The advances in wireless communication technologies and the proliferation of mobile devices have enabled the realization of intelligent environments for people to communicate with each other, interact with information-processing devices, and receive a wide range of mobile wireless services through various types of networks and systems everywhere, anytime. A key enabler of this pervasive and ubiquitous connectivity environments is the advancement of MEMS technology allowing longer distance communication with tiny footprint of hardware in low cost. Which in turn had promoted a flourish of a variety of network paradigms for specific purposes, such as mobile ad hoc networks, sensor networks, vehicular networks, underwater networks, underground networks, personal area networks, and home networks, promise a broad range of applications in civilian, commercial, and military areas.

The ICWCA 2012 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The ICWCA 2012 is the conference on the theoretical and practical aspects of wireless communications. The aim of the annual conference is to provide a forum that brings together researchers from academia as well as practitioners from industry to meet and exchange ideas and recent research work on all aspects of wireless communication networks. The programme will feature an industry forum and three special tracks. Accepted paper will be published in the ICWCA 2012 Conference Proceedings. An author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference and the paper must be presented at the conference.

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CONFERENCE TOPICS
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Accepted paper will be published in IET conference proceeding (ISBN: 978-1-84919-550-8) which will be included in IET Digital Library, IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)*searchable through IEEE Xplore®, Inspec and will be submitted for EI Compendex and ISI indexing. Some best paper awards will also be awarded. Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers for oral presentations on the following topics (but not limited to):

PHY, MAC and Cross Layer Design
• PHY/MAC cognitive and SDR techniques
• Interference channel modelling and characterization
• Modulation, coding, diversity
• Coding, MIMO and AAS
• Signal processing for wireless communications
• Information theory for wireless communications
• Cross layer architecture and protocol design
• Multiple access techniques
• Radio resource management, power control, energy conservation techniques
• PHY/MAC cooperative and collaborative techniques

Mobile and Wireless Networks
• Wireless mesh, relay, ad-hoc and sensor networks
• Heterogeneous, cooperative and coexistence
• B3G/4G WAN/WLAN/WPAN/WBAN
• Wireless network architecture and protocol design
• Mobility, location and handover management
• Wireless broadcast, multicast and streaming
• Wireless QoS and traffic management
• Wireless routing
• Capacity, coverage, network planning
• Wireless networks for rural areas
• Green wireless architecture, systems and protocols

Services and Applications
• Emerging wireless/mobile applications
• Wireless telemedicine services and applications
• Wireless network security and privacy
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Service oriented architectures, middleware
• P2P services and applications
• SIP, multimedia, QoS supports
• Dynamic services, artificial intelligence
• Regulations, standards and market analysis
• Testbed, prototypes implementations
• Personalization, service discovery, profiling
• Wireless sensor network prototype and application

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SPECIAL TRACKS
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Special Track 1: Application of Communications in Smart Grid
Special Track 2: Cognitive Radio and Software Defined Radio: Technical, Application, Economic, Environmental, and Regulatory Aspects
Special Track 3: Internet of Things (IoT)

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INDUSTRY FORUM
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Theme: Challenges of telecommunication in Malaysia, and insight of future developments

The aim of the event is to provide a forum that brings together industrial experts to meet and exchange experiences and insights on key areas of telecommunications industry in this region. The forum will cover various hot topics such as: (1) 4G Wireless Technologies and Beyond; (2) Design Challenges of Future Mobile Devices; (3) Wireless Broadband Services in Malaysia - Current and Future; (4) Prospects and Challenges of ICT R&D in Malaysia

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper Submission: 1 July 2012
Paper Acceptance: 1 August 2012
Camera-Ready: 1 September 2012