proxies and middleware for wireless networks <br> Wireless network security and privacy<br> Performance of E2E protocols over wireless networks <br> Interworking heterogeneous wireless/wireline networks <br> Capacity, throughput, outage, coverage</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 8px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); min-height: 9px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -9px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 8px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 9px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -9px; font: normal normal normal 8px/normal Arial; min-height: 9px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -9px; "><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#ff6600" style="font: 8.0px Arial; color: #ff6600"><b>IV. Services & Applications Track</b></font><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 8.0px Arial"><br> <br> Emerging wireless/mobile applications <br> Context and location-aware wireless services and applications <br> Wireless telemedicine and e-health services <br> Intelligent transportation systems <br> Cognitive radio and sensor-based applications <br> Content distribution in wireless home environment <br> Wireless emergency and security systems <br> Service oriented architectures, service portability <br> SIP based services, multimedia, QoS support, middleware <br> Innovative user interfaces, peer-to-peer services for multimedia <br> Dynamic services, autonomic services <br> AAA, application-oriented network management <br> Regulations, standards, spectrum management <br> Test-bed and prototype implementation of wireless services <br> Personalization, service discovery, profiles and profiling </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#ff6600" style="font: 9.0px Arial; color: #ff6600"><b>Call for Tutorials</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Arial"><br> Proposals for half/full day tutorials are also solicited based on the topics listed above or others related to issues and opportunities for the future of wireless communications, systems, and applications. Tutorial presenters will receive compensation.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -9px; text-align: justify; "><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#ff6600" style="font: 9.0px Arial; color: #ff6600"><b>Call for Technology/Business Panels</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -9px; text-align: justify; "><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Arial"><br> Proposals are solicited for Technology/Business Application Panels in the above mentioned topical areas or others related to business and policy-related issues and opportunities for the wireless communications industry.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Arial; min-height: 10px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#ff6600" style="font: 9.0px Arial; color: #ff6600"><b>IMPORTANT DATES</b>:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Arial">Full Paper submission deadline: <b>Friday 18 September 2009</b><br> Tutorial Proposal deadline: <b>Friday 18 September 2009</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Arial">Acceptance notification: <b>Monday 30 November 2009</b><br> Final camera ready copy: <b>Monday 4 January 2010</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Arial; min-height: 10px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Arial">Technical Papers must be submitted via the EDAS Paper Processing System. Details available at <a href="http://www.ieee-wcnc.org/2010/">http://www.ieee-wcnc.org/2010/</a>. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><br></span></font></div></body></html>