Call for Papers

2004 WNCG Wireless Networking Symposium
The University of Texas at Austin
October 20 - 22, 2004

Sponsored by
The Wireless Networking & Communications Group (WNCG)
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
and the following WNCG Industrial Affiliate Companies:

DELL • MOTOROLA • NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS • SBC
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS • TIME WARNER CABLE • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

The 2004 WNCG Wireless Networking Symposium will be held in the vibrant center of downtown Austin, TX, October 20-22, 2004. Authors are invited to submit abstracts for technical papers to be presented at the symposium. The proceedings shall be made available in electronic format. Abstracts should describe original work in the following, or related, areas.

Wireless Communications

Ultrawideband
MIMO and multiantenna communications
Space-time coding
Multiuser communications
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
Interference management
Propagation and antennas
OFDM and other multicarrier systems
Joint source-channel coding for wireless
Channel capacity and information theory

Enabling Technologies

Software Radios
Hardware/software codesign methodologies
Low-power design and synthesis
High-speed high-resolution data converters

Wireless Networking

Cross-layer design
Opportunistic scheduling
Quality of Service (QoS)
Congestion control
Ad hoc and sensor networks
Resource allocation in wireless systems
Network security

Wireless Systems and Applications

Cellular networks
Coexistence in unlicensed spectra
Fourth generation wireless systems (4G)
Fixed wireless broadband data systems
Cognitive radios
Wireless LANs
Streaming wireless video systems

Abstracts will be accepted electronically and must include the title of the abstract, the author's complete name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number. Abstracts will be accepted until July 15, 2004, and should be limited to 500 words. Please also indicate the general area of research that your area falls into, per the above four topic areas. Submit all abstracts to:

Professor Jeffrey G. Andrews
Technical Program Chair
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Wireless Networking & Communications Group
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C0803
Austin, TX 78712
E-mail: WNCGsubmit@ece.utexas.edu
Telephone: 512 4710536

Authors will be notified of acceptance by August 15, 2004. Camera-ready manuscripts will be due September 15, 2004. Additional questions should be directed to the Technical Program Chair.

The Call For Papers is also available in Adobe PDF format.