The European Wireless (EW) conference is a key venue for European researchers to get in touch with the latest trends in wireless communications and networking. The 22nd EW conference will take place in Oulu, Finland organized by University of Oulu. The main topic of EW 2016 will be “5G: Applications, Businesses and Technologies.”.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

FW Fundamental Wireless

Modulation and coding for wireless communications
Signal processing for wireless communications
Wireless models, synchronization, estimation, equalization
MIMO systems, space-time coding, diversity
Fundamental limits, information theory for wireless
Multiple access schemes, multiuser detection
Interference mitigation and management
Distributed coding and cooperative diversity
Localization and positioning in wireless systems
Source and joint source/channel coding
Spectrum sensing and wireless parameter estimation

TW Technology for Wireless

Migration, integration, and convergence towards 5G
WiFi, LTE, 3GPP, Heterogeneous Networks
Wireless LAN/PAN/BAN, Ad Hoc, Mesh networks
Near-field communications & RFID
Wired-wireless integration
Ultra-Wideband Communications
Mm-wave communications
Wireless sensors & actuators networks
Vehicular and disruption tolerant wireless networks
Optical wireless and visible light communications

EW Efficient Wireless

Power: green communications, energy harvesting devices
Spectrum: cognitive radio, spectrum-aware techniques
Implementation: low-complexity and scalable systems
Reliability: robust and dependable wireless systems
Cost: low-cost radio, sustainable wireless
Security: privacy and trust in wireless network

AW Advanced Wireless

Protocols and architectures for wireless networks
Channel coding, error protection, network coding
Cross-layer issues in wireless networks
Cognitive radio for wireless communications
QoS and resource allocation in wireless networks
Mobile/wireless networks modeling and simulation
Localization and positioning in wireless scenarios
Optimization and game theory for wireless
Topology control, self-organizing wireless networks
Transport layer for wireless communications
Relays and buffers in wireless networks
Tools for modeling and analysis of wireless systems

PW Practical Wireless

Implementation issues in wireless systems
Testbeds and experimental systems
Antenna and RF modeling and design
Mobility management and billing technologies
Mobile apps and platforms
Regulation and standardization for wireless
Context awareness
Emerging applications in wireless networks

TW Thematic Wireless for EW2016
5G: Applications, Businesses and Technologies

Applications and services for 5G: Development, Implementation and Validation
Business developing for 5G for different markets
Regional visions, requirements and development of 5G (Europe, Asia, America, etc.)
5G test-beds
Novel enabling technologies and concepts for 5G
Industry views of 5G: SME, large manufacturers, operators and service providers

VW Vision for Wireless

Personal wireless communications beyond 5G
Software defined wireless networks and re-configurability
M2M communications and the Internet of Things
Storage, smart caching, and cloud for wireless
Wireless social networks, participatory computing
Molecular and nano-scale wireless communications
New disruptive concepts for wireless systems

The EW conference is committed to high publication ethics standards through a rigorous single-blind peer-review process. Submitted manuscripts must be original and not published or under consideration elsewhere. They must not infringe any copyright or third party right. Proceedings of EW 2016 will be available on IEEEXplore and Scopus (approval pending). Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit a journal extended version for a special issue of Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended journal versions of their papers for consideration for publication in a Special Issue in Infocommunications Journal.

Important dates
Paper submission: February 29, 2016
Workshops paper submission: March 4, 2016
Notification of acceptance: March 22, 2016
Camera ready due: March 29, 2016