Scope
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The WiCON 2018 continues to be an international forum dedicated to innovative research and development related to the emerging wireless internet and networks. WiCON is a highly selective conference with a long track record of publishing novel ideas and breakthroughs, with this year’s edition to be held during October 15-16, 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan.

WiCON 2018 will continue to serve as a premier international conference to discuss novel research results related to the emerging wireless internet. WiCON 2018 is soliciting both academic research and industry practice papers.

Topics
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Convergence and interworking of heterogeneous wireless networks
Vertical handoff and seamless roaming
Mobile P2P networking, systems, and applications
Next generation Internet services and applications
Clean-slate wireless Internet architecture
Interaction among PHY/MAC, routing, and congestion control
PHY-aware wireless scheduling
QoS provisioning over Multimedia wireless networks
Multiple access technology (OFDMA, CDMA, and TDMA)
WLANs, WiMAX, satellite, 3G and Beyond
QoS management and traffic modeling
Algorithm design and performance analysis
Wireless sensor, ad hoc, and mesh networks
Cooperative and relay networks
IMT2000, UMTS, LTE, IMT-Advanced networks
Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET)
Wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE)
Dedicated short-range communications (DSRC)
Cognitive radio networks
Context-aware mobile network
Wireless body area networks (WBANs)
Tele-medicine/e-health networks
Architectural support for security
Security, privacy, and dependability issues
Security in cooperative networks
Testbeds and simulation tools
Middleware, operating system, and programming languages
Experimental measurements
Green wireless network architectures and communication protocols
Green applications by wireless communications and mobile computing technologies
Energy-efficient mobile and wireless networks
Network planning and optimization for green wireless networking

Publication
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All registered papers will be published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.

WiCON proceedings are indexed in leading indexing services, including Ei Compendex, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

Authors of selected best accepted and presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:

Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal (IF: 3.259)
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Wireless Spectrum
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Future Internet

Instructions for paper submission
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How do I submit a paper in Confy?
Go to Confy website
Login or sign up as new user
Scroll the list of conferences open for submission
Select WiCON 2018
Click the ‘submit a paper’ link and follow the instructions

Submission guidelines
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Papers should be in English.
Regular papers should be up to 10 pages in length.
Previously published work may not be submitted, nor may the work be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. Such papers will be rejected without review.
The paper submissions must follow the Springer formatting guidelines (see Author’s kit section).
Read the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.

General Chair
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Imrich Chlamtac
Bruno Kessler Professor, University of Trento, Italy